HHS Taking Over COVID-19 Data Collection, Bypassing CDC
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Boxing gloves-CDC v. HHS (Attribution: Susan Sun Nunamaker, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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Government transparency is the cornerstone of democracy. It is important for government agencies at all levels to be transparent about their processes. Tax payers deserve to know how their tax dollars are being spent. Open transparency is important because if government officials are not transparent, they could avoid being held accountable by the public, making self-serving decisions and hiding their own agendas. That is why it is alarming to find, in the Guidance To Hospitals of July 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordering hospitals to stop submitting data on intensive care unit capacity, ventilator use, personal protective equipment levels, and staffing shortages to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)‘s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and instead submit it either to HHS’s new TeleTracking system (part of a larger system called HHS Protect) or to their state health department (which would then submit it to HHS).
The CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield announced the policy change on a conference call to reporters on July 15, 2020. Public data shared on the CDC website will now be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to escalate. Previously public data has already disappeared from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website after the Trump administration quietly shifted control of the information to the Department of Health and Human Services. Since the pandemic began, the CDC regularly published data on availability of hospital beds and intensive care units across the country. But Ryan Panchadsaram, who helps run a data-tracking site called Covid Exit Strategy, said that when he tried to collect the data from the CDC on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, it had disappeared. “We were surprised because the modules that we normally go to were empty. The data wasn’t available and not there,” he said. “There was no warning.” CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told reporters on a conference call Wednesday, July 15, 2020, that states were told to stop sending hospital information to the National Healthcare Safety Network site, the CDC’s system for gathering data, beginning Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Instead, all data will now be reported through HHS’ reporting portal, officials said, adding that the decision was made to streamline data reporting and to provide HHS officials with real-time data. Public health specialists and former health officials acknowledged that the CDC’s data reporting infrastructure was limited, and said it needs to be overhauled to meet the demands of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, they expressed concern in interviews with CNBC that the change could lead to less transparent data. When reached for comment Thursday, July 16, 2020, by CNBC, HHS spokesman Michael Caputo said in a statement that the CDC was directed to make the data available again. In the future, he said, HHS will provide “more powerful insights.” “Yes, HHS is committed to being transparent with the American public about the information it is collecting on the coronavirus,” he said. “Therefore, HHS has directed CDC to re-establish the coronavirus dashboards it withdrew from the public on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.” Representatives of the CDC did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment. Later in the day, the CDC restored the site’s previous dashboards with data through Tuesday, saying: “This file will not be updated after July 14, 2020 and includes data from April 1 to July 14.” in the video “Pres. Donald Trump administration removes control of coronavirus data from CDC“, below:
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, member of the boards of Pfizer, Tempus and biotech company Illumina and former FDA commissioner, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss the latest news in the fight against Covid-19, in the video “HHS taking over Covid-19 data collection from CDC: Former FDA chief“, below:
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, member of the boards of Pfizer, Tempus and biotech company Illumina and former FDA commissioner, in the video “Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb on Covid-19 data controversy“, below:
Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to rise across parts of the U.S. CBS News’ Laura Podesta reports on the latest, and Dr. Neeta Ogden joins CBSN to discuss concerns about a new order from the White House that shifts control of data on COVID-19 to the Department of Health and Human Services instead of the CDC, in the video “Doctor weighs in on Trump administration stripping CDC of control of COVID-19 data“, below:
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