⚠️BREAKING—The @CDCgov will now allow infectious #COVID19 cases to fly & stop such reporting—Effective 0001 ET on April 7, 2022, CDC will discontinue applying public health travel restrictions to most COVID-19 cases and contacts with reported air travel.
CDC is getting worse—🧵
2) Moreover, @CDCgov’s memo to state and local health departments says: “You may stop reporting the following to CDC as of April 7:
1) COVID-19 cases with reported upcoming air travel and
2) COVID-19 cases who traveled recently (i.e., after-travel notifications).”
3) then @CDCgov goes into further DOUBLE SPEAK saying “CDC continues to recommend that people who test positive for COVID-19—regardless of vaccination status—NOT travel until a full 10 days after their symptoms started or the date their positive test was taken (if asymptomatic).”
4) “CDC will not apply federal travel restrictions (eg Do Not Boards & Public Health Lookouts) to enforce these recommendations as of April 7, 2022. Special COVID-19 situations that might require potential travel restrictions may be discussed with local CDC quarantine stations.”
5) C’mon @CDCDirector — have you seen what the hell happened at London @HeathrowAirport 2 days ago with flight cancellations and huge disruptions due to sick pilots, flight attendants, and airport workers???? Is this seriously want we want in the US?!?! Do better @CDCgov
6) this shit is so damn predicable — drop mitigations, surge comes, shit hits the fan… and boom, chaos and ECONOMIC disruption. This will hurt the economy more long run with a surge.
7) TOTALLY AGREE—“The desires of corporate America have been prioritized over the health needs of our people – especially our most vulnerable.
We need a CDC that prioritizes the health of the people, not the health of big business." @PeoplesCDC
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
8) this is a horrible no good very bad timing to do this— just as #sarscov2 levels are increasing again nationwide. And as BA2 separately found to be 72% in sequencing by CDC.
9) meanwhile, here is what our CDC leadership is up to during an incoming surge— parties without any testing.
10) how the hell are we supposed to contain future variant from one corner of the globe if infectious COVID people can fly unfettered??? It’s just gonna allow any dangerous variant to spread even faster @CDCDirector !
11) CDC’s logo is now a joke after ripping up travel precautions.
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