Yes, this brings the CDC guidelines for COVID into line with guidelines for RSV and influenza.

It's not just that is COVID more severe. The guidelines for RSV and influenza are not right either. We need universal paid sick leave, not permission to return to work while still contagious.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/health/covid-isolation-cdc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VU0.jViR.n7R1fvDM_WEv&smid=url-share

2024: "We have respirators that electrostatically capture viral particles, ventilation and filtration systems to clean indoor air, and UV lights to kill viruses."

1918: "That's incredible! What's it like living without all this illness?"

2024: "Oh, we don't actually use them."

The diffuse inflammation of the brain in symptomatic people with Long Covid by PET scans, with matched controls, and correlation with their blood inflammatory biomarkers

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.19.563117v1

Leaders around the world, take note of this simple, smart message: The best protection is when everyone wears a mask.

Normalize taking care of others.

Also, get Covid19 boosters and flu shots, improve ventilation, monitor air quality, support people to stay home when sick.