Cdc news update 01/14/04

Some people may decide to purchase their masks online, however Michelle Gleba, Mid- Missouri Regional Director for the Better Business Bureau said if you are purchasing masks online be careful because they have received numerous reports from buyers that encountered scam websites promised face masks that they never delivered. If you want to test how effective your mask is, light a candle and try to blow it out while wearing your mask.

That will let you know if the air is getting out. Health experts worry that cloth masks can't contain the omicron variant, which spreads more easily and has caused case numbers to skyrocket as it establishes dominance around the U.

Missouri and Boone County have set numerous records for new cases and hospitalizations over the past two weeks as the variant spreads around the state. The U. However, some evidence indicates sickness caused by omicron isn't as severe.

The conversation over types of masks came up Tuesday in a meeting of the University of Missouri Board of Curators to consider a temporary mask mandate on campus. Close alert Alert Thank you for confirming your email address. Alert Please limit your selections to 10 subscriptions.

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Fever-free and on the mend. Avoid people who are immunocompromised or at high risk for severe disease, and nursing homes and other high-risk settings, until after at least 10 days," according to the CDC. As for the testing component, the CDC recommends that people who can and want to test should do so around day five, if they have been fever-free for 24 hours. The CDC recommends against traveling, going anywhere where you are unable to wear a mask like restaurants and gyms, and avoid eating around people — both at home and in public — "until a full 10 days after your first day of symptoms," even with a negative test.

Walensky, asked about the guidance in an interview with "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert on Monday night, said she would interpret even a negative test as possibly having "some transmissibility ahead of you.

If it's positive, stay home for another five days. If it's negative, I would say you still really need to wear a mask. You still may have some transmissibility ahead of you," she said. You shouldn't get on an airplane.