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They’re Trying !


The other day I happened to see two adjacent articles both concerning the Wuhan virus. Granted there are a myriad of these coronavirus articles every day, but these caught my eye because they were both involving changes. I am sure that most of the Covid rule-makers are trying to do a good job, but when they change course in the middle of the stream, it tends to cause a further collapse of trust in what they say. 

Yes, they’re trying, but their track record is not too good.

The first article had to do with what is meant by “close contact.” Close contact use to mean “anyone who was within six feet of an infected individual for fifteen continuous minutes.” However there was apparently a case in a Vermont prison where a guard caught it from a prisoner, but did not meet the “close contact” criterion. So what does the CDC do next? . . . With one apparent exception, they change the definition! I guess this is reasonable because they’re trying. However it makes me think, “How did they come up with the original definition of “close contact?” Did they throw a dart at a dartboard? The problem is that those who actually pay attention to the CDC, now pay less attention.

The second article again had to do with the CDC. This question is, “Whether or not school children who have been in contact with someone with Covid-19, have to stay quarantined at home for two weeks. The problem here is that some parents and teachers have complained that two weeks for school children is too disruptive to their education, and two weeks also presents problems child-care challenges. How did they arrive at two weeks in the first place? Was it the same dart board . . . or perhaps was it like “pin the tail on the virus?”

“Like many aspects of Covid-19, the understanding by the experts continues to evolve.” (Translation: Public health officials may not always be right, but they’re trying!)

State turned for the next change . . . it should only take a week or so.

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