Are the COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths figures being fudged by Tru

[dutch508]

Star Member DonaldsRump (2,299 posts)
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Are the COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths figures being fudged by Trump
If I recall correctly, there was a significant change in how and to whom these numbers were being officially reported to.

Do we have any real confidence in these numbers? If Trump or his flunkies are controlling these numbers, should we believe any downturn in the numbers?

We know the numbers are being fudged, but not by Trump...

soothsayer (20,868 posts)

1. It's a mess and everyone knows the virus is out of control

...and people are dying.

I think everyone knows that anyway.

 

[thundley4]

There have been 24 deaths out of a population of about 105,000 in the county I live in. 22 of those deaths were at assisted living facilities.

The Democrat mayor and city council just voted themselves the ability to revoke city permits on bars and restaurants if they don't follow the governor's illegal mandates. Little towns in the surrounding area laugh at the silly city folks.

[SVPete]

Do I sense some DU-disappointment that more people aren't being hospitalized and dying?

The numbers are reported by the states, which get data from their counties. IOW, Trump doesn't have access to the data so as to "fudge" it. But as my signature quote says ...

[DLR Pyro]

The numbers are reported by the states, which get data from their counties. IOW, Trump doesn't have access to the data so as to "fudge" it. But as my signature quote says ...

Glitches in CalREDIE, California’s infectious disease reporting system, lead to ‘significant’ COVID-19 undercount

Weeks-long glitches plaguing CalREDIE, the California infectious disease registry system have led to crippling delays in information filtering back to counties — and a “significant” undercount in COVID-19 cases.

Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday spoke of “encouraging” and “early good signs” regarding coronavirus infection rates. But officials in multiple California counties told Mission Local they believe this to be a mirage caused by faulty data.

At issue is CalREDIE, the state’s disease registry system. Testing data from lab providers is electronically transmitted to CalREDIE, which subsequently transmits information back to the counties.

Technological problems, however, have gummed up this process for weeks. A call with all of the state’s health directors was convened last night and, in an email, the state today acknowledged that “We have discovered an underreporting of COVID-19 cases due to technology issues with the electronic laboratory reporting system which reports into the state’s disease registry system (CalREDIE).”

  https://missionlocal.org/2020/08/glitch-in-californias-infectious-disease-reporting-system-leads-to-significant-covid-19-undercount/


Not President Trump's doing