Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=955970275479680&ref=sharing The CDC has erased the current 5 day quarantine rule that applies after you test positive for CoVid.  It now says that you can go out in public as soon as 24 hours after diagnosis as long has you have no or improving symptoms and no fever over that 24 hour time.   Actually, the new CDC rules apply to anyone with any respiratory infection including CoVid, the flu, RSV, and even the common cold.  The reason I say any respiratory infection is that only in the case of CoVid do we have a readily available, reasonably priced home test to determine whether or not you have CoVid.  Oh yes there is Lucira, a Pfizer test for both CoVid and influenza, but that will set you back $40 on Amazon for a single test.  That’s 7-8 times as expensive as the $5-6 for each CoVid test. Back to the guidelines.  Besides the 24 hour rule with no symptoms or improving symptoms and no fever off any fever-reducing medications such as Tylenol, acetaminophen, Adv