No matter how severe the case, a positive COVID-19 test can cause a person to be sidelined from everyday life. The CDC recommends a minimum 10-day quarantine after a positive test. Many workplaces and schools enforce this not only for the vaccinated individual but also for their close contacts and family members.
Del Rio said enforcing these intense quarantines doesn’t necessarily make sense at this point, and other mitigation and protection measures can help allow a return to normal life. For example, if a kid in a classroom contracts COVID-19, but every child in the classroom is masked and all the adults in that child’s life are vaccinated, there’s no cause for alarm.
COVID-19 vaccines were never expected to zap the virus completely — from the outset, public health officials said the goal was to slow the spread and make the virus less deadly. And while vaccinated individuals who contract COVID-19 can still spread the virus to others, it’s much less common. A person with a breakthrough infection has a much lighter viral load than an unvaccinated person with COVID-19.
The widespread use of rapid antigen tests is one way to allow life to return to normal, Adalja suggested. Although seen as less reliable than PCR tests, an antigen test can determine whether a person with a breakthrough case has enough virus in their body to spread to others.
Last week, the White House announced a major testing initiative to use the Defense Production Act to increase the availability of over-the-counter, rapid COVID-19 tests. President Joe Biden also directed Walmart, Kroger and Amazon to sell those tests at cost for the next three months, as more and more Americans will likely find themselves needing a quick at-home test amid high community spread.
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