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Last Updated: Dec. 28, 2021 at 3:53 p.m. ET
First Published: Dec. 28, 2021 at 2:11 p.m. ET
By Quentin Fottrell
‘What do you do when there are no healthcare workers to work, or too few? Something is better than nothing,’ says Dr. Gregory Poland of the Mayo Clinic
... Dr. Gregory Poland, who studies the immunogenetics of vaccine response at the Mayo Clinic, acknowledges that the new CDC recommendations are frustrating. “The guidelines are changing and getting confusing,” he told MarketWatch.
...“In a crisis situation, they are very liberal because they can’t afford to have people take time off work,” he said. “It’s born of necessity. What do you do when there are no healthcare workers to work, or too few? Something is better than nothing.”
Public-health authorities in the U.S. are, experts contend, trying to balance what we know of the omicron variant with the needs of the hospitals, airlines, retailers and other companies that are buckling under staff shortages. ...
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/e...e-cdc-for-cutting-isolation-times-11640718676
First Published: Dec. 28, 2021 at 2:11 p.m. ET
By Quentin Fottrell
‘What do you do when there are no healthcare workers to work, or too few? Something is better than nothing,’ says Dr. Gregory Poland of the Mayo Clinic
... Dr. Gregory Poland, who studies the immunogenetics of vaccine response at the Mayo Clinic, acknowledges that the new CDC recommendations are frustrating. “The guidelines are changing and getting confusing,” he told MarketWatch.
...“In a crisis situation, they are very liberal because they can’t afford to have people take time off work,” he said. “It’s born of necessity. What do you do when there are no healthcare workers to work, or too few? Something is better than nothing.”
Public-health authorities in the U.S. are, experts contend, trying to balance what we know of the omicron variant with the needs of the hospitals, airlines, retailers and other companies that are buckling under staff shortages. ...
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/e...e-cdc-for-cutting-isolation-times-11640718676
