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Tue Jul 14, 2020, 08:02 PM Jul 2020

Hospitals Ordered to Bypass CDC for Reporting

Hospitals Ordered to Bypass CDC for Reporting

July 14, 2020 at 3:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 179 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/14/hospitals-ordered-to-bypass-cdc-for-reporting/

"SNIP......

“The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and, beginning on Wednesday, send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in Washington — a move that has alarmed public health experts who fear the data will be distorted for political gain,” the New York Times reports.

“From now on, HHS, and not the CDC, will collect daily reports about the patients that each hospital is treating, how many beds and ventilators are available, and other information vital to tracking the pandemic.”

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Hospitals Ordered to Bypass CDC for Reporting (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2020 OP
"Ordered"? Since when does POTUS order around hospitals? What the fuck? Alex4Martinez Jul 2020 #1
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