society, the alternative is something that no one wants. and that's to shut down completely. and we know that's not going to be palatable to the american public and that's something you want to be avoiding. on so how do you get people back to function in society, not with a zero risk, but with a markedly diminished risk? >> today dr. walensky, director of the cdc, echoed that. she spoke about the cdc's new quarantine guidelines, how the intention was did strike a balance between minimizing risk and maximizing compliance among a pandemic-weary population. >> it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. we have seen relatively low rates of isolation for all of this pandemic. some scientists demonstrated less than one-third of people are it's lacing when they need to. we really want to make sure we have guidance in this moment where we were going to have a lot of disease that could be