Overseas Network, July 22 (Xinhua) According to the US "Capitol Hill" report on the 21st, as the Omicron BA.5 strain spreads in the United States, the National Nurses United, the largest registered nurses union in the United States, sent a letter to the National Nurses Associatio

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Overseas Network, July 22. According to a report by the US "Capitol Hill" on the 21st, with the Olympic Games As the Micron BA.5 strain spreads in the United States, the National Nurses United, the largest registered nurses union in the United States, sent a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the 20th, criticizing its anti-epidemic standards and calling on the federal government to strengthen new crown prevention and control. measures in response to rising infections and hospitalizations.

In the letter, the National Nurses United criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards for mask wearing and isolation, saying that current guidelines are "insufficient to interrupt the spread of the new coronavirus." The organization believes that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requires people to wear masks too late in its latest recommendations and lifts quarantine too early. These wrong practices "will lead to the further prolongation of the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States."

The National Nurses United criticized the CDC’s five-day quarantine policy for positive people, saying, “About half of infected people still test positive at the end of quarantine, but under current policies, they do not need to be quarantined again. We hope the CDC will follow the science and reformulate quarantine policies, Those who are positive or have COVID-19 symptoms are required to quarantine for 10 days. "

The union also said: "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not effectively communicated to the public the risks of the long-term effects of the COVID-19 virus, which will pose a serious health threat to the public. People are being harmed without knowing it.” (Overseas Network/Zhang Ni) Internship Compiler/Zhang Yaxuan)

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