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https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-f9c58c50f565e707be9bedfa9a82319eStates scale back virus reporting just as cases surge
By JOSH FUNK
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities.
The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota marked a notable shift during a pandemic in which coronavirus dashboards have become a staple for Americans closely tracking case counts and trends to navigate a crisis that has killed more than 600,000 people in the U.S.
In Nebraska, the state actually stopped reporting on the virus altogether for two weeks after Gov. Pete Ricketts declared an end to the official virus emergency, forcing news reporters to file public records requests or turn to national websites that track state data to learn about COVID statistics. The state backtracked two weeks later and came up with a weekly site that provides some basic numbers.
Other governments have gone the other direction and released more information, with Washington, D.C., this week adding a dashboard on breakthrough cases to show the number of residents who contracted the virus after getting vaccines. Many states have recently gone to reporting virus numbers only on weekdays.
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States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jul 2021
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LisaL
(44,962 posts)1. What you don't know is not going to hurt you.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,802 posts)2. I'm noticing this in TN too.
The numbers they're reporting just don't add up.
dweller
(23,558 posts)3. NC along with other states
Have stopped reporting #s on weekends on worldometers
Of concern also is Missouri with high case #s but 0 deaths usually
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abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. Of course all the states mentioned here are controlled by reTHUG Fascist Insurrectionist
Seditious Cultists. It's way past time to deal effectively with them.