PUBLIC HEALTH
NBA Bubble Experience Supports Ten Day Isolation Recommendations
Those who recovered clinically but still tested positive didn’t transmit COVID according latest research
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends discontinuation of isolation 10 days after symptom onset or first positive test result. And it does not require a negative test after the ten day isolation period.
But what if a person who has clinically recovered from Covid still tests positive? Is that person infectious? A new, large cohort study of the 2020 NBA season in Orlando helps shed light on the answer to this question, and it is good news.
3648 NBA players, staff, and vendors participated in the NBA’s regular and postseason occupational health program in Orlando for the 2020 season. Of these participants, 36 got COVID and clinically recovered, but persistently tested positive after recovery. They were monitored up to 100 days, and these people had repeated unmasked interactions. There were no cases of transmission of the virus.
This is a great study because of its size and real world setting. It further supports ending isolation after 10 days from symptom onset or first positive test. Further, it shows that…
