Dec. 11, 2020 | By: Bill Osmulski
After months of insisting people self-quarantine for 14 days if exposed to COVID-19, the CDC suddenly decided 7 – 10 days is fine in most situations. It took many people by surprise.
“CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong, says new ‘science’ is only a 7-day quarantine after close contact followed by no symptoms and negative test, 10-day quarantine w/o testing and no symptoms,” Sen. Duey Strobel (R-Saukville) tweeted on Dec. 3
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Politifact leaped into action. Madeline Heim, the Appleton Post Crescent’s health and science reporter, slammed Stroebel with a “false” rating.
Technically the science hadn’t changed. Science really had nothing to do with the CDC’s decision. The experts believed that shortening the quarantine recommendation would make people more likely to comply with it.
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Madison has been selected as the hub for regional vaccine distribution. Photo of by John Maniaci, UW Health.
UW Health will be a regional distribution hub for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, it was announced today. The integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has 80 outpatient sites throughout Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
“These vaccines will be going to front-line healthcare workers first, and there are still uncertainties around the quantities we’ll get and the timing of their arrival,” announced
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