The U.S. Is Doing a Lousy Job of Tracking COVID Variants

SURVEILLANCE STATE

Here’s why that matters, and what the feds are doing to fix it.

Published Apr. 1 2021 5:07AM EDT

By Alexander Sundermann, Lee Harrison, Vaughn Cooper

“You can’t fix what you don’t measure” is a maxim in the business world. And it holds true in the world of public health as well.

Early in the pandemic, the United States struggled to meet the demand to test people for SARS-CoV-2.

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