1/ Another story about the importance of public data during a crisis: COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes raise questions about transparency, safety of elderly residents: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Nursing-home-virus-outbreaks-raise-questions-15188668.php #coronavirus #hounews via @nickpowellchron, @taygoldenstein and @emfoxhall
2/ Texas health officials have been collecting reports of coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes, where at least 18 people have died.
They haven't published the data: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/08/coronavirus-spreads-texas-nursing-homes-officials-withhold-details/ #covid19 #coronavirus via @TexasTribune
They haven't published the data: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/08/coronavirus-spreads-texas-nursing-homes-officials-withhold-details/ #covid19 #coronavirus via @TexasTribune
3/ Until recently, Texas wasn't posting updates on how many coronavirus patients were using the state's limited supply of hospital beds.
Dozens of other states had been offering this information to the public for weeks:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/texas-curve-covid-19-info-coronavirus-abbott-15179104.php #covid19
Dozens of other states had been offering this information to the public for weeks:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/texas-curve-covid-19-info-coronavirus-abbott-15179104.php #covid19
4/ In Houston, COVID-19 has killed a disproportionate number of African Americans.
But while other Texas counties have released demographic case data, including breakdowns by ZIP code, race and ethnicity, Houston and Harris County haven't.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/black-lives-suffer-worst-coronavirus-doctor-hou-15186952.php #covid19
But while other Texas counties have released demographic case data, including breakdowns by ZIP code, race and ethnicity, Houston and Harris County haven't.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/black-lives-suffer-worst-coronavirus-doctor-hou-15186952.php #covid19