Hochul relaxes COVID quarantine rules for ‘critical workforce,’ even as New York breaks infection record

“Weakening COVID-19 guidance now, in the face of what could be the most devastating COVID-19 surge yet, will only result in further transmission, illness and death,” Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, president of National Nurses United, wrote in a letter this week to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. She added that the push for relaxing public health guidance appears aimed at “maintaining business operations, revenues, and profits, without regard for science or the health of employees and the public.”