As if to stand these words on their head, the US Covid-19 response has been an exercise in selective data collection. This detailed analysis gives a more accurate assessment of the problems presented by the pandemic, yet despite the obvious need for better data collection and analysis, the C.D.C. announced that it would be cutting back on data collection . Only with clear, unfiltered, and unbiased data can we hope to mount an effective and efficient response to the problem. The National COVID Collaborative (N3C) is an electronic health record repository of over 5.6 M+ patients including 1,550,337+ Covid positive patients.

Source: Forbes May 14, 2021 19:45 UTC