Dr. Mary T. Bassett, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights and Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, has recently co-authored “The Fierce Urgency Of Now: Closing Glaring Gaps In US Surveillance Data On COVID-19” in Health Affairs.
In the blog post, Drs. Bassett, Nancy Krieger, and others bring to attention the inadequate and inconsistent data collection of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. and call on The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to mandate a uniform digital form for all COVID-19 testing and surveillance.