# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/293 "2020-07-19T15:58:15Z")

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> [@bobot](#):
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> I should put this in the quarrantime forum where it belongs, but TPTB say no politics in that forum. 💩

This forum ⬇ is a good place for snarky, political comments about CV:

**“Current Coronavirus US Upsurge”**  
**[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-coronavirus-us-upsurge/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-coronavirus-us-upsurge/)**  
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> [@enipla](#):
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> And also trying to block hospitals from sending data to CDC. And keeping CDC director from testifying before congress about opening schools.
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> Killing people to try to get re-elected.

As Yoda would say, “There is no _try_!” Trump has done it. Note the source of this article is WebMD, not some pinko/liberal news site:

> **[Coronavirus (COVID-19) Overview](https://www.webmd.com/covid/coronavirus)**
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> COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus that causes mild to severe cases. Here’s a quick guide on how to spot symptoms, risk factors, prevent spread of the disease, and find out what to do if you think you have it.

> WEDNESDAY, July 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) As 64,000 new U.S. [coronavirus](https://www.webmd.com/lung/coronavirus) cases were reported Tuesday and states struggled to control the spread of the virus, the Trump Administration stripped the country’s leading public health agency of the ability to collect hospitalization data on COVID-19.
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> Instead of patient information going to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it will now be sent to a central database in Washington, _The New York Times_ reported. The unprecedented move has alarmed health experts who fear the data will be politicized or withheld from the public, the newspaper said.
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> From now on, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will collect daily reports about cases, available beds and available [ventilators](https://www.webmd.com/lung/coronavirus-ventilators), the _Times_ reported.
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> But the HHS database is not open to the public, which could affect the work of researchers, modelers and health officials who rely on CDC data to make projections and crucial policy decisions, the _Times_ reported.
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> “Historically, CDC has been the place where public health data has been sent, and this raises questions about not just access for researchers but access for reporters, access for the public to try to better understand what is happening with the [outbreak](https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/what-are-epidemics-pandemics-outbreaks),” Jen Kates, the director of global health and [HIV](https://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/default.htm) policy with the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, told the _Times_ .  
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