Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe White House insists new rules for reporting Covid data from hospitals are about “getting more data out there, not less data,” made available to health experts and the public, after pushback from some researchers. “One is the national health care safety network, and this is a CDC system, and this is where hospitals voluntarily report their data, and about 81% of hospitals were report their data. “The CDC database is the public data that’s been out there. It will continue to be public, it should be public.”“This is all about getting more data out there, not less data, and insuring that in particular that our doctors get that daily data,” McEnany claimed. Some background: CNN previously reported former CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser on Wednesday said rerouting hospital data is a "step backwards" for the country's coronavirus response.

Source: CNN July 16, 2020 19:48 UTC