If you don't know, it's not happening

25th Amendment time.

UPDATE:

HHS officials maintained that CDC would continue to have access to the data at all times, adding that agency officials agreed that its system wasn’t ready to support the evolving needs of the pandemic. “The new faster and complete data system is what our nation needs to defeat the coronavirus and the CDC, an operating division of HHS, will certainly participate in this streamlined all-of-government response,” said HHS spokesperson Michael Caputo. Generally, hospitals have sought a more streamlined system to improve data collection, instead of having three different reporting options, said Janis Orlowski of the Association of American Medical Colleges. […] Meanwhile, there are ongoing questions about how HHS awarded contracts for its alternate data systems — including to Palantir, the firm funded by Trump ally Peter Thiel.

  Politico

I don't know why it can't be three different reporting venues – why options? Surely the data is reported in a digital file that could be simultaneously sent to three – or 300 - places. Even if the CDC has “access” to the data – is it in raw form, or is it “adjusted” by HHS?


UPDATE:

[C]oronavirus researchers and public health specialists expressed concern because the policy change was announced so suddenly in the midst of a public health crisis that appears to be worsening. Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, which runs one of the most popular third-party coronavirus data dashboards, said the policy change won’t impact the Hopkins site because they’ve managed to source their data directly from states. She added, however, that the policy change raises questions about the transparency of the data and the role of the CDC in the ongoing U.S. response.

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“The question is, what are we going to lose in this transition, and in particular at a moment where we really don’t want to lose any ability to understand what’s happening in hospitals.”

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“I don’t fully understand how it’s going to work. That in and of itself is problematic.”

Dr. Jen Kates, senior vice president and director of global health and HIV policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, echoed Nuzzo’s concerns about the speed with which the decision has become policy. She added that the Trump administration has politicized the public health crisis for months, so the policy change raises concerns about the integrity of the data as well.

  CNBC