1/ I write return-to-work letters every day for people recovering from COVID-19, citing @CDCgov, advocating for safe and expedient return to usual activities as soon as possible.
Should this person be at work yet? No
Should this person be at work yet? No
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1314717293235011585
2/ We're told that the president's symptoms started October 1 (and that he first tested positive then). For people w/ COVID-19 with symptoms but mild illness, isolation is 10 full days from first symptom (which, by convention, is Day 0, not Day 1)... Dr. Conley flubs all that:
3/ ...If the president's case were mild, isolation would go through October 11 (I'd write return to work October 12). Certainly no WH event today. Attendees can stay distanced, but what about WH staff, secret service, etc.? Do they look like this today? They should.
4/ But guess what? The president's illness – hypoxia, hospitalization, dexamethasone – was "severe." That means *20 days* isolation by @CDCgov guidelines. (@CDCgov does say that 2 negative RT-PCR tests >24 hours apart might shorten that – but that's not the case being made.)
5/ This is a wild time to be a healthcare worker in America – or a family grieving a loved one who died of COVID-19 alone, a parent struggling to work during prolonged school closures, an hourly wage-worker losing crucial income while isolating fully to keep others safe.
6/ At Wednesday's debate, @VP said "the American people... deserve credit for the sacrifices that they have made, putting the health of their family and their neighbors first." You know who doesn't deserve credit?
https://twitter.com/scottwalker/status/1314056657685540864?s=21
7/ Vote for a path forward out of this pandemic. This administration — today’s recklessness only the latest turn of a relentless, immoral, heartbreaking failure to lead — is not it.
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