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The CDC should have updated its surface-cleaning guidelines much sooner, Dr. Ashish Jha says
Published Tue, Apr 6 20218:23 PM EDT
Emily DeCiccio
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The CDC said Monday that a thorough soap-and-water scrub is adequate to keep Covid-19 from spreading in a home.
?I don?t understand, actually, what took CDC so long to really be clear about this. This virus is spread through the air,? Dr. Ashish Jha said.
Jha noted the CDC?s public health messaging has been part of a larger pattern of poor messaging from the government when it comes to Covid.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have updated its guidelines on cleaning household surfaces well before this week, the dean of Brown University?s School of Public Health said Tuesday.
?It?s incredibly frustrating,? Dr. Ashish Jha told CNBC?s ?The News with Shepard Smith.? ?I think I was starting to say by last April and May, many of us in public health, stop wiping down surfaces.?
?I don?t understand, actually, what took CDC so long to really be clear about this. This virus is spread through the air,? Jha said.
The CDC said Monday that a thorough soap-and-water scrub is adequate to keep Covid-19 from spreading in the home. Using disinfectants, however, is recommended in indoor-setting schools and homes where there has been a suspected or confirmed virus case within 24 hours.
?In most situations, regular cleaning of surfaces with soap and detergent, not necessarily disinfecting those surfaces, is enough to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread,? CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House briefing Monday.
Jha noted the CDC?s public health messaging has been part of a larger pattern of poor messaging from the government when it comes to Covid...
The CDC should have updated its surface-cleaning guidelines much sooner, Dr. Ashish Jha says
Published Tue, Apr 6 20218:23 PM EDT
Emily DeCiccio
Key Points
The CDC said Monday that a thorough soap-and-water scrub is adequate to keep Covid-19 from spreading in a home.
?I don?t understand, actually, what took CDC so long to really be clear about this. This virus is spread through the air,? Dr. Ashish Jha said.
Jha noted the CDC?s public health messaging has been part of a larger pattern of poor messaging from the government when it comes to Covid.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have updated its guidelines on cleaning household surfaces well before this week, the dean of Brown University?s School of Public Health said Tuesday.
?It?s incredibly frustrating,? Dr. Ashish Jha told CNBC?s ?The News with Shepard Smith.? ?I think I was starting to say by last April and May, many of us in public health, stop wiping down surfaces.?
?I don?t understand, actually, what took CDC so long to really be clear about this. This virus is spread through the air,? Jha said.
The CDC said Monday that a thorough soap-and-water scrub is adequate to keep Covid-19 from spreading in the home. Using disinfectants, however, is recommended in indoor-setting schools and homes where there has been a suspected or confirmed virus case within 24 hours.
?In most situations, regular cleaning of surfaces with soap and detergent, not necessarily disinfecting those surfaces, is enough to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread,? CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House briefing Monday.
Jha noted the CDC?s public health messaging has been part of a larger pattern of poor messaging from the government when it comes to Covid...
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