America's Most Reliable Pandemic Data Are Now at Risk
The Atlantic America’s Most Reliable Pandemic Data Are Now at Risk The Biden administration has to make a choice: Should it undo a vital system that Trump’s health department created? Katie Martin / The Atlantic When a hospital is in trouble, the signs are unmistakable. The number of COVID-19 admissions rises quickly. The number of patients who remain hospitalized grows steadily—and the bar to be admitted gets higher. The percentage of patients in intensive-care units increases. Supplies run low. As an ICU nears capacity, sick people get less care than they would have. More people suffe...