The U.S.’s decentralized, underfunded reporting system has repeatedly hampered efforts to combat the coronavirus wapo.st/3kSx2mr
Critically important data on vaccinations, infections, hospitalizations and deaths are scattered among local health departments, often out of date, hard to aggregate at the national level — and simply not up to the job of battling the virus. wapo.st/2Y4JC8Z 
Multiple factors underlie this data deficit.
First and foremost: The U.S. does not have a national health system and must rely on a vast and decentralized public health infrastructure that is notoriously underfunded and full of holes. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09…
First and foremost: The U.S. does not have a national health system and must rely on a vast and decentralized public health infrastructure that is notoriously underfunded and full of holes. washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09…
Another obstacle may be the self-interest of medical institutions.
“They don’t necessarily want to give up all that data because they see that as a potential future revenue stream,” said Michael Kurilla of the National Institutes of Health.
washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09…
“They don’t necessarily want to give up all that data because they see that as a potential future revenue stream,” said Michael Kurilla of the National Institutes of Health.
washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09…
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