Editor 
Closeup hand of african american woman doctor holding a bottle of the corona virus vaccine and a sy.
By LINDA BOYLE
In California, the Covid isolation requirements have dramatically changed recently.
Are you positive for Covid and no symptoms? No need to isolate.
If you test positive with minor symptoms, then isolate until your symptoms improve and you have no fever for 24 hours without any medications.
No more isolating for five days, which was down from the previous 10-day isolation and even more restrictive 14-day isolation. Read the current guidance here.
California state guidance also says its priorities are focused on protecting those most at risk, while diminishing social disruption so people can live their lives.
Remember those same recommendations over four years ago by the doctors who were harshly and unfairly accused of “misinformation”? Simply stated, these doctors thought healthy people didn’t have to isolate, children could go to school, stores could remain open and people could be outside.
For that, these doctors were deemed radicals and extreme right-wingers. They have had their licenses suspended, and were dismissed as “tinfoil hat” people.
Where did the five-day isolation requirement come from? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed it from 10 days to five days in the latter part of 2021. Harvard University epidemiologist Bill Hanage stated, “It was not a reflection of evidence-based” science, he said. “It was there to stop everything from falling apart.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was director of the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, repeatedly said, “trust the science.” Yet, we find out many of the decisions made were not based on science but were nothing more than Silly Wild A** Guesses (SWAGS).
The government and public health had destroyed our economy, raised our children to be afraid of everything, destroyed businesses, all based on SWAGs.
To instill fear and tell us, we were told the only way out of this “horrible pandemic” was to line up and take jabs without proper scientific research backing. All of this was pushed by the jabs as the only solution — using Emergency Use Authorizations — ignoring side-effects and making drug companies rich.
California’s guidance is like Oregon’s. The Oregon Health Authority also said those with Covid do not need to isolate a set number of days. If you have a fever, stay home, and stay away from those people who are considered high risk for 10 days.
Chunhuei Chi, professor of Health Management and Policy at Oregon State University, stated, “We have to develop effective, safe ways to live with Covid-19 but not let Covid-19 hijack our life or work anymore”.
Jonathan Modie, communications officer for the Oregon Health Authority, stated that the change of policy so far has not led to an unusual increase in illness and the old rules had placed a huge burden on businesses and school children.
Alaska has been sticking with the Centers for Disease Control five-day recommendations.
The Centers for Disease Control currently has no plans to change its five-day rule that has been in existence since August 2022, despite what California and Oregon are doing, and despite many doctors encouraging the CDC to do so.
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and some of his colleagues have had private conversations with CDC suggesting it drop that five-day isolation requirement. Dr. Schaffner stated it should be dropped, “in part because there’s little evidence it’s stopping the spread of Covid.”
CDC’s name does have “Control” in it. I guess after scaring us for four years, it is difficult to give up that control, no matter what science says.
As Jane Fonda once stated, “Consistency can be a trap, especially if it leads to being consistently wrong rather than to stopping, admitting your mistake, and changing course.”
Our government shows control is more important than changing course. It keeps using the hammer even is a different tool is needed.
Linda Boyle, RN, MSN, DM, was formerly the chief nurse for the 3rd Medical Group, JBER, and was the interim director of the Alaska VA. Most recently, she served as Director for Central Alabama VA Healthcare System. She is the director of the Alaska Covid Alliance.
