The Trump administration is asking governors to consider sending the National Guard to hospitals to help improve data collection about novel coronavirus patients, supplies and capacity, according to a letter, internal emails and officials familiar with the plans.

The move is part of a new data reporting protocol for hospitals that eliminates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a recipient of that information — a decision that is sparking controversy about whether or not the data is reliable.

Trump administration recommends the National Guard as an option to help hospitals report coronavirus data – Washington Post

With all the missteps that have plagued the administrations reaction to the pandemic why would they even do this. Maybe it’s my pessimistic side coming out, but this seems like a blatant effort to slow not the spread of the virus but the spread of reporting on the virus.

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“We don’t want CDC guidance to be a reason why people don’t reopen their schools,” said Vice President Pence during a roundtable discussion at Louisiana State University, where he emphasized the Trump administration’s position that schools at all levels need to open this fall. (Des Bieler)