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Pandemic Tracking and the Future of Data

99% Invisible

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Covid Tracking - Why Did It Take So Long?

C d c released their own data tracker in early may, which was 15 weeks after the first reported case of covid. But even when they did that, there continued to be problems with the data and big discrepancies between their testing numbers and state numbers. Why do you think it took the c d c so long? Well, i have reached out to the c t c a number of times to try and get their take on all this, and they haven't responded. A lot of critics of the c dc think is something in the structure and culture of the agency that keeps them from moving fast and breaking protocol in an emergency.

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