Coronavirus: Sacramento County Gives Up On Automatic 14-Day Quarantines

[Demovictory9]

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/10/813990993/coronavirus-sacramento-county-gives-up-on-automatic-14-day-quarantines

California's Sacramento County is calling off automatic 14-day quarantines that have been implemented for the coronavirus, saying it will focus instead on mitigating the impact of COVID-19.

The change is an acknowledgement that the county cannot effectively manage the quarantines while its health system copes with coronavirus cases. It also reflects problems with the U.S. government's coronavirus testing program — issues that slowed efforts to identify people with the deadly virus and to contain COVID-19.

"With the shift from containment to mitigation, it is no longer necessary for someone who has been in contact with someone with COVID-19 to quarantine for 14 days," the county says.

Effective immediately, people in Sacramento County should not quarantine themselves if they've been exposed to the COVID-19. Instead, they should go into isolation only if they begin to show symptoms of the respiratory virus, the county's health department says.

Sacramento County has at least 10 coronavirus cases, including one person who recovered.

Decisions on how to try to contain and control the coronavirus have largely been left to state and local officials, rather than those at the federal level.

[onecaliberal]

1. So people should just run around and infect other people until they're sick.

What the fuck.

[Brother Buzz]

4. The cat is out of the bag

Six degrees of separation, and all that. Most everyone has been exposed to some degree.

[shanti]

5. Not this Sacramentan

I'm self-quarantining at age 64.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Problem is, ONE quarantine period may not be enough.

You self quarantine in an attempt to prevent getting it, but at the end of the period you return to exposure land, while the virus is still moving thru the population.

[Demovictory9]

9. I know.

[emmaverybo]

2. Bad news.Many who live in Sacto county work in other communities, for instance, hours away in

Santa Clara county. They go by carpool and also on the train. As it is two weeks might not be long enough.

[shanti]

7. And lots of people

commuting INTO Sacramento to work for the State. It's going both ways. I'm glad I'm retired.

[procon]

3. A robust, scientific Federal policy would make sure

everyone is working with the same medical protocols. It would help states with few resources who can't meet minimum standards bring in federal aid to assist them with patients.

Leaving something as critical as best practices to control this virus means more people will die unnecessarily. As we seen many times in the past, Republican held states make self serving political decisions, not medical and science based policies for the public good.

[onecaliberal]

10. Common sense would say you don't let people just infect everyone

California is not a fucking red state.

[global1]

6. How Does One Mitigate A Virus?....nt

[frazzled]

8. By quarantining people who show symptoms and test positive?

Don't ask me. I'm just one of the little people.

[bluestarone]

12. Just guessing here but i bet

People staying home from work under the 14 day self quarantine, are causing problems at the job site? Again just MY thoughts here.