D&D and the rising pandemic

[abirdcall]

Apparently USA health data will no longer be sent to the CDC. There is fear that the raw data will no longer be public.

Trump Administration Strips C.D.C. of Control of Coronavirus Data (Published 2020)

Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Umbran]

That is, unless the hospitals tell the Administration to go fly a kite, and send it to the CDC anyway.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

That is, unless the hospitals tell the Administration to go fly a kite, and send it to the CDC anyway.

Which they obviously should do. We don't need the government altering the numbers (like from Florida) nationwide now.

 

[Hussar]

Just so I have this right.

Trump has now pulled the US out of WHO. And is now stripping out the CDC. Do I have this right?

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Just so I have this right.

Trump has now pulled the US out of WHO. And is now stripping out the CDC. Do I have this right?

We still have the CDC if I understand correctly, but the White House is undercutting them.

 

[Zardnaar]

One new case today, 27 total.

Boring stuff.

Stuff

i.stuff.co.nz

 

[Ryujin]

Well you can't have the CDC disseminating RealFacts™ that contradict the administrations TrueFacts™ at a time like this, can you?

 

[Umbran]

Trump has now pulled the US out of WHO.

Yep.

And is now stripping out the CDC. Do I have this right?

He's forbidding hospitals from sending their covid data to the CDC. It is as yet unclear whether (or how many) hospitals will follow those directives, or even how much legal power exists to enforce this.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Well you can't have the CDC disseminating RealFacts™ that contradict the administrations TrueFacts™ at a time like this, can you?

You can, but only if you inject bleach first.

This whole situation is a nightmare. It was 25 states yesterday that had rising cases (as in, more new cases than the amount of new cases they had previously) yesterday. That's half of America that is going the wrong direction.

 

[Umbran]

This whole situation is a nightmare. It was 25 states yesterday that had rising cases (as in, more new cases than the amount of new cases they had previously) yesterday. That's half of America that is going the wrong direction.

Yeah, our seven-day rolling average is up a smidgen from a low back on the 5th.

I see my fellow citizens are getting tired of wearing masks, and choosing not to, which is starting to irritate me. I want to go find a good T shirt that says, "Just wear the darn mask, already" or some other similar piece of wisdom in large, friendly letters to wear when I go out for a walk.

Yes, I know that probably means I'll get punched in the face or shot by some numbnut....