Post : Did the CDC Move the Goalposts With New COVID Guidance?
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Posted : March 14, 2024 at 9:38 am
Author : Vincent Iannelli, MD
Tags : anti-mask, covid guidance, Del Bigtree, Great Barrington Declaration, hybrid immunity, moving the goalposts, natural immunity
Categories : Immunization News

Why do some folks think that the CDC moved the goalposts on COVID guidance, treating it more like the flu?

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Del Bigtree ( [link removed] ) thinks that new COVID guidance from the CDC means that he has been right all along!

The usual suspects...

Did the CDC Move the Goalposts With New COVID Guidance?

While it is certainly true that CDC's guidance about COVID has changed - again, that's not terribly surprising, as we are now in the 5th year of dealing with the COVID-19 virus.

> "As the threat from COVID-19 becomes more similar to that of other common respiratory viruses, CDC is issuing Respiratory Virus Guidance, rather than additional virus-specific guidance."
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> Background for CDC’s Updated Respiratory Virus Guidance

Remember, the '19' part of COVID-19 was because it first appeared in 2019...

> "While we are all anxious for the COVID-19 pandemic to be over, I don’t remember any expert claiming that the virus would go away, or be eliminated to any significant degree. Rather, it would simply become like the flu, an endemic simmering infection that becomes part of the background."
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> COVID and Hybrid Immunity

And since those first few weeks and months of the pandemic, we now have updated vaccines ( [link removed] ) , new treatments ( [link removed] ) , and new treatment protocols ( [link removed] ) .

> "Due to the effectiveness of protective tools and high degree of population immunity, there are now fewer hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19."
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> Background for CDC’s Updated Respiratory Virus Guidance

What else?

A whole lot of people with immunity to the COVID-19 virus, both natural and vaccine induced!

[link removed] COVID has been a big killer the last few years! How many more would have died without vaccines and other risk reduction strategies, like wearing masks ( [link removed] ) and social distancing ( [link removed] ) ?

So no, the fact that the CDC has updated their guidance in 2024 doesn't mean that the CDC moved the goalposts ( [link removed] ) on anything or that folks who wanted to treat COVID like the flu in 2020 or 2021 were right.

> "In the last week, two new studies in the New England of Journal Medicine have bolstered that point and suggest that there is considerable benefit to getting vaccinated even after recovery from COVID-19."
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> 'Natural immunity' to COVID has its limits

They were wrong then ( [link removed] ) and they are still wrong ( [link removed] ) (at least the ones who survived COVID ( [link removed] ) are...), as most of them push misinformation ( [link removed] ) that scares people ( [link removed] ) away from getting vaccinated and protected.

[link removed] If you are high risk, having folks treat COVID like the flu likely sounds scary!

In fact, some experts think that the CDC has been too aggressive in making these changes and that they will lead to more infections, especially in those at high risk for severe infections.

More on COVID Guidance

* COVID Is More Than a Flu-Like Risk to Unvaccinated Children ( [link removed] )

* Some claim vindication after CDC change on COVID-19 guidance. Here’s why they’re wrong. ( [link removed] )

* CDC updates and simplifies respiratory virus recommendations ( [link removed] )

CDC - CDC’s Respiratory Virus Guidance ( [link removed] )

CDC - Background for CDC’s Updated Respiratory Virus Guidance ( [link removed] )

CDC - COVID-19 Timeline ( [link removed] )

WHO - Timeline: WHO's COVID-19 response ( [link removed] )

* COVID-19 is now a leading killer of children ( [link removed] )

* Two-thirds of the Great Barrington Declaration aren’t even hiding that they are antivax anymore ( [link removed] )

* WTF happened to John Ioannidis revisited: The Carl Sagan effect ( [link removed] )

* Brownstone Institute admits that the Great Barrington Declaration was wrong (without actually admitting it was wrong) ( [link removed] )

* Did Sweden beat the pandemic by refusing to lock down? No, its record is disastrous ( [link removed] )

* COVID and Hybrid Immunity ( [link removed] )

* Why Children Shouldn’t Just Be Left to Get COVID ( [link removed] )

* COVID-19 and influenza are very different ( [link removed] )

* COVID-19 is Deadlier Than the Flu for Children ( [link removed] )

* 'Natural immunity' to COVID has its limits ( [link removed] )

* Escaping COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy ( [link removed] )

* How people judge anti-vaxxers who die from COVID-19 ( [link removed] )

* At Least 7 Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Mask Conservative Activists Have Died of COVID-19 in Recent Weeks ( [link removed] )

* Anti-Vax Radio Hosts Keep Dying From COVID ( [link removed] )

* Which Sweden Do You Want to Believe In? ( [link removed] )

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