Aaron E. Carroll: A timid CDC waffles on quarantines
The agency’s advice about what citizens remains confusing — at a time we need clarity most.
(CDC via AP, File) This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The prickly orb is on every news and medical site. It's all over TV and on flyers for COVID car cleaning.