Editorial: Officials have been relaxing some COVID protocols, leaving the public dazed and confused (via latimesopinion)
the amount of time that people should remain in isolation after infection if they are without symptoms — and eliminated the recommendation that they get a negative test before they start interacting with other people. The change caused an outcry among many scientific experts who thought it was reckless.the amount of time that healthcare workers were advised to stay off the job after a coronavirus infection if they tested negative and were symptom-free.
Meanwhile, parents of California’s public school students are receiving multiple notifications that their children have been exposed to COVID-19 at school, but most simply don’t know how they should react. Should the child be tested right away? Should the rest of the family keep their distance until symptoms have had a chance to show up?are inadequate to protect us from the Omicron variant, but entering a store wearing a gauzy bandana across the lower face is still allowed.
New circumstances often call for changing guidelines, of course, but with Omicron, the overall message about COVID-19 has grown more contradictory and muddled.