Is it time to scrap COVID isolation?

2022-08-30

Back at the start of the pandemic, if you tested positive for COVID - or even if you were a contact - you were looking at two weeks of isolation. These days, that's been downgraded to a week, and contacts are generally free to go about their normal life. But while COVID is still undeniably a health risk, having masses of people undergoing mandatory isolation takes its own toll. So should compulsory isolation be shortened or even scrapped altogether?Also on today's show:* Are vaccination requirements st...

Back at the start of the pandemic, if you tested positive for COVID - or even if you were a contact - you were looking at two weeks of isolation.

These days, that's been downgraded to a week, and contacts are generally free to go about their normal life.

But while COVID is still undeniably a health risk, having masses of people undergoing mandatory isolation takes its own toll.

So should compulsory isolation be shortened or even scrapped altogether?

Also on today's show:

* Are vaccination requirements still useful?

* Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech

* Didn't I see Norman out and about without a mask on the other day?

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