The science says that most people with COVID are infectious for 10 days regardless of symptoms.
Yet the CDC guidelines say it’s fine to resume normal activities if you’re feeling better and don’t have a fever for 24 hrs.
Governments are to blame for normalizing mass infection.
A good way to evolve variants.
@luckytran I'm kind of appalled that we apparently still don't know how long it takes people to become "almost certainly non-infectious".
That graph seems to indicate that 10 days is a minimum and that we have no idea what the 99%ile is, let alone the median infectious duration...
@luckytran Source: https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html
The next paragraph starts: “When you go back to your normal activities, take added precaution over the next 5 days, such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when you will be around other people indoors.”
It also cautions that you can spread the virus without having symptoms.
You're not wrong at all, but the CDC guidelines aren't quite as bad as some people here were lead to believe.
I've just had my first (and hopefully last) case of Covid. I only had symptoms for 48 hours, but I tested positive for a full week after that.
I have to wonder if these new guidelines are a quiet acknowledgement that so few people have paid sick leave, or the support systems in place to get through an extended isolation period.
@luckytran And remember there is Covid Rebound- after 10 days and 2 negative tests your spouse can still test positive on day 14- and if you came home on day 12- you will catch Covid!
Dr. Lucky Tran 
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