The data hospitals collect on coronavirus patients will now be rerouted to the Trump administration instead of first being sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, according to reports. Critics claim the change will hinder the work of medical researchers, modelers and officials because, unlike coronavirus data published by the CDC, the data stored by Health and Human Services will not be readily accessible by the public. Caputo said the CDC data will still be made public. “These efforts have even fueled a backlash against public health officials across the country: Public servants have been harassed, threatened and forced to resign when we need them most. This comes as Trump pushs to have children return to the classrooms this fall, accusing Democrats of advocating to keep public schools online to damage his reelections chances.

Source: Fox News July 15, 2020 18:33 UTC