CDC updates isolation guidelines

The CDC has updated its isolation guidelines with a shorter 5-day instead of 10-day period for people who (1) are fully vaccinated, (2) have been exposed and (3) have a positive COVID-19 test result (4) but no symptoms. Unfortunately the CDC’s website has now become splintered with various guidances in various places that haven’t yet been updated consistently, nor has the latest CDC guidance yet been promulgated into other agency guidances, including OSHA’s COVID-19 site. For now, the CDC’s new 5-day guidance is available here, as well as a flow-chart in which the CDC explains isolation protocols, including minimum days, for various people depending on status of vaccination, exposure, test result and symptoms.