CDC Relaxes Guidlines for COVID-19,
Monkeypox and Polio Continue to Spread
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh from Health Watch USA(sm) discusses the relaxation of
CDC recommendations for controlling COVID-19. It may not be prudent to
relax guidelines at a time of high viral levels and before the
reformulated vaccine is available to the public. Nationally, SARS-CoV-2
is still causing almost 500 deaths per day and there is a new formulated
vaccine in production. I would at least wait until the new vaccine has
been formulated and distributed. There are significant risks of Long
COVID, even in the young. As the CDC has relaxed guidelines the FDA
recommends that those who are infected rapid test negative three times
over 5 days before they have close contact with others. And there is a
study out of Harvard and the Boston Public Health Commission which again
shows that schools which successfully implement masking have a lower
rate of COVID-19 infections. In this study 30% of all infections were
attributed to unmasking policies. Polio also appears to be spreading as
is monkeypox. Polio has been detected in the wastewater of New York City
and cases of monkeypox are still exponentially rising. Retail
establishments need to offer:
-- Curbside pickup with masked personnel delivering purchased items.
-- A few hours each week for mandatory masking so at-risk individuals
can shop in a safer environment.
-- Improvements in indoor ventilation.
-- Encourage and purchase N95 masks.
Schools need to improve indoor ventilation and institute masking during
times of high viral spread. Children can still become severely sick,
although relatively infrequen. Of greater concern is children spreading
the virus to caregivers and the risks of Long COVID.
Vaccinations for polio are key to stopping spread since it has an
asymptomatic rate of spread of approximately 75%. Only 1 in 200 develop
paralytic polio and only 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 10,000 will die. But polio
has a propensity to affect children and can cause lifelong paralysis.
One needs between 80 to 90% of individuals vaccinated before spread will
stop. Unfortunately, unvaccinated individuals tend to congregate
together at political and social events which allows the virus to
spread. There is a risk that our relaxed attitude with COVID-19 will
spill over into our preventative efforts with polio. With monkeypox,
there is not enough vaccines and people need to avoid close intimate
contact with strangers. Jack Pattie Show with Kruser. Aug. 15, 2022.
https://youtu.be/5YXBITx2I6w
References
1. Beneficial Effects of Schools and Masking.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.09.22278385v1
2. FDA guidance on when to come out of isolation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/08/11/covid-fda-pass-three-home-tests/10279150002/
3. Yale study regarding rapid-testing participants on the day of the
event to reduce SARS-CoV-2 spread.
https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article
4. YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/5YXBITx2I6w
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