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Leaked CDC Report Shows Biden Team Will Be Dealing With ‘Deeply Flawed’ Gov’t COVID Data

Workers look over data on a laptop from assembled saliva based, rapid result, collection kits to test for COVID-19 at Spectrum Solutions on November 17, 2020 in Draper, Utah. - US states and cities were imposing a ra... Workers look over data on a laptop from assembled saliva based, rapid result, collection kits to test for COVID-19 at Spectrum Solutions on November 17, 2020 in Draper, Utah. - US states and cities were imposing a raft of new restrictions to try to curb soaring Covid-19 infection rates. (Photo by GEORGE FREY / AFP) (Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS

December 2, 2020 3:34 p.m.

Even the Trump administration double-checks its numbers against the COVID Tracking Project, a venture from The Atlantic magazine that compiles and standardizes virus data from across the country.

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