No wonder people are confused. CNN Jake Tapper had a Dr. Daniel Varga on asking about

[still_one]

when it would be find for someone to resume regular activities, and he said if they are feeling good with no symptoms we say go back to work. We say there is no need to test again because some people test positive for some time, and we really don't know what that means.

This Dr. Varga is from Hackensack Meridian Health in Texas, and serves as Chief Physician Executive

Would someone please explain to me what he is saying?

The CDC used to have the guideline that after a person has cleared of symptoms, they wanted to have two negative tests within a 48 hour period before they would let that person go back to work.

[Sanity Claws]

1. I think it means that he is a fucking liar

If someone tests positive for some time, why wouldn't you presume that means they still have the bug? Why you think that you don't know what a positive result means particularly when you know people can be asymptomatic and spread the virus?

[still_one]

2. The CDC used to say you needed to test negative twice within a 48 hour period. It is things like

this why people get confused

[Ms. Toad]

3. Since the test is for the presence of virus

based on a nasal swab, AND the evidence is pretty clear that expulsion of aerosolized particles from the nose or mouth are the main means of transmission, it would seem to me irresponsible to return to public activity while you still test positive.

[RockRaven]

4. According to what I read on the CDC website a few days ago, it is believed that one is no longer

contagious 10 days after symptoms begin in mild to moderate cases. They have not been able to detect replicable viruses after that 10 day point (20 days in severe cases), but one would still test positive for some time after that, which seems to vary quite a bit.

[still_one]

10. "it is believed". Then why do they test positive? Doesn't that mean they have detected fragments

of the virus, and how do they know those fragments are not replicable virus or are?

[carpetbagger]

11. A few lines of evidence

I work with covid and we've had to answer several variations of this. They've tried to get virus from these persistent positive tests to replicate, and they can't do it. Also, they've followed close contacts of these folks, if they exposed after these dates by someone who is not still having fevers (off tylenol), not much transmission if any.

Edit: This relies on the patient being truthful about the date and the fever stuff.

[SharonClark]

5. Varga has nothing to do with the CDC

or it’s guidelines, just like trump’s doctor.

[grumpyduck]

6. What is that ducks say?

[better]

8. "Republican"

[ananda]

7. It means he's a rightwing hack.

He should be struck off the medical register.

[GeorgeGist]

9. Presumptive contagious, jenius.