Groups that many have relied on as the best sources for updated data on the coronavirus pandemic have had to scale back their reporting because the lack of reliable information.
And that is a problem, experts say.and magnitude of spread or potential harm,” says Eric Topol, MD, director of Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, CA, and editor-in-chief of Medscape, WebMD's sister site for medical professionals., which has one of the most robust COVID-19 tracking sites of any private institution, still updates its COVID-19 site regularly. But it now frequently includes caveats.“No new cases were reported in New York City yesterday.
All together, these are some major changes for a resource many relied upon for accurate COVID-19 tracking. “We are having a hard time, quite honestly,” even with the statistical expertise of its staff, says, Mokdad, an epidemiologist and University of Washington professor of health metrics sciences. Many countries, for example, are not reporting information with the same quality or frequency.
Johns Hopkins’s Blauer agrees that any quick reactions to future changes could suffer."Public health officials can respond faster to emerging hotspots when data is available in near real time,” she says. “Many experts project a possible resurgence in infections in the fall and winter as we spend more time indoors.”
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