Federal and state officials have at times altered or hidden key coronavirus data, threatening to hamper the nation’s public health response
the milestone less than four months after the coronavirus arrived on our shores — marking a grim period defined by economic havoc, a deep fracturing of the nation’s political system and a constant undercurrent of death.
In the richest country in the world, far more people have now died from Covid-19 than in any other nation. The toll exceeds that of every U.S. military conflict dating back decades. And as far as public health crises go, this pandemic is on pace to be America’s deadliest since 1918.If the U.S. averages just 461 coronavirus deaths a day from here on out, it would mean another 100,000 by the end of the year — a mark that’s conceivable even as the nation shows promising early signs of flattening the curve. The unemployment rate has skyrocketed in the meantime, and there are no guarantees that the economy will quickly bounce back even under the best of circumstances. The political and public health response — once defined by assurances Americans would get through this together — has become a: It could’ve been worse. “For all of the political hacks out there, if I hadn’t done my job well, & early, we would have lost 1 1/2 to 2 Million People, as opposed to the 100,000 plus that looks like will be the number,” he tweeted Tuesday.Testing, tracing and lots of it, while researchers race to find a vaccine. It’s a job that the Trump administration is leaving largely to the states, as governors try to walk a fine line between keeping their citizens safe and returning the country to some semblance of normalcy.Tracking the coronavirus’ spread as the nation reopens could become even more complicated without good data — and early indications at both the federal and state levels— At least 12 states so far have inflated testing numbers or deflated death tolls amid the push to lift stay-at-home orders. Others shifted their metrics for a “safe” reopening to more favorable ground — or sought to simply eliminate bad news by shuttering their modeling operations. The trend has alarmed public health experts who warn the data manipulation undermines public trust in government, and threatens to have deadly consequences as more people venture out.District officials have justified reopening plans through a decline in “community spread,” an ill-defined metric that Mayor Muriel Bowser has struggled to explain — and that doesn’t take the situation in nursing homes or correctional facilities into account.one of at least a half-dozen states mixing antibody and diagnostic tests into its totals. The inclusion of antibody tests has inflated the total testing figure by nearly 78,000 — a clarification that the state only made after reporters discovered it had quietly been combining the two tests for weeks.public health experts argue. HHS has repeatedly cited misleading data. And unlike in past health crises, the CDC has largely abdicated its role as a central authority — giving states far more leeway to choose how they depict the reality on the ground.
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