Eric Topol
If you use culture positive SARS-CoV-2, the best metric for potential infectiousness, 1 in 3 people can transmit Covid 5 days after symptoms onset. Rapid antigen tests track well with that metric. They should be used, despite lack of support in the new CDC policy. https://cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/background/index.html
Background for CDC's Updated Respiratory Virus Guidance | Respiratory Illnesses | CDC

COVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was.

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