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I've heard that the CDC has stopped collecting statistics on total tests and positive/negative counts. Are there other government agencies collecting this data?
by leptoniscool 7y ago
I've heard that the CDC has stopped collecting statistics on total tests and positive/negative counts. Are there other government agencies collecting this data?
- therealcamino 7y agoUnbelievably, apparently the best numbers available are from a volunteer effort, in a google docs spreadsheet. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-testing-numbers/607714/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/coronavir... The spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRwAqp96T9sYYq2-i7Tj0pvTf6XVHjDSMIKBdZHXiCGGdNC0ypEU9NbngS8mxea55JuCFuua1MUeOj5/pubhtml https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRwAqp96T9sY... It's not clear to me if this includes numbers from private labs. My kid's pediatrician now has access to a test from Quest Diagnostics and they can make their own determination as to whether testing is needed. They said that they can't use the local health department testing "for many reasons". I'm glad to hear that the private tests are rolling out, still concerned that it's so hard to get testing through public health labs.
- koheripbal 7y agoWhat's the value in tabulating the negative tests?