"That is consistent with where we are in the pandemic right now," he said."I don't really think there are many state or local jurisdictions that are feeling they're going to need to start making mandates."
It also brings the recommendations for unvaccinated people in line with people who are fully vaccinated – an acknowledgment of the high levels of population immunity in the U.S., due to vaccination, past COVID-19 infections or both."Based on the latest ... data, it's around 95% of the population," Massetti said,"And so it really makes the most sense to not differentiate," since many people have some protection against severe disease.
The changes could have some of the biggest impact in K-12 schools. The guidance eliminates the strategy known as"" – a schedule of testing for people that were exposed to the coronavirus but not up to date with their vaccinations – that allowed them to continue in-person learning, so long as they continued to test negative and showed no symptoms.
The test-to-stay protocol has been an alternative to quarantine for school, so now"the practice of handling exposures would involve masking rather than a quarantine," Massetti said.
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