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Damn it, @ABC. That's not at all what the CDC guidelines say, and you're sowing undue fear about reinfection and doubt about vaccine efficacy.
If anything, the CDC guidelines say that people are protected for *at least* three months, not *up to* three months. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1294360873918771203
If anything, the CDC guidelines say that people are protected for *at least* three months, not *up to* three months. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1294360873918771203
Let's look at what the CDC guidelines you linked to actually say.
https://cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html…
I've quoted the relevant part below. The CDC is saying that they consider safe it implement a plan that treats reinfection within a period up to three months as being highly unlikely.
https://cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html…
I've quoted the relevant part below. The CDC is saying that they consider safe it implement a plan that treats reinfection within a period up to three months as being highly unlikely.
There is nothing at all in the CDC statement about evidence that immunity wanes after three months.
Rather, they are making a recommendation based on positive evidence that immunity doesn't wane before three months.
Rather, they are making a recommendation based on positive evidence that immunity doesn't wane before three months.
And the fact that they're suggesting a three month window is driven by the availability of evidence.
This is a new virus. We haven't had enough cases here in the US that are four or five months old to have had time to determine whether you get reinfection after that duration.
This is a new virus. We haven't had enough cases here in the US that are four or five months old to have had time to determine whether you get reinfection after that duration.
So @ABC, you've taken a recommendation, and back-inferred a scientific finding that isn't there.
That's shoddy journalism when done right. But you did it wrong.
You got it backwards. Your false claim is now spreading rapidly. People are afraid.
Please issue a correction ASAP.
That's shoddy journalism when done right. But you did it wrong.
You got it backwards. Your false claim is now spreading rapidly. People are afraid.
Please issue a correction ASAP.
