Posted on 04/19/2022 3:57:08 PM PDT by algore
Data-driven weather forecasts help leaders know when to deploy resources to respond to hurricanes and individuals decide whether they need to bring an umbrella with them when they go out.
Similarly, the CDC's new disease forecasting center aims to guide decisions about broad public health needs like developing vaccines or deploying antivirals, and helping individuals decide whether it's safe for them to go to the movie theater
George and a small team of colleagues are faced with tackling a "critical need" to improve the government's "ability to forecast and model emerging health threats."
"In short, we need to use data more effectively to guide response efforts," he said.
As the United States approaches a grim milestone of 1 million lives lost to Covid-19, recently appointed White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said "the failure to be prepared is really startling."
"The response from our leadership -- our public health leadership -- has been to scramble, hold together evidence, try to make the best decisions we can. And I would argue we've done a pretty good job," he said at a summit supporting the launch.
"But it's also been really clear, this is no way to run a response to a pandemic."
Planning for the center began in August, backed by $200 million in initial funding from the 2021 Covid-19 stimulus package, the American Rescue Plan.
In the months since plans for the center were first announced, the team estimated the severity of the Omicron variant, as well as the timing and impact of the surge in the United States. They've also contributed to analyses that informed policies on test-to-stay in schools, international travel and vaccine boosters.
This launch comes as the CDC is in the midst of a sweeping review of its "structures, systems, and processes."
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Sweet. Everyone has complete trust in them after the last two years…
Panic central
Yet another 200$M flushed down the drain in return for nothing.
We will tell you what to believe and when it is coming so you can never relax … says the government. CDC couldn’t figure out how to help with the ChiComFlu when it is right in front of them. No one will believe their forecasts, even if Greta Thornburg announces them.
Is that why they’re naming cols like hurricanes?
OH boy, I see trouble
To encourage more creative and less trite reporting, I think for a period of six months we should have summary execution for every person who uses the phrase “grim milestone” in a news story. After that we can work out tamping down the metaphorical use of the term “double down” using the same method.
Great idea.
But they should hire professionals that know what they are doing.
Ah, now the fear porn will be SUPER FEAR PORN because it comes from a gen-u-wine U.S. Gubmit collection of clowns.
We know what’s coming, so at least we can continue to ignore their daily changing recommendations, instructions, and made up crap - which will be believed only by the trolls (media, universities, congress-critters of the left persuasion, and of course, those funny semi-human things seen on Twitter and in teacher’s unions.)
Incite the mask dummies for political gain.
Today will be mostly sunny with a chance of bird flu, later in the day there will be occasional covid showers tapering off at midnight.
That’s what they’re counting on.
Don’t worry, they will outsource the code to India, and the site will never work just like healthcare.gov ....
Why not;they both use models that are just as valid!
We will now have catastrophic colds, calamitous covid and names such as Florence Flue
We all knew this was happening.
Expand government.
Waste of time and money. Why? Because in the end, just like some idiotic war on drugs, 6 January, Watergate, surveillance of the Trump tower, going after general Flynn but giving HRC a pass - NONE of these government agencies are empirically driven or science based.
The decisions are based on political considerations.
Obama didn’t want to see an Islamic threat and to him and Holder everything was about race, race, race.
The heads of these agencies are all appointees that try to manipulate outcomes to the benefit of their master.
It would not matter if you have a 16 year old running the show and the quality of the decisions and policies made really are that stupid: closing GITMO, sex changes in the DOD tax paid for, NASA doing Muslim outreach...
What has the department of education achieved since their inception?
Yes. This new government entity will push their own and their masters agenda, but they will be worthless when it comes to public health, and that you can almost be sure about.
I can’t believe they don’t already do this?
Track disease outbreaks ?
What are we paying them to do?
There will be a 20% chance of herpes tonight and later in the week we are watching a bird flu storm forming in the Gulf.
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