CDC readied metrics for public COVID-19 protections
Why it matters: The CDC is poised to release metrics to guide
decisions on COVID-19 public health restrictions, such as mask and social
distancing rules, based on county-level transmission. The CDC will not revise
recommendations for indoor mask use in counties with high or substantial levels
of COVID-19 transmission, but an agency scientist said the new formula revises
assessment of "community levels of disease" to account for emergency
department use, hospitalizations and mortality, instead of the number of cases
alone.
Full Story: CNN (2/24)
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