{"id":66,"date":"2024-03-27T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthonthehill.me.holycross.edu\/?p=66"},"modified":"2024-03-27T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:02:00","slug":"updated-cdc-guidelines-for-covid-respiratory-illnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/2024\/03\/27\/updated-cdc-guidelines-for-covid-respiratory-illnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated CDC Guidelines for COVID + Respiratory Illnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=281219&amp;post_id=142188628&amp;utm_source=post-email-title&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2rm81g&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjczMTg4MzYsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0MjE4ODYyOCwiaWF0IjoxNzA5NjQ4NTAwLCJleHAiOjE3MTIyNDA1MDAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yODEyMTkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.9K4FAzk0Ws7Js-GZHQz3HGCNn27mPZ_Ntzd1PVqVyfc\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id%3D281219%26post_id%3D142188628%26utm_source%3Dpost-email-title%26utm_campaign%3Demail-post-title%26isFreemail%3Dtrue%26r%3D2rm81g%26token%3DeyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjczMTg4MzYsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0MjE4ODYyOCwiaWF0IjoxNzA5NjQ4NTAwLCJleHAiOjE3MTIyNDA1MDAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yODEyMTkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.9K4FAzk0Ws7Js-GZHQz3HGCNn27mPZ_Ntzd1PVqVyfc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1711485735832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2XLzkogbQbn2v47AC_rI4I\">CDC Updates Isolation Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">The CDC announced <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/a42f8594-8458-4941-9d72-c2dcaa8c0bac?j=eyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/a42f8594-8458-4941-9d72-c2dcaa8c0bac?j%3DeyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1711485735832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JtbKaHbexa1BF8dUFqUvb\">updated virus guidance<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0for Covid-19 (and flu and RSV and any common respiratory illness).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>What does the updated guidance say?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best thing you can do hasn\u2019t changed: Prevent illness in the first place through vaccination, ventilation, and masking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, if you\u2019re sick with any common respiratory illness (i.e., not measles),<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/eb3f4bb3-2c1e-4003-8dd5-f12b8dd9c4db?j=eyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/eb3f4bb3-2c1e-4003-8dd5-f12b8dd9c4db?j%3DeyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1711485735832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw12QCwY0uZoq_SOWNZ9Mc7l\">\u00a0CDC says to approach it<\/a>\u00a0in two phases:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><strong><em>Phase 1: Stay home when sick\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>until your fever resolves for 24 hours\u00a0<strong><em>and<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0your symptoms improve.<\/li>\n<li>This is when you\u2019re most contagious (see figure below.)<\/li>\n<li>Not all infections result in a fever, so paying attention to other symptoms (cough, muscle aches, etc.) is important. The severity of symptoms is loosely connected to contagiousness.<\/li>\n<li><em>What does symptoms improving mean?<\/em>\u00a0CDC doesn\u2019t define it, but some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/staying-home-to-prevent-the-spread-of-respiratory-viruses\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/staying-home-to-prevent-the-spread-of-respiratory-viruses&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1711485735832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2V5hLjGZ-DvnLcnM0836lJ\">local health\u00a0<\/a>departments do: It\u2019s when \u201ca person no longer feels ill; they can do their daily routine just as they did before they were ill, and any remaining symptoms, such as a cough or runny nose, are very mild, or infrequent.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Phase 2: Use caution<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>for five days after take additional precautions (e.g., wear a mask, use at-home Covid-19 tests before seeing grandma at the nursing home).<\/li>\n<li>This is important because people remain contagious beyond the \u201cstay-at-home\u201d period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is what it could look like in different scenarios:<\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"554\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a219bad-7c8b-4324-b445-69aa83a1161e_836x946.png?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" \/><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top figure from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/09de5d96-a6fe-4ace-a812-f3409af20ae1?j=eyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/09de5d96-a6fe-4ace-a812-f3409af20ae1?j%3DeyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1711485735832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2-4GOHOARdD8ITFk8Q49SW\">Nature<\/a>. Bottom figures from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/eb3f4bb3-2c1e-4003-8dd5-f12b8dd9c4db?j=eyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/eb3f4bb3-2c1e-4003-8dd5-f12b8dd9c4db?j%3DeyJ1IjoiMnJtODFnIn0.a2WJre8gYE-GIt_xv5vjeqmoVD8wQDk0Qbur7EsKz-o&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1711485735832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw12QCwY0uZoq_SOWNZ9Mc7l\">CDC<\/a>. Annotations by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com\/p\/cdc-updates-isolation-guidance?utm_campaign=email-half-post&amp;r=2rm81g&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com\/p\/cdc-updates-isolation-guidance?utm_campaign%3Demail-half-post%26r%3D2rm81g%26utm_source%3Dsubstack%26utm_medium%3Demail&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1711485735832000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2K8N4TLGzhvyYH-dVd1ZMh\">YLE<\/a>\u00a0(Your Local Epidemiologist)<\/p>\n<p>Questions?<\/p>\n<p>Reach out to Health Services 508-793-2276 or Kristin Gauthier, Public Health Nurse: kgauthier@holycross.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDC Updates Isolation Guidelines The CDC announced updated virus guidance\u00a0for Covid-19 (and flu and RSV and any common respiratory illness). What does the updated guidance say? The best thing you can do hasn\u2019t changed: Prevent illness in the first place through vaccination, ventilation, and masking. But, if you\u2019re sick with any common respiratory illness (i.e., &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/2024\/03\/27\/updated-cdc-guidelines-for-covid-respiratory-illnesses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Updated CDC Guidelines for COVID + Respiratory Illnesses&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/healthonthehill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}