Should Hospitals continue sending Covid19 data to the CDC after White House tells them to stop?

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White House officials have told hospitals should now only send Covid-19 cases to Health and Human Services rather than the CDC.  The CDC makes reports public while HHS will not publish numbers.   "Health and Human Services said that going forward, hospitals should report detailed information on a daily basis directly to the new centralized system, which is managed by TeleTracking, a health data firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh," the Times noted.
The administration's new directive came in the form of a document quietly posted online last week by HHS, an agency headed by former pharmaceutical executive and Trump appointee Alex Azar.
"As of July 15, 2020, hospitals should no longer report the Covid-19 information in this document to the National Healthcare Safety Network site," the directive states, referring to the CDC's data-gathering system.
Dr. Nicole Lurie, who served in former President Barack Obama's HHS, told the Times that "centralizing control of all data under the umbrella of an inherently political apparatus is dangerous and breeds distrust."
"It appears to cut off the ability of agencies like CDC to do its basic job," said Lurie.
HHS spokesperson Michael Caputo confirmed in a statement to NBC News that the CDC will "no longer control" coronavirus data collection but said the agency will still participate in the process.
Didnt we get all pissy at China and Russia and the WHO for underreporting cases!? Now our own President wants to do the same thing.. 
Also yesterday Florida hit a new record by having 15,299 new cases in a single day.  Are we really wanting to not know this information anymore?

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Yes, this is a dangerous move by the Trump administration. The public has a right to know in order to protect ourselves. 
I’m glad my state also publicly releases our own numbers on a daily basis.

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I’m baffled that there are people still refusing to see the strategy the trump administration is taking here. 
“The numbers are good. Very good. The best numbers ever to be seen across the globe. I don’t need to share them with the evil media because i saw them with my own eyes. Muh economy” -Trump sometime soon, probably.

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This administration is so fucking disgusting.

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They absolutely should. COVID-19 is part of the coronavirus family and just like SARS, it still needs to be reported the same way influenza is reported and the bubonic plague is reported. That stuff not being reported will be used as a way of saying that the cases have gone down or it no longer exists which isn’t true. Ignoring the problem does not help the problem.

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It’s scary living in the US.. well it always has been being black, but sheesh 😩 knowing trump this is a political move to make numbers seem lower and like the virus is “going away” before re-election time

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Yes. The White House has proven themselves completely inept at handling this. Their desire to control the data is completely political and they will probably falsely release it to make it seem like the pandemic is waning. It will lead to mass death.

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Please answer, White House: who are the statisticians and epidemiologists on staff qualified to collect, analyze, collate and distill public health data like this? We deserve to know their background, qualifications, and experience. I DO NOT WANT MY HEALTH DATA ANALYZED BY A WHITE HOUSE STAFFER NAMED HALEY WHO GRADUATED WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS IN 2018!! THIS DATA IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE WHITE HOUSE CAN HANDLE!!!! 
As a critical care nurse in Texas I can testify that even the CDC is having trouble sifting through the data! They are far higher than what’s being reported because of the dramatic delay in test results. I was absolutely APPALLED at this request. Thankfully every hospital in my area, as well as every county health department will not comply.

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That's important information that we all, especially other healthcare professionals, need to know! Of course it should still be sent! The White House is full of business people and politicians. I wouldn't take medical advise from a roofer, I'm not taking it from them. The White House has been a big source of bullshit this whole pandemic.

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Why would they want to hide the number of cases? Is it so they can pretend there’s less than there really are and they can push for schools to open sooner?

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Yes.  There’s no reason they can’t report to both.

Should Hospitals continue sending Covid19 data to the CDC after White House tells them to stop?

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