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2naSalit

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5. Congress will be addressing this...
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 11:49 AM
Jul 2020

This is illegal. I suspect we will be hearing about it by tomorrow.

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I am wondering if someone can sue them under the Freedom of Information Act? patricia92243 Jul 2020 #1
Probably, but it takes time, and the data would be "stale" and useful only for historical context... NurseJackie Jul 2020 #10
I still think the states will get the data about Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #2
pretty much all of them... drray23 Jul 2020 #3
oh good - i thought we were going to lose worldometers 0rganism Jul 2020 #4
And they are all 2naSalit Jul 2020 #6
No idea what De Santis will do to cook the numbers in Florida, Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #11
So we will be able to see if the numbers are off, which I will be curious about. LizBeth Jul 2020 #15
Congress will be addressing this... 2naSalit Jul 2020 #5
I just wonder how Trump has the authority to tell hospitals where to send their data to. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #7
My guess is that he doesn't, per se yonder Jul 2020 #9
He was talking about getting the National Guard involved. CentralMass Jul 2020 #8
my brother works for NMDOH - the NM guard were helping out there May-June iirc 0rganism Jul 2020 #13
I think the reference was that he was going to have the guard collect results. CentralMass Jul 2020 #14
mmm, could be extremely dangerous 0rganism Jul 2020 #19
Trump and his goons can hide the data peggysue2 Jul 2020 #12
i think the goal of manipulating data would be to force re-opening before November 0rganism Jul 2020 #16
At this point, I think they're willing to try anything peggysue2 Jul 2020 #18
Epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University have been collecting data directly from the states. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #17
Insurance Companies Get Data Directly ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #20
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