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The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all Covid-19 patient information to a central database in Washington beginning on Wednesday.

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From now on, the department — not the C.D.C. — will collect daily reports about the patients that each hospital is treating, the number of available beds and ventilators, and other information vital to tracking the pandemic.

> The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all Covid-19 patient information to a central database in Washington beginning on Wednesday. > ... > From now on, the department — not the C.D.C. — will collect daily reports about the patients that each hospital is treating, the number of available beds and ventilators, and other information vital to tracking the pandemic. [Link to the Order issued by the White House](https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19-faqs-hospitals-hospital-laboratory-acute-care-facility-data-reporting.pdf)[hhs.gov] -- [Pic8 archive](https://pic8.co/a/726fd3af-289f-4d51-8b62-ccf9ece88812)

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The best part is, the data not being public is always due to "privacy laws" like HIPAA. The govt only "cares about privacy" when it means disallowing citizens to see what should otherwise be public.

"Can't let the foolish citizens see the real numbers! We're here to interpret for them!"