CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen he was critical of the recent guidelines published by the CDC for people who have been completely vaccinated against Covid-19, saying they were “too cautious in a way that defies common sense.”
The new guidelines advise fully vaccinated Americans to meet safely with other people who are also vaccinated and to refrain from quarantining after being exposed to someone with Covid-19, as long as they are asymptomatic. Still, the CDC still discouraged travel.
Wen said CNN newsroom anchor Brooke Baldwin who wished the guidelines had gone beyond them, because the three vaccines that had so far been authorized by the FDA were all “safe and extremely effective, especially in preventing serious illness, preventing hospitalization, and killing” people. vaccinated, and there was also “growing evidence that getting vaccines also reduces your likelihood of being a carrier.”
Baldwin commented that many people, including herself, thought they might feel safe boarding a plane to see relatives. “Today’s airline industry is really backtracking on these new CDC guidelines that fully vaccinated people should avoid traveling. Why does the CDC encourage people who have been fully vaccinated not to travel?”
“So this is one of those examples where I think the CDC is too cautious in a way that defies common sense,” Wen replied, “because you look at what they say about quarantine,” noting that the CDC they were not encouraging vaccination. people in their forties or even getting tested after exposure as long as they were asymptomatic.
“It just doesn’t make sense that you can’t travel, especially if you can now meet loved ones.”
Wen said he felt it was very important to give better guidance on travel, because “a lot of people are eager to see their grandchildren with whom they don’t necessarily live.”
In fact, Wen added, “I would actually go further and say that people who are fully vaccinated should be able to travel, they should be encouraged to travel,” using “the restoration of freedoms” as an incentive to encourage people to get vaccinated.
Watch the video above, via CNN.
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