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Zach Epstein
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- The CDC's coronavirus tips have been a go-to resource for Americans looking to keep their families safe and help slow the spread of COVID-19.
- It's crucial that we adhere to most of the recommendations on the CDC's site, but there are a few guidelines that should be ignored.
- The CDC has admitted that one of its most important recommendations may in fact be misguided, and it's an important reminder that we should always err on the side of caution.
Back in June, the CDC made a major change to the coronavirus tips available on its website. After countless studies proved over and over again that coronavirus spreads mainly in aerosols that drift between people in the air, the CDC became clearer in acknowledging the dangers of person-to-person transmission. "The virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading very easily and sustainably between people," the CDC said on its site. "Information from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic suggests that this virus is spreading more efficiently than influenza, but not as efficiently as measles, which is highly contagious. In general, the more closely a person interacts with others and the longer that interaction, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread."
Needless to say, this was a crucially important change. At the same time, however, the CDC made another change that was surprisingly reckless and irresponsible. "The virus does not spread easily in other ways," the CDC said in its revision back in June, noting that it is likely not easy to catch COVID-19 from touching surfaces or objects. We were shocked by this careless change and we told our readers at the time that it should be completely ignored.
The good news is that someone at the CDC came to his or her senses because that change ended up being walked back. The site now states that "it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes." The bad news, however, is that it turns out one of the main recommendations made by the CDC to avoid catching the novel coronavirus may be dangerously inaccurate.
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There are now 2 coronavirus safety guidelines from the CDC that you should ignore originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 09:21:03 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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