05-20-2021, 03:54 PM
No, I agree with you TrumpCard. Individuals with symptoms should be tested (whether they are vaccinated or not), and individuals who test positive should isolate. I just don't think you need routine testing of asymptomatic, fully vaccinated individuals. The quarantining comment was meant mostly in regards to contact tracing, not the isolation of positive cases. I do think that a fully vaccinated individual wouldn't need to quarantine unless they tested positive, even if they had close contact with a known positive case.
I would certainly not begrudge somebody who wanted to observe stricter non-pharmaceutical interventions (masking for example) after vaccination either because of different risk ascertainment or for social reasons such as solidarity for those who cannot be vaccinated. I think it is also important to respect other people's concerns. I carry a mask with me and will wear it when in public with others until I know that they are ok with me taking it off.
As for the the company policy, I'm pretty sure that it is due to concern about fomite spread. A standard office has about 4 air exchanges per hour; supposedly they have upped that since the pandemic in our office. That would suggest that 15-30 minutes would be adequate to exhaust any airborne viral particles. The second thing is that they changed the policy. If anything, airborne spread has become more salient as the WHO has come around to believe that it was a significant mode of transmission recently. Since the policy has changed, I can only believe it is a response to outdated concern about fomites.
BC
I would certainly not begrudge somebody who wanted to observe stricter non-pharmaceutical interventions (masking for example) after vaccination either because of different risk ascertainment or for social reasons such as solidarity for those who cannot be vaccinated. I think it is also important to respect other people's concerns. I carry a mask with me and will wear it when in public with others until I know that they are ok with me taking it off.
As for the the company policy, I'm pretty sure that it is due to concern about fomite spread. A standard office has about 4 air exchanges per hour; supposedly they have upped that since the pandemic in our office. That would suggest that 15-30 minutes would be adequate to exhaust any airborne viral particles. The second thing is that they changed the policy. If anything, airborne spread has become more salient as the WHO has come around to believe that it was a significant mode of transmission recently. Since the policy has changed, I can only believe it is a response to outdated concern about fomites.
BC