They were not created to to be searchable databases. they were created to be patient-specific transfer devices. my medical record can stick with me. other institutions can look at it, but it's not meant to be universally searchable. getting the data on who is symptomatic, not symptomatic, it almost has to be done person by person level. you can see the sheer measure of getting the data is great. if you are admitted because of complications from covid versus you are in the hospital and for other reasons and are also found to have covid, it's still important because it matters on where you are p...