Posted on 10/10/2022 8:34:23 AM PDT by lightman
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it will publish COVID-19 cases and deaths on a weekly basis, marking a major shift in its reporting since the start of the pandemic.
“To allow for additional reporting flexibility, reduce the reporting burden on states and jurisdictions, and maximize surveillance resources, CDC is moving to a weekly reporting cadence,” the federal agency said in a statement last week.
Local and state health departments, under the new guidance, will have to report new COVID-19 deaths and cases to the CDC every week on Wednesdays. The new change will go into effect starting Oct. 20, according to the agency.
“Data processing cutoffs for jurisdictions will be every Wednesday at 10 A.M. ET for line level case and death data, and Wednesday at 5 P.M. ET for aggregate case and death data,” the CDC said.
Daily data on COVID-19 hospitalizations will still be provided, according to the CDC, and it will use information from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Oct. 7 that a number of states have shifted away from daily reporting to a weekly reporting system. Jha said that daily reporting has become unreliable.
“What I think CDC is doing is moving to a weekly cadence that reflects where states are across the country,” Jha said during a briefing. “That said, the COVID team at the White House, the work of the CDC on looking at data and analysis—that continues at seven days a week where we have daily data available.”
A similar move was made several months ago when the CDC shifted from daily to weekly reporting of COVID-19 vaccinations. New data is published only on Thursdays now. Other Changes
And earlier this month, the CDC announced it will no longer be reporting country-by-country COVID-19 travel advisories until there is a significant development, such as the emergence of a new variant, officials said. And in June, the federal government ended its requirement for international travelers coming to the United States to provide a COVID-19 test.
As recently as March, the CDC recommended against travel to about 120 countries and territories worldwide or more than half of all destinations. Epoch Times Photo A cruise ship is seen in a 2022 file photo in Sydney, Australia. (Jenny Evans/Getty Images)
In early April, the CDC dropped a “do not travel” warning for about 90 separate countries and other locations due to COVID-19. That label will only be used for special circumstances, the agency said.
Months later, the CDC in July ended its COVID-19 reporting program for cruise ships, prompting several operators to drop mask, vaccine, and testing requirements. Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19-related lockdowns, mandates, and other restrictions have battered the cruise industry.
“While cruising poses some risk of COVID-19 transmission,” the CDC had said, “CDC will continue to publish guidance to help cruise ships continue to provide a safer and healthier environment for crew, passengers, and communities going forward.” Overhaul
But one of the most significant changes to the CDC’s guidance came two months ago when officials moved to revise the agency’s longstanding COVID-19 mitigation rules. That included a change to how the CDC makes determinations on vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.
The guidelines from the federal agency no longer recommend staying at least six feet away from other people to reduce exposure. The six-foot social distancing recommendation had been intact since early 2020, although some public health officials have addressed questions about the effectiveness of the measure.
“CDC’s COVID-19 prevention recommendations no longer differentiate based on a person’s vaccination status because breakthrough infections occur, though they are generally mild, and persons who have had COVID-19 but are not vaccinated have some degree of protection against severe illness from their previous infection,” the CDC said.
Amid the shift in guidance, President Joe Biden told “60 Minutes” during a rare sit-down interview that the pandemic “is over.”
The Ukraine scam is working.
Who needs CoupFlu?
Does this mean that student loan forgiveness is over too?
‘Bout time. The pandemic is over in case you haven’t heard.
See tag.
“Case” was always kind of an ephemeral term.
So how is Brandon supposed to know how many hurricane victims have covid???
That’s going to annoy a few people here on FR who still like to make a big deal out of Covid case and death counts.
Since the stats have always been crap, doesn’t matter much.
But this does signify that the Ukraine scam is picking up the slack nicely.
Will they stop reporting COVID as the fake “cause of death” too?
I remember the when CNN stopped counting Wuhan deaths on its chyron—the moment Brandon was sworn in.
This way the numbers for “deaths” and “hospitalizations” will be about 7 times bigger than for one day. The better to scare you with.
Cue the Carpenters, “We’ve only just begun....................
If Major Shift isn’t reporting daily, does that mean General Rumor will be?
i remember fauci, wallensky and hochul admitting that hospitalizations from covid and with covid were grouped together
wallensky said she was working on separating the two and then
crickets
not another word on it
if that is the case then death numbers from covid are overstated as well but they never mentioned that
And the shredding begins....
Too many embarrassing stories of fully vaxxed democrat politicians getting the c-sniffles for the fifth time?
Yes, stop reporting because vax casualties have or will soon exceed Covid casualties. Remember when Trump, standing at the daily briefing lectern, said we have to be careful that the ‘cure’ isn’t worse than the threat? Considering all the lockdown economic and mental damage, the deaths, and the maiming we are already way over the top. That’s why the reporting is stopping - but the damn injections are sure to continue unabated. Now, why is that? Because this alien-instigated experiment can’t/will not stop. Listen to this DARPA lunatic/smart alec and ask yourself where in the reaches of the outer universe (Luciferian Hell?) did this guy get this antihuman BS? Can you even imagine who would be sitting in the audience listening to this BS?
https://www.brighteon.com/0fc97142-57de-4859-ac3f-4e41db93fe3f
Even in San Diego, hardly anybody had a mask. Everything is pretty much back to normal. The Mexican food in Old Town was excellent as always. Got a tour of the USS Midway (highly recommended).
Nobody was talking about COVID. Nobody was doing the social distancing nonsense. The whole nonsense is over and done with and I venture to say it never should have been a thing in the first place. (IT WAS A BIG SCAM, PEOPLE!)
I hope the American people have learned their lesson and won't be so easily panicked by mass media and politicians ever again.
Well, one can only hope.
Kind of like Tehran releasing the Embassy hostages the day that Jimmuh left the White House.
Winter is coming. Those who have damaged immune systems may have the worst flu season of their lives.
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