CDC director walks back testing guidance, but does not alter recommendations on website

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-director-walks-back-testing-guidance-does-not-alter-recommendations-n1238428

The federal government appears to have backtracked on COVID-19 testing guidance, according to a statement released late Wednesday from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Disputed recommendations posted to the CDC website on Monday suggested people exposed to the coronavirus "do not necessarily need a test" unless they're having symptoms, are older or are otherwise medically vulnerable.

In the new statement, the CDC's director, Dr. Robert Redfield, now says that "all close contacts of confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients" may consider testing.

"Dr. Redfield appears to have walked back from that a little bit," said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

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[magicarpet]

1. Altering, leaning, and bending the rules of engagement,...

....when it comes to the Coronavirus. Not for scientific considerations but for political considerations that dear leader feels will propel him to his second term in the West Wing. So he can then continue to pilfer and plunder the US Treasury to his will of self enrichments and delight.