What the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Has Reinforced: The Need for Accurate Data.

Arvisais-Anhalt, Simone; Lehmann, Christoph U; Park, Jason Y; Araj, Ellen; Holcomb, Michael; Jamieson, Andrew R; McDonald, Samuel; Medford, Richard J et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the United States’ existing national public health informatics infrastructure. This report details the factors that have contributed to COVID-19 data inaccuracies and reporting delays and their effect on the modeling and monitoring of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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