The CDC said the guide was placed “by mistake” on its website.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that a mistake was made when COVID-19 posted the guidance line, giving “growing evidence” of whether it was airborne, to determine whether health experts and the public should reconsider measures to reduce school and business. To prevent the spread of the virus.
This Mistep is one of the recent weeks in which the CDC has scratched its head in public.
Since July, the agency has flip-flop on a guide to testing people who don’t show symptoms, finally settling on a recommendation that it’s a good idea.
Critics of the Trump administration say too much politics has run rampant and the agency’s sinking undermines its credibility with the public.
“The draft version of the proposed changes to these recommendations was posted on the agency’s official website. The CDC is currently updating its recommendations regarding atmospheric transmission of SARS-COVID-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). Once the process is complete, the language of the update will be posted, ”the CDC said on Monday.
How long the virus lingers in the air and after someone sneezes or coughs is the subject of much speculation since the onset of the epidemic. On Friday, the CDC quietly updated a page on its website on how the virus is spread.
“There is evidence that droplets and airborne particles can be trapped in the air and inhaled by others, and travel distances of more than 6 feet (for example, during singing practice, in restaurants or in fitness classes). In general, indoor environments without good ventilation increase the risk, ‘the CDC said in a post on Friday.
This assessment raises serious questions about whether transactions such as attending school or eating indoors are safe because people can remove their masks if there is enough social distance. School districts have long sounded alarms over the lack of ventilation, including older buildings and windows that will not open.
The White House Did not comment on the allegations.
President Donald Trump has publicly challenged the CDC’s findings on the virus, repeatedly refusing to wear masks and forcing agencies to re-evaluate guidance on schools in favor of reopening. In recent months, the White House has installed a press secretary on health and human services, who has repeatedly offended CDC researchers.
The CDC issued an alarm last August when it issued a guideline stating that people do not need to be tested even if they have been exposed to the virus. The agency said it ran last week and has returned to its guidance since early summer that anyone who has been exposed needs to investigate.
Similarly, Trump urged agency director Robert Redfield last week, when he predicted, that most Americans would not receive any vaccine access until the middle of next year.
A Redfield spokesman initially issued a statement that appeared to honor the president, but later withdrew the statement, saying it was unclear whether Redfield agreed with the president.
Dr. According to Anthony Fauci, who has taken note of the matter in recent weeks, it is believed that the virus is spread by both droplets, sneezing or coughing, but also small droplets that survive in the air.
In a recent interview with Jamana, the country’s top infectious disease specialist, Foki, said the degree of radicalization was still being researched.
“Now we need to pay a little more attention to the recreation of indoor air,” he said.
ABC News’ Eric Strauss, Sonny Salzman and Stephanie Abs contributed to this report.
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