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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDisappearance of covid-19 data from CDC website spurs outcry
Governors join calls for delay of administration plan to shift control from the CDC as Trump administration pledges to make data available to the publicPLEASE NOTE
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On the eve of a new coronavirus reporting system this week, data disappeared from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website as hospitals began filing information to a private contractor or their states instead. A day later, an outcry including from other federal health officials prompted the Trump administration to reinstate that dashboard and another daily CDC report on the pandemic.
And on Thursday, the nations governors joined the chorus of objections over the abruptness of the change to the reporting protocols for hospitals, asking the administration to delay the shift for 30 days. In a statement, the National Governors Association said hospitals need the time to learn a new system, as they continue to deal with this pandemic.
The governors also urged the administration to keep the information publicly available.
The disappearance of the real-time data from the CDC dashboard, which was taken down Tuesday night before resurfacing Thursday morning, was a ripple effect of the administrations new hospital reporting protocol that took effect Wednesday, according to a federal health official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
And on Thursday, the nations governors joined the chorus of objections over the abruptness of the change to the reporting protocols for hospitals, asking the administration to delay the shift for 30 days. In a statement, the National Governors Association said hospitals need the time to learn a new system, as they continue to deal with this pandemic.
The governors also urged the administration to keep the information publicly available.
The disappearance of the real-time data from the CDC dashboard, which was taken down Tuesday night before resurfacing Thursday morning, was a ripple effect of the administrations new hospital reporting protocol that took effect Wednesday, according to a federal health official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/16/coronavirus-hospitalization-data-outcry/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_virushhs-725pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans
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Disappearance of covid-19 data from CDC website spurs outcry (Original Post)
spanone
Jul 2020
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Nevilledog
(51,220 posts)1. Yeah.... They'll fudge the numbers and give bad info. They are incapable of doing the right thing.
spanone
(135,900 posts)2. That's the entire purpose of this endeavor. It makes no sense otherwise.
Nevilledog
(51,220 posts)3. No is no good reason to do this. Zero!
oasis
(49,429 posts)4. Damn murdering scum. nt