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U.S. Created a Data Disaster With Its Uneven Covid Response

  • Uneven standards, spotty reporting obscure virus trends
  • Fifty states find almost as many approaches to Covid counts
Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on July 23.Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
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More than a month into a resurgence of the novel coronavirus that has besieged Sun Belt states, flooded hospitals and strained public-health infrastructure, the U.S. still lacks a complete picture of the on-the-ground reality.