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CDC reportedly withholding significant amount of pandemic related data

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The C.D.C. has reported only published a fraction of the data it has collected since the onset of the pandemic two years ago, withholding significant data and information that could have supported local officials in their attempts reduce the spread of Covid-19.

The agency is only now sharing wastewater data with the public, despite having access to state wastewater information since the beginning of the pandemic. 

Additionally, it has collected hospitalization data according to age, race, and vaccination status for over a year, but most of the information hasn’t been released to the public.

According to one C.D.C. official, Dr. Daniel Jernigan, the pandemic revealed how outdated many of the data systems at the C.D.C. and other health agencies had become.

C.D.C spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund has said that the slow release of withheld data has been because “at the end of the day, it’s not yet ready for prime time” and that much of the data could have been misunderstood.

ARTICLE: PAUL MURDOCH

MANAGING EDITOR: CARSON CHOATE

PHOTO CREDITS: NEW YORK TIMES

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Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

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