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Covid-19 Data Will Once Again Be Collected by CDC, in Policy Reversal

posted by martyb on Monday August 24 2020, @02:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the tired-of-winning dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Covid-19 Data Will Once Again Be Collected by CDC, in Policy Reversal :

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reversing course on a change to the way hospitals report critical information on the coronavirus pandemic to the government, returning the responsibility for data collection to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Deborah Birx, the White House's coronavirus coordinator, told hospital executives and government officials in Arkansas this week that the current system under which hospitals report new cases is "solely an interim system" and that the reporting would soon go back to the CDC.

"CDC is working with us right now to build a revolutionary new data system so it can be moved back to the CDC, and they can have that regular accountability with hospitals relevant to treatment and PPE," Dr. Birx said, referring to personal protective equipment used by doctors and nurses.

The reversal comes after increasing reports that the new system has been plagued by delays and inconsistencies in data since being implemented in July. Among other things, certain key statistics, such as inpatient beds occupied by Covid-19 patients, were updated only once a week, rather than daily or multiple times a week, as under the CDC system.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2020, @03:16AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 24 2020, @03:16AM (#1041013)

    Deborah Birx, the White House's coronavirus coordinator, told hospital executives and government officials in Arkansas this week

    IN Arkanasas? We are doomed! Doomed!

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Hartree on Monday August 24 2020, @03:37AM (2 children)

    by Hartree (195) on Monday August 24 2020, @03:37AM (#1041023)

    I hate to bust your bubble, but yes, there are hospitals in Arkansas.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 24 2020, @03:50AM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 24 2020, @03:50AM (#1041030) Homepage Journal

      Well, the local witch doctor has a couple hammocks and some bear skin rugs in some rooms behind his front office. ;^) You want to be careful about bursting AC's bubble. Denied his fantasy world, he might make some intelligent comments!

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday August 24 2020, @03:50AM

      by c0lo (156) on Monday August 24 2020, @03:50AM (#1041032) Journal

      I hate to bust your bubble, but yes, there are hospitals in Arkansas.

      Really? With all those "hospital executives and government officials" to whom "the White House's coronavirus coordinator" can tell things?
      If so, I have to agree with the poster you replied: you "are doomed! Doomed!"

      (large grin)

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