Health professionals have been clear on how to stop this pandemic. We need to practice social distancing, wear masks around other people, and ramp up national testing and contact tracing.
But Donald Trump has gone beyond simply ignoring the scientists — he has actively contradicted and undermined them. He has put millions of Americans at greater risk by deliberately hiding the reality of COVID-19 and misleading the public. First, he told us we didn't need masks, then he openly called for LESS testing, and he and his White House launched attacks on experts like Dr. Fauci, and now he is ordering hospitals to stop reporting COVID-19 data to the CDC's public database.
By reporting public data to a private firm connected to political appointees in the Department of Health and Human Services, instead of the CDC, Trump wants to control reporting on the number of cases and deaths — a set-up for a cover-up.
Let's be clear: Access to accurate data is vital to fighting this pandemic.
Trump is endangering American lives. Please sign your name to demand that Trump give the CDC the data and tools necessary to track this pandemic and save lives.
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY NOW →
Hospitals are at a loss right now trying to understand why the White House would take the unprecedented step of establishing a system to stifle and manipulate data collection in the middle of a pandemic.
Hiding the truth because it's inconvenient is a routine tactic of an authoritarian administration with nothing but contempt for our tradition of democracy.
We must know what's happening in our nation's hospitals. If you agree that we need transparency and accountability, please sign on now.
Chris
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