Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

The New York Times calls out the CDC for not releasing Covid data:

Kristen Nordlund, a spokeswoman for the C.D.C., said the agency has been slow to release the different streams of data “because basically, at the end of the day, it’s not yet ready for prime time.” She said the agency’s “priority when gathering any data is to ensure that it’s accurate and actionable.”

Another reason is fear that the information might be misinterpreted, Ms. Nordlund said.

“The C.D.C. is a political organization as much as it is a public health organization,” said Samuel Scarpino, managing director of pathogen surveillance at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Pandemic Prevention Institute. “The steps that it takes to get something like this released are often well outside of the control of many of the scientists that work at the C.D.C.”

BOE and others interested in offshore safety have expressed similar frustration over delays in the release of incident data and reports by BSEE and the Coast Guard, and the limited inspection data that are publicly available. As is the case with the CDC, we suspect these issues have more to do with bureaucratic obstacles than technical limitations or staff reluctance.