To Fight Pandemics, We Need Better Data

The United States has had many problems coping with the coronavirus. A critical - and underappreciated - problem is bad data: Without good data, planners can't plan, epidemiologists can't model, policy makers can't make policy, and citizens don't trust what they're told. The...

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Main Author: Davenport, Thomas H.
Other Authors: Godfrey, A. Blanton, Redman, Thomas C.
Format: eBook
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Published: [S.l.] MIT Sloan Management Review 2020
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Summary:The United States has had many problems coping with the coronavirus. A critical - and underappreciated - problem is bad data: Without good data, planners can't plan, epidemiologists can't model, policy makers can't make policy, and citizens don't trust what they're told. The U.S. needs a robust program, with professional management of the data supply chain, to develop trustworthy data about pandemics and other public health crises
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