Feds loosen coronavirus rules to let essential workers return to work
[link:https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/health/coronavirus/feds-loosen-coronavirus-rules-to-let-essential-workers-return-to-work/507-34230177-0164-437c-9d63-9ff819099b2d|
Here's the thing: We know infected people are asymptomatic while shedding virus & NEJM says ONLY 43.8% patients present with fever until the disease progresses * patients' health deteriorates!
[link:https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032|
Trump administration has issued new guidelines to make it easier for essential workers who have been exposed to COVID-19 get back to work — if they have no symptoms.
Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced at the White House that essential employees, such as health care and food supply workers, who have been within 6 feet of a confirmed or suspected case of the virus can return to work under certain circumstances if they are not experiencing symptoms.
Under the new guidelines for essential workers, the CDC recommends that exposed employees take their temperatures before their shifts, wear face masks and practice social distancing at work. They also are advised to stay home if they are ill, not share headsets or other objects used near the face and refrain from congregating in crowded break rooms.
Employers are asked to take exposed workers’ temperatures and assess symptoms before allowing them to return to work, aggressively clean work surfaces, send workers home if they get sick and increase air exchange in workplaces.
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