Tuesday, September 08, 2020

CDC Is Failing to Collect and Share COVID-19 Data for the Front Line

Assuming the information in this article is largely correct, then it would be advisable to take drastic action. President Trump should consider to shut down the CDC and replace it from scratch! Sometimes this is the best course of action in dealing with an entrenched, ossified bureaucracy.

"... As the federal agency with primary responsibility for handling infectious diseases, the CDC uses an antiquated system to collect information essential to fighting the coronavirus. Medical workers literally phone or fax in their data. ... Multiple congresses and administrations have tried to drag the CDC into the 21st century, to no avail. Since 2006, the CDC has ignored four separate laws requiring it to build a modern, efficient system for collecting information to combat disease. ... The Government Accountability Office has twice reprimanded the CDC for its impudence."

CDC Is Failing to Collect and Share COVID-19 Data for the Front Line

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