One day after the Trump administration told the country's hospitals to report COVID-19 data to the HHS instead of the CDC, some data are not available already. The missing data so far are hospital and ICU occupancy from the virus, healthcare worker staffing and PPE status.
When the announcement came out about the change of reporting, I thought to myself that it looks suspicious. Since the HHS is under the control of the administration, can they falsify the data to make things look better? I would think that they can't possibly get away with that. could they? Well, the three types of data missing would all be alarming. Occupancy in ICUs are rising, healthcare workers in many states are stretched thin, and PPE problems were never addressed adequately. So all these would be embarrassing to Trump. But by not reporting these, it just highlights the problems.
Given that the press already noticed this, I am sure these three data will be reported soon. But will something more sinister like under reporting of cases and deaths be next?
Thursday, July 16, 2020
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Is there anything stopping the hospitals to still send the data to the CDC? I haven't heard anything about this. All I've seen is that they're directed to send it to HHS. I mean we already knew that the government wouldn't be transparent and release all the data, so the hospitals should have an obligation to make sure that all data is reported.
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I suppose there is no law against hospitals sending the data to the CDC in addition to the HHS. But I am sure that there are hospitals run by people who are Trump supporters and will not do so. Or they may not have the manpower to send stats to different clearinghouses. In any case, unless every hospitals decide together to do so, the data will not be accurate anyway.
ReplyDeleteDid you see that Federal agents are in Oregon arresting protesters and they are not wearing badges to identify who they are or what department they represent? The governor of Oregon and mayor of Portland are asking them to leave, saying they cause more trouble than helping.
So Trump and others have been saying China hid data of the virus and have secret police in Hong Kong to arrest protesters. Neither of which has been proven. But it looks like Trump is doing both of these things. Are we a democracy anymore?