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posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 07 2020, @09:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the data-entry-personnel-needed dept.

California virus-fighting efforts hampered by data delays:

California has stopped removing or adding to a list of counties facing more restrictions on businesses and schools as it tries to resolve a technical problem with the state's coronavirus testing database, health officials said Wednesday.

The state has recorded a highest-in-the-nation 525,000 positive tests. But California health officials say the true number is even higher. They don't know how much so until they can add backlogged testing data and fix the problem with the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange, also known as CalREDIE.

The incomplete data in the nation's most populous state has hampered public health officials' ability to follow up with those who test positive and contact people who have been around them to limit the spread.

"Back in February and March when we didn't have enough testing, I would say we felt blind," said Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County's public health director. "I would say now we're back to feeling blind. We don't know how the epidemic is trending."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2020, @08:58PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2020, @08:58PM (#1033634)

    How about the general poor health habits of the population of the USA?

    What is the overweight/obesity percentage?

    What is the smoking/vaping percentage?

    What is the cardio-vascular issue percentage?

    You cannot eat at McDognuts/JackOffInTheBox/etc. all the time and expect to have good health.

    How about all of those overweight people leaving Costco/WalMart/etc. with cases of HFCS (soft-drinks)?

    And we can close all sorts of businesses, but cigarette/smoking stores are still open ... this is a
    respiratory inflamation issue after all ...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2020, @09:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 08 2020, @09:45PM (#1033653)

    What is the smoking/vaping percentage?

    Just before the impeachment showboat, the media was pounding on another mysterious lung disease, that was found to be caused by homemade concoctions the blacks were using to vape weed.