White House tells hospitals to bypass CDC on COVID-19 data reporting

[mia]

Source: The Hill

Hospitals will begin sending coronavirus-related information directly to the Department of Health and Human Services, not the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under new instructions from the Trump administration.

The move will take effect on Wednesday, according to a new guidance and FAQ document for hospitals and clinical labs quietly posted on the HHS website.

Previously, hospitals reported to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network, which the agency describes as the nation’s most widely used healthcare-associated infection tracking system.


CDC tracked information including how many beds are available, number of ventilators available and how many COVID-19 patients the hospitals have....



Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/507321-white-house-tells-hospitals-to-bypass-cdc-on-covid-data-reporting

[The Blue Flower]

1. How does that line of authority work?

The hospitals aren't federalized. They can send their data wherever they want, right?

[drray23]

6. yes. that wont stop them from reporting to the local health counties and state health departments.

Which is where the data is compiled from by most reporting sites like worldometer or 1point3acres

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. The numbers are NOT in Trump's favor....

This is a ploy to suppress the truth.

[forgotmylogin]

22. "Just sweep the dirt under the rug. There, it doesn't exist anymore." n/t

[C_U_L8R]

3. Definitely looks like another Trump shitfit that will cost people their lives

[Vinca]

4. Why should hospitals have to do this? They should continue sending it to the CDC.

Trump just wants the numbers so he can spin into some kind of happy talk for the cult.

[dchill]

5. I expect this to be the most widely...

...disobeyed demand by Trump yet.

[Lonestarblue]

7. I hope hospital administrators tell Trump to stuff it and continue sending to the CDC.

This is such an obvious effort to prevent the public from learning just how serious the virus is and how many deaths are occurring. The media needs to make this a hot topic for several days until Trump backs off. People need to know that Trump wants to hide information from them about outbreaks in their communities.

[not_the_one]

24. His next threat...... I'LL CUT YOUR FUNDING

In 3... 2... 1...

[LiberalFighter]

8. Hospitals should send data to CDC too.

[chriscan64]

9. Even if the CDC continues to get the correct data

The white house will have its own fake numbers that will be brandished as the "real" numbers.

[Champp]

10. EVIL to hide the truth from Americans

Another Republican betrayal of America

[Chainfire]

11. Wonderful, the Feds are finally going to do something about the virus

cover it up. Leadership Republican style.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. I hear the chocolate ration is going to be increased soon

and the war has reached a critical stage. Here's hoping Comrade Ogilvy will rout the virus!

[bluestarone]

13. The ONLY reason for this is to

COVER it up! There is NO other reason!!

[BigmanPigman]

23. BINGO!

[Hugin]

14. Wow...

The corruption never sleeps.

[LiberalArkie]

15. Probably so that the cases reported only to HHS will receive money from HHS. They will force it

somehow.

[Docreed2003]

16. Unbelievable...

They actually think this move will be in their favor so they can attempt to hide the real numbers. Do these idiots think they control the local health depts now too?

[Grokenstein]

17. Hiding the truth. Getting Americans killed. How does that MAGA, again?

[hadEnuf]

18. Trump wants the data in order to skew the numbers or outright lie about them.

Trump is a seditious traitor to America.

[Talitha]

19. He's already got the Sharpie uncapped....

[C Moon]

20. The only thing that is going to stop this nut is if he becomes ill with the virus himself.

[Ford_Prefect]

21. It is tempting to file this under disorganized crime as they seem so obvious and inept.

But I do wonder that there is no other hidden agenda we haven't heard of at work here. Controlling the so-called official data seems the obvious thing to do, much as they have tried with redacting and erasing (well, attempting to erase) the evidence of Stone, Flynn and inevitably Trump's crimes.
We know that the Orange Orangutan lives in a fantasy that serves only one. It begs the question that they would do this only to hide information which is easily public and publicized. It seems much more like the kind of pathetic obfuscatory tactic attempted in front of a jury when they can see the mountain of evidence for themselves. But I guess that is the point. If he can put what he claims are representative numbers in front of the Congressional GOP they can pretend to believe him and continue the dangerous farce they call governing (if looting the treasury 5 times over to pay for their re-election can be called such).

I agree this seems to be another stab at Orwellian thought control, combined with Newspeak from minions such as DeVos, Barr, and Desantis, (and others too numerous to catalog) and underscored by the shocking news that the owners of the National Enquirer are about to buy the second-largest newspaper chain in the country.

[BlueIdaho]

25. Not no - but hell no!

This is the attempted dictatorial control of bad news. If the WH wants the info they can get it from the CDC.

[noneof_theabove]

26. they should send him

their numbers in this form

;;!;;

yep, just 1

[TomCADem]

27. They Are Getting Really Desperate Since The Move Will Also...

...mean that COVID-19 data may not be public. Heck, it might be even as kooky as some of Trump's rosy sound economic data even as people lose their jobs and companies go bankrupt.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

28. COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs For Hospitals, ...

COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs
For Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute Care Facility Data Reporting
Updated July 10, 2020

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19-faqs-hospitals-hospital-laboratory-acute-care-facility-data-reporting.pdf

[Clash City Rocker]

29. Only 21% of US hospitals are government-owned

He has no authority over 79% of the hospitals, which are privately owned. So he can perhaps suppress the numbers a little, but he’s likely to get bad PR from doing so. It doesn’t help him at all.