CDC Struggles , to Track COVID-19 in the United States.<br />Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials in the United States still struggle to gather accurate and helpful coronavirus-related data.<br />Experts say the lack of any improvements made to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions' data collection program is cause for concern.<br />Experts say the lack of any improvements made to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions' data collection program is cause for concern.<br />I think we've done a horrible job from day one in data tracking for the pandemic. , Eric Topol, professor molecular medicine Scripps Research, via Politico.<br />It is embarrassing. , Eric Topol, professor molecular medicine Scripps Research, via Politico.<br />As the Omicron variant emerges, <br />public health officials in the United States say the country's data systems may not be able <br />to handle another surge of COVID-19.<br />As the Omicron variant emerges, <br />public health officials in the United States say the country's data systems may not be able <br />to handle another surge of COVID-19.<br />That's something that we look to our partners in Congress to identify how best to support the ongoing need for maintaining a good data infrastructure. , Dan Jernigan, deputy director CDC's Public Health <br />Science and Surveillance, via Politico.<br />Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials warned the country's public health system's data infrastructure needed repair.<br />We should be providing data <br />to the world and we are not. , Zeke Emanuel, bioethicist, via Politico.<br />We should be providing data <br />to the world and we are not. , Zeke Emanuel, bioethicist, via Politico.<br />We have not made the structural investments we need. The ideal is that we have real time data. And we don't have that. We're not even close to that. , Zeke Emanuel, bioethicist, via Politico.<br />We have not made the structural investments we need. The ideal is that we have real time data. And we don't have that. We're not even close to that. , Zeke Emanuel, bioethicist, via Politico
