Medical professionals around the U.S.
"the official numbers of people who have died of #COVID19 are not consistent with the number of deaths seen on the front lines.” #TrumpVirusCoverup buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhip…
"the official numbers of people who have died of #COVID19 are not consistent with the number of deaths seen on the front lines.” #TrumpVirusCoverup buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhip…
In some cases, it’s a lag in reporting, caused by delays and possible breakdowns in logging positive tests and making them public. In other, more troubling, cases, according to medical experts, it’s because people are not being tested before or after they die. #COVID19
US state & county authorities are responsible for collecting data on cases of #COVID19, data is then reported to the CDC. “those medical records aren't being audited by anyone at the state and local level currently and some people aren’t even testing those people who are dead.”
“We just don't know. The numbers are grossly underreported. I know for a fact that we’ve had three deaths in one county where only one is listed on the website,” the U.S. doctor said. #COVID19
New York City and Los Angeles County — released guidance earlier this week encouraging doctors not to test some patients. People in both places could be admitted to hospitals with severe respiratory symptoms and recover — or die — and not be registered as a #COVID19 case.
Doctors and nurses working in several hospitals around the U.S., who spoke with BuzzFeed News on the condition of not being named out of fear of repercussions, said that the official counts of #COVID19 related deaths are not comprehensive for three main reasons:
Lack of tests means not everyone who contracted or dies of #COVID19 is diagnosed; some hospitals running behind on reporting the numbers to state & county authorities; hospitals say they’re not being reflected promptly in county and state reports.
“We have confirmed at least 5 cases in our hospital, but official state reporting only lists one case in our entire county,” said one department head at a hospital in Mississippi, referring to patients who had tested positive for #COVID19 but were not reflected in county numbers.
“From the beginning when it was easier to track, we'd had confirmed cases in our ER and on my unit all while the news and dot gov websites continued to claim our county and affiliated hospital counties were still at zero cases,” another nurse at a hospital in New Jersey. #COVID19
“I have still not seen any reports on COVID patients of ours who died this week,”" I am not sure why things aren't being reported as we have rigorous documentation and reporting procedures in place for the CDC." #COVID19
"The uncertainty and lack of available testing has left some families in the US wondering about the recent deaths of people close to them, even if they can’t definitively link those deaths to the outbreak." #COVID19 
