AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
The Highwire with Del Bigtree
CDC IN HOT SEAT OVER SKEWED COVID DATA
Feb 16, 2024
Exploring skewed COVID data reporting by the CDC, uncovering discrepancies in data interpretation. Challenges in accurately identifying vaccinated vs unvaccinated individuals. Analysis reveals only half, not 99.5%, of the population was unvaccinated, impacting pandemic response.
14:45
AI Summary
AI Chapters
Episode notes
Podcast summary created with Snipd AI
Quick takeaways
- Inaccurate data on vaccination status leads to skewed statistics on hospitalizations and deaths.
- CDC lacks national-level data on vaccination and hospitalizations, raising concerns about the accuracy of presented statistics.
Deep dives
Inaccurate Data on Vaccination Status
The podcast episode highlights the issue of inaccurate data on vaccination status. It discusses how the electronic health record (EHR) system used by healthcare providers lacks an 'unvaccinated' category, resulting in vaccinated individuals being categorized as unknown. A study found that when manually querying patients with unknown vaccination status, 44% were actually vaccinated. This challenges the assumption that the majority of hospitalizations and deaths are among the unvaccinated.
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode