Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #69

[JerseyGirl]

So a big uproar about something that hasn't happen yet. I still would like a quote from someone at HHS that explains this in detail.

We've been posting links all last night and this morning. See Caputo's comments below.

Trump Administration To Hospitals: Don’t Send Covid-19 Coronavirus Data To CDC

This announcement, if you can call a document, quietly appeared on a web site as an announcement.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a frequented asked questions (FAQ) document to hospitals and similar facilities on how they should report their Covid-19-related data. And one thing that’s clear from document. It’s no longer going to be as easy as CDC.

Nope, the document includes the following statement:

“As of July 15,, 2020, hospitals should no longer report the Covid-19 information in this document to the National Healthcare Safety Network site. Please select one of the above methods to use instead.”

The “above methods” are basically four different variations of “send it to HHS instead.”

All of these methods essentially bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network, which has long been the nation’s healthcare-associated infection tracking system. It is not perfect but has been by far the most comprehensive method of tracking infectious disease cases in health care facilities across the country. This network already has a Covid-19 module that includes a dash board where you can see such things as a snapshot of current hospital capacity estimates and the percentage of inpatient beds occupied by Covid-19 patients – Change in 14 Day Period.

So now HHS is telling hospitals to report data such as hospital inpatient bed occupancy, mechanical ventilators in use, number of suspected or confirmed Covid-19 cases, and N95 masks available directly to HHS. Or at least through their states to HHS. But not to CDC.

So with this backdrop, there have been concerns that this new HHS requirement may be a way of controlling the data and information that scientists, public health experts, and the public can access.

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COVID-19 hospital data will be sent to DC instead of CDC, HHS confirms

Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of HHS, confirmed the change first reported by The New York Times earlier in the day, saying in a statement that 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. They will simply no longer control it.”

“The CDC’s old hospital data gathering operation once worked well monitoring hospital information across the country, but it’s an inadequate system today,” Caputo said in the statement.

The Times said hospitals are to begin reporting the data to HHS on Wednesday, noting also that the “database that will receive new information is not open to the public, which could affect the work of scores of researchers, modelers and health officials who rely on C.D.C. data to make projections and crucial decisions.”

 

[SouthAussie]

I still would like a quote from someone at HHS that explains this in detail.

I think we would all like that, but my guess is that you shouldn't hold your breath waiting.

 

[tresir2012]

A special BBC report on Wuhan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/ewsu2giezk/city-of-silence-china-wuhan

 

[Reasonable & Just]

So a big uproar about something that hasn't happen yet. I still would like a quote from someone at HHS that explains this in detail.

It is good that we found out about this before it happened, I agree, which is why a free press is crucial to our democracy.

 

[tresir2012]

No reason to report negative results. If you do 100 tests and 20 are positive it's not rocket science to figure out 80 are negative.

From the report.


"Countless labs have reported a 100 percent positivity rate, which means every single person tested was positive. Other labs had very high positivity rates. FOX 35 News found that testing sites like one local Centra Care reported that 83 people were tested and all tested positive. Then, NCF Diagnostics in Alachua reported 88 percent of tests were positive."

 

[Deleted member 39678]

We've been posting links all last night and this morning.

Trump Administration To Hospitals: Don’t Send Covid-19 Coronavirus Data To CDC

This announcement, if you can call a document, quietly appeared on a web site as an announcement.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a frequented asked questions (FAQ) document to hospitals and similar facilities on how they should report their Covid-19-related data. And one thing that’s clear from document. It’s no longer going to be as easy as CDC.

Nope, the document includes the following statement:

“As of July 15,, 2020, hospitals should no longer report the Covid-19 information in this document to the National Healthcare Safety Network site. Please select one of the above methods to use instead.”

The “above methods” are basically four different variations of “send it to HHS instead.”

All of these methods essentially bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network, which has long been the nation’s healthcare-associated infection tracking system. It is not perfect but has been by far the most comprehensive method of tracking infectious disease cases in health care facilities across the country. This network already has a Covid-19 module that includes a dash board where you can see such things as a snapshot of current hospital capacity estimates and the percentage of inpatient beds occupied by Covid-19 patients – Change in 14 Day Period.

So now HHS is telling hospitals to report data such as hospital inpatient bed occupancy, mechanical ventilators in use, number of suspected or confirmed Covid-19 cases, and N95 masks available directly to HHS. Or at least through their states to HHS. But not to CDC.

So with this backdrop, there have been concerns that this new HHS requirement may be a way of controlling the data and information that scientists, public health experts, and the public can access.

____

COVID-19 hospital data will be sent to DC instead of CDC, HHS confirms

Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the department, confirmed the change first reported by The New York Times earlier in the day, saying in a statement that 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. They will simply no longer control it.”

“The CDC’s old hospital data gathering operation once worked well monitoring hospital information across the country, but it’s an inadequate system today,” Caputo said in the statement.

The Times said hospitals are to begin reporting the data to HHS on Wednesday, noting also that the “database that will receive new information is not open to the public, which could affect the work of scores of researchers, modelers and health officials who rely on C.D.C. data to make projections and crucial decisions.”

"The Times said". What is the source. I still want a direct quote from HHS.

 

[SouthAussie]

"The Times said". What is the source. I still want a direct quote from HHS.

There are several out there. I have seen them in MSM articles. Direct quotes. With the HHS spokesman named.

 

[MuddyTires]

Latest CDC numbers on the rate of deaths with COVID-19 per population as of July 14, 2020 set forth below. Note that the CDC reports counts for New York City and New York state aseparately, so data for New York State shows deaths for the State excluding data for NYC.

The rate for New York City continues to possibly be the worst death rate for any location in the world. New York City's death rate is:
about 10 times the death rate of Georgia--which was one of the first states to reopen;
more than 20 times the death rate of South Dakota--which never really closed;
more than 13 times the death rate in Florida;
more than 25 times the death rate in Texas; and
about 9 times the death rate in Arizona.

The greater NYC metro region including NJ, CT, MA, and RI continues to be way way out ahead of everywhere else in the country in deaths per population.

State/Territory Death Rate per 100,000
New York City* 277.9
New Jersey 174.7
Connecticut 122.3
Massachusetts 120.7
Rhode Island 93.1

District of Columbia 80.9
New York* 78.5
Louisiana 73.5
Michigan 63.3
Illinois 58.0
Maryland 55.2
Pennsylvania 54.1
Delaware 53.6

Mississippi 42.6
Indiana 41.3

Arizona 31.3
Colorado 30.3
Georgia 28.8
New Hampshire 28.8
Minnesota 27.6
New Mexico 26.2
Ohio 26.2
Iowa 23.9
Virginia 23.2
Alabama 23.0
Nevada 20.3
Florida 20.1
South Carolina 19.1
Washington 18.6
California 17.8
Missouri 17.7
Nebraska 14.9
North Carolina 14.5
Wisconsin 14.2
Kentucky 14.1
South Dakota 12.4
North Dakota 11.4
Texas 11.3
Oklahoma 11.2
Tennessee 11.1
Arkansas 10.7
Kansas 9.9
Vermont 8.9
Maine 8.5
Utah 7.0
Idaho 5.8
Oregon 5.7
Virgin Islands 5.7
West Virginia 5.4
Puerto Rico 5.3
Wyoming 3.6
N Mariana Isls 3.5
Guam 3.0
Montana 3.0
Alaska 2.3
Hawaii 1.5

CDC COVID Data Tracker

 

[CharlestonGal]

From the report.


"Countless labs have reported a 100 percent positivity rate, which means every single person tested was positive. Other labs had very high positivity rates. FOX 35 News found that testing sites like one local Centra Care reported that 83 people were tested and all tested positive. Then, NCF Diagnostics in Alachua reported 88 percent of tests were positive."

It was a decimal error a few days ago. They fixed it.

 

[zecats]

Interesting:

WaPo: Decades of HIV Research Boosts Covid-19 Vaccine Development - News & Guts Media

All those years of HIV research “taught scientists an enormous amount about the immune system, honed vaccine technologies now being repurposed against the coronavirus and created a worldwide infrastructure of clinical trial networks,” the Post says.

In sharp contrast to researchers’ efforts on HIV, the World Health Organization reports there are already 160 vaccines being developed for the Covid-19 virus — “a pathogen unknown to science” just months ago — and some of the most promising come from “piggybacking” on the decades-long HIV vaccine effort, the Post says.

 

[Rose in SC]

So, basically, for future reference we are not to believe the numbers from:

China, North Korea, Russia, and the United States.

*keeping it klassy in the usa*

Wow, this sent a shiver down my spine. Scary.
How can this be allowed to happen?

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus | Xfinity

NEW YORK (AP) — What is this enemy?

Seven months after the first patients were hospitalized in China battling an infection doctors had never seen before, the world’s scientists and citizens have reached an unsettling crossroads.

Countless hours of treatment and research, trial and error now make it possible to take much closer measure of the new coronavirus and the lethal disease it has unleashed. But to take advantage of that intelligence, we must confront our persistent vulnerability: The virus leaves no choice...

 

[Jax49]

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/f...ratory-acute-care-facility-data-reporting.pdf

Instructions for change on July 15 are on page 10.

"Submit data to TeleTracking™ [https://teletracking.protect.hhs.gov]. All instructions on the data submission are on that site. To become a user in the portal: (This portal is will have the new and updated fields ready as of July 15, 2020)"

 

[JerseyGirl]

U.S. reports record 67,400 single-day spike of new coronavirus cases

The United States reported 67,417 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, setting yet another fresh record for new cases reported in a single day, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.

Cases in the U.S. keep climbing, averaging about 62,210 new cases per day over the past seven days — more than triple the number just a month ago and up more than 21% compared with the seven-day average a week ago.

Texas, California and Florida accounted for 31,847 new cases on Tuesday, nearly half of all new cases reported across the country.

The country processed 760,282 tests on Tuesday, the second-highest number of tests conducted in a single day, according to data compiled by the Covid Tracking Project.

The U.S. has processed an average of more than 665,000 tests per day between July 1 and July 12. That's up from a daily average of just over 174,000 diagnostic tests processed nationally per day through April.

Trump's medical advisors, including Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, have said the recent surge in cases is a sign of an expanding outbreak, not the increased testing.

With new cases surging, especially in so-called hot-spot states across the South and West, the country's testing infrastructure, however, is struggling to keep up. Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, two of the largest diagnostic labs in the country, said earlier this week that the increased demand for testing is slowing their turnaround time. Quest said results for patients who are not "priority 1" now take more than seven days, which public health specialists say makes the tests almost useless to trace cases and isolate people who've been exposed.

 

[CSIDreamer]

Latest CDC numbers on the rate of deaths with COVID-19 per population as of July 14, 2020 set forth below. Note that the CDC reports counts for New York City and New York state aseparately, so data for New York State shows deaths for the State excluding data for NYC.

The rate for New York City continues to possibly be the worst death rate for any location in the world. New York City's death rate is:
about 10 times the death rate of Georgia--which was one of the first states to reopen;
more than 20 times the death rate of South Dakota--which never really closed;
more than 13 times the death rate in Florida;
more than 25 times the death rate in Texas; and
about 9 times the death rate in Arizona.

The greater NYC metro region including NJ, CT, MA, and RI continues to be way way out ahead of everywhere else in the country in deaths per population.

State/Territory Death Rate per 100,000
New York City* 277.9
New Jersey 174.7
Connecticut 122.3
Massachusetts 120.7
Rhode Island 93.1

District of Columbia 80.9
New York* 78.5
Louisiana 73.5
Michigan 63.3
Illinois 58.0
Maryland 55.2
Pennsylvania 54.1
Delaware 53.6

Mississippi 42.6
Indiana 41.3

Arizona 31.3
Colorado 30.3
Georgia 28.8
New Hampshire 28.8
Minnesota 27.6
New Mexico 26.2
Ohio 26.2
Iowa 23.9
Virginia 23.2
Alabama 23.0
Nevada 20.3
Florida 20.1
South Carolina 19.1
Washington 18.6
California 17.8
Missouri 17.7
Nebraska 14.9
North Carolina 14.5
Wisconsin 14.2
Kentucky 14.1
South Dakota 12.4
North Dakota 11.4
Texas 11.3
Oklahoma 11.2
Tennessee 11.1
Arkansas 10.7
Kansas 9.9
Vermont 8.9
Maine 8.5
Utah 7.0
Idaho 5.8
Oregon 5.7
Virgin Islands 5.7
West Virginia 5.4
Puerto Rico 5.3
Wyoming 3.6
N Mariana Isls 3.5
Guam 3.0
Montana 3.0
Alaska 2.3
Hawaii 1.5

CDC COVID Data Tracker

The people of NY and NJ must be traumatized. From what I've seen their date rate is the worst in the world. Jmo

 

[CharlestonGal]

Charleston City Council passes additional COVID-19 protective measures

The new measures go into effect on Wednesday and include the following:

• Amended mask requirement clarifying that it applies to all areas of the city
• Increased penalties for noncompliance
• 50% capacity in bars and restaurants
• No amplified music after 9 p.m.
• Provision allowing businesses to refuse to serve customers who fail to wear mask after being informed of the ordinance and provided a copy
• Businesses will be subject to penalties for failure to comply with capacity and music restrictions
• Added enforcement by the Fire Marshal, Charleston Police Department and Building Inspections Division, in addition to Livability Code Enforcement Officers

The following regulations will remain in effect throughout the city of Charleston:

• No alcohol service after 11 p.m.
• Restrictions on senior and correctional facilities
• Movie theaters and public venues closed
• Authority granted to law enforcement to dispense gatherings of 3 or more
• Masks are required in all public indoor spaces and within 6 feet of others outdoors
• No social gatherings of 10 or more on city property
• Retail businesses are required to post social distancing signage and one-way aisle markings

 

[SouthAussie]

The people of NY and NJ must be traumatized. From what I've seen their date rate is the worst in the world. Jmo

No. Brazil is topping that hugely.
With the entire US topping everyone, as we all know.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Latest CDC numbers on the rate of deaths with COVID-19 per population as of July 14, 2020 set forth below. Note that the CDC reports counts for New York City and New York state aseparately, so data for New York State shows deaths for the State excluding data for NYC.

The rate for New York City continues to possibly be the worst death rate for any location in the world. New York City's death rate is:
about 10 times the death rate of Georgia--which was one of the first states to reopen;
more than 20 times the death rate of South Dakota--which never really closed;
more than 13 times the death rate in Florida;
more than 25 times the death rate in Texas; and
about 9 times the death rate in Arizona.

The greater NYC metro region including NJ, CT, MA, and RI continues to be way way out ahead of everywhere else in the country in deaths per population.

State/Territory Death Rate per 100,000
New York City* 277.9
New Jersey 174.7
Connecticut 122.3
Massachusetts 120.7
Rhode Island 93.1

District of Columbia 80.9
New York* 78.5
Louisiana 73.5
Michigan 63.3
Illinois 58.0
Maryland 55.2
Pennsylvania 54.1
Delaware 53.6

Mississippi 42.6
Indiana 41.3

Arizona 31.3
Colorado 30.3
Georgia 28.8
New Hampshire 28.8
Minnesota 27.6
New Mexico 26.2
Ohio 26.2
Iowa 23.9
Virginia 23.2
Alabama 23.0
Nevada 20.3
Florida 20.1
South Carolina 19.1
Washington 18.6
California 17.8
Missouri 17.7
Nebraska 14.9
North Carolina 14.5
Wisconsin 14.2
Kentucky 14.1
South Dakota 12.4
North Dakota 11.4
Texas 11.3
Oklahoma 11.2
Tennessee 11.1
Arkansas 10.7
Kansas 9.9
Vermont 8.9
Maine 8.5
Utah 7.0
Idaho 5.8
Oregon 5.7
Virgin Islands 5.7
West Virginia 5.4
Puerto Rico 5.3
Wyoming 3.6
N Mariana Isls 3.5
Guam 3.0
Montana 3.0
Alaska 2.3
Hawaii 1.5

CDC COVID Data Tracker

Terrible. Nearly 140,000 people dead in the US alone.

 

[WichitaFalls]

Coronavirus hospital data will now be sent to Trump administration instead of CDC

Hospital data on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed.

Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary for public affairs at HHS confirmed the change first reported by The New York Times, saying in a statement that 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. They will simply no longer control it."

The Times said hospitals are to begin reporting the data to HHS on Wednesday, noting also that the "database that will receive new information is not open to the public, which could affect the work of scores of researchers, modelers and health officials who rely on C.D.C. data to make projections and crucial decisions."

bbm

One of the most unsettling bits of news to occur during a time where unsettling news is the daily norm all day every day. Grrrrrrrrrr

 

[tresir2012]

It was a decimal error a few days ago. They fixed it.

Have you got a link ?