CDC suggests recovered COVID patients can't spread virus for 3 months
, though these positive results don't mean that a person is still sick. Instead, the test may be picking up fragments of the virus's genetic code. Dr. Brett Giroir, the undersecretary of health who leads coronavirus testing for the White House, has advised people against being tested again after they recover.However, the updated guidance goes one step further, suggesting that people who have recovered are protected from getting sick again for at least three months.
The update, which was posted on the CDC's website on Aug. 3, is consistent with CDC's earlier guidance not to retest patients within 90 days of an initial infection, Dr. Annie Luetkemeyer, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, said. Although some doctors and patients have raised concerns about the possibility of beingDr.
"Of course, unlikely doesn't mean it is impossible to get reinfected," Barocas said, adding that people should be cautious and quarantine"unless it's a crystal clear case." He noted that the CDC's guidance shouldn't be over-interpreted"an an indication that we have or could soon achieve herd immunity."Follow
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