Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20220105 21:07

CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper January 5, 2022 21:07:00

testing is now made optional and, frankly, minimized. i mean, nothing changes if you have a negative test there, right? you're still in isolation for five days. i think what's important to remember as well, jake, is where did the five days sort of thing come from? i think if you conceptualize this you say, okay, day zero to day 10. what's the likelihood of contagiousness at any given time? what you find is at day five in the middle there you're still about 31% of people are still going to be contagious. so that -- about one-third of people, jake, still contagious at that point. if they're not being tested and they, you know, still feel like they are able to get out of isolation. that could be a problem. that continues to accelerate the pandemic. also one more thing. masks, cloth masks still recommended by the cdc with omicron, it is really a different game. and i think if you're going to wear a mask, and you should, you should wear a high filtration mask, n95 or kn95 because that's

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