Brians356
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When was the last time that only two states, NY and NJ, accounted for roughly half of all US epidemic or pandemic deaths? I honestly don't know, but it seems a fair question.Especially if you fairly compare how influenza and COVID-19 deaths are counted by the CDC.
When was the last time that seasonal flu victims had to be stored in rented refrigerated trucks in hospital parking lots, and funeral homes were packing the corpses into U-Hauls?
Since you mentioned CDC counting:
Ashish K. Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, says that CDC is failing in its traditional role as a national clearinghouse for data:
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the CDC has been inexplicably absent, and Americans are suffering and dying for it.
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Want to know how many tuberculosis cases there were in the U.S. last year? Ask the CDC. Want to know about health-care-associated infections? Ask the CDC. It knows.
But ask how many Covid-19 tests have been done, and the CDC’s doesn’t have an answer. Want a daily update on how many people are getting hospitalized for Covid-19? The CDC isn’t tracking it. Want to know if social distancing is making a difference? The CDC doesn’t know.
During this pandemic, when accurate, timely, nationwide information is the lifeblood of our response, the CDC has largely disappeared.
Much more here:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/05/the-cdc-is-awol.php
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