COVID Cases Are Rising This Summer, But Not All The Data Shows It — Here's Why
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Hint: It has to do with the Trump administration.
You likely don’t associate summertime with coughing, chills and sneezing, but COVID-19 has changed that reality.
Research shows that COVID tends to spike twice annually — once in the winter and once in the summer, and, like past years, cases are starting to go up in much of the country now.
But exactly how many people currently have COVID is harder to track now because of a number of changes to the country’s public health organizations.
Important information, such as the number of COVID cases and hospitalizations, from public health organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isn’t as accurate as it once was. This is also true for some smaller public health departments. The CDC didn’t immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Not knowing exactly what COVID cases look like in your area is unnerving, especially as more people start to get sick this summer. Below, experts explain why the tracking is off and what COVID is looking like this summer:
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