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    Got COVID? Doctors caution against powering through it — even from home

    by Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times Jul 07, 2022 5 minutes
    From left to right: Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Robert Califf, MD, Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration; and Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, United States...

    More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, when Dr. Anthony Fauci tested positive for the coronavirus, his federal agency announced that he would "continue to work from his home."

    So did U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who announced on Twitter that after testing positive, "I plan to work remotely." And so did San Francisco Mayor London Breed, whose office announced she would conduct meetings from home after testing positive.

    As vaccines and new treatments have eased some of the alarm around a COVID-19 diagnosis, continuing to work — but from home — has become a familiar practice among professionals who can do their jobs remotely. Fauci was vaccinated and boosted and said he was experiencing mild symptoms, like other officials who said they would stay on the job from home.

    Physicians caution, however, that rest is an important part of weathering a COVID-19 infection. Plugging away from home is better than

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