{"id":49962,"date":"2021-12-28T03:11:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T03:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49962"},"modified":"2021-12-28T03:11:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T03:11:10","slug":"turning-the-covid-corner-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49962","title":{"rendered":"Turning the COVID corner &#8230; again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new rule that shortens the quarantine time for those who have the COVID virus. It\u2019s now down to just five days.<\/p>\n<p>Well \u2026 what does that mean?<\/p>\n<p>It used to be for two weeks; then it went to 10 days; now it\u2019s just five days.<\/p>\n<p>I get that the Omicron variant isn\u2019t as deadly as previous variants. It\u2019s just far more contagious. It is why I am masking up \u2014 again! \u2014 when I enter indoor venues populated by people I do not know. It\u2019s also why I am washing my hands frequently \u2014 again! \u2014 with soap and water. It\u2019s also why I am more mindful of social distancing \u2014 yes, again!<\/p>\n<p>I hope the new CDC rule bodes more promising for how Omicron is going to progress.<\/p>\n<p>I also want an end to the constant stream of COVID-related news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new rule that shortens the quarantine time for those who have the COVID virus. It\u2019s now down to just five days. Well \u2026 what does that mean? It used to be for two weeks; then it went to 10 days; now it\u2019s just five days. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49962\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turning the COVID corner &#8230; again?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[891,9423,9261],"class_list":["post-49962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-news","tag-cdc","tag-covid","tag-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49963,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49962\/revisions\/49963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}