Author Katelynn Richardson profileAfter thousands of Americans already faced job losses and ruined livelihoods over vaccine mandates and regulations, the CDC is backtracking on its Covid-19 guidelines.

The agency released revised guidelines last week, which put an emphasis on individuals assessing their own risk, finally catching up to how most Americans have been approaching the virus since the summer of 2020. Per the update, those exposed to Covid no longer need to quarantine; mass screening of healthy, asymptomatic individuals is no longer recommended; and distinctions between vaccinated and unvaccinated will no longer be made — signaling a massive shift away from the previous emphasis on vaccine efficacy. …