Fall Off the Covid -19 Cliff
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In the latest development, the New York Times reported this week the CDC has even been bypassed in its data collection, with the Trump administration ordering hospitals to send COVID-19 data directly to the White House.
Hospitals have instead been ordered to send all COVID-19 patient information to a central database in Washington DC.
This will have a range of likely knock-on effects. For starters, the new database will not be available to the public, prompting inevitable questions over the accuracy and transparency of data which will now be interpreted and shared by the White House.\
It is difficult to recall a previous public health emergency when political pressure led to a change in the interpretation of scientific evidence.
Despite the inevitable challenges that come with tackling a pandemic in real time, the CDC remains the best-positioned agency – not just in the US but the entire world – to help us manage this crisis as safely as possible.
via US coronavirus data will now go straight to the White House. Here's what this means for the world
Scientists, and Engineers, of course, they stack rationally.
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