We are making these policy calls based on completely flawed numbers and that needs to be acknowledged.

Megan Srinivas, an infectious disease physician in Iowa, speaking of the state’s Department of Public Health data glitch that has caused underreporting of new coronavirus cases and daily positive tests. Potentially thousands of new coronavirus cases that have been reported in recent weeks have been dated for as far back as March. School districts have been relying on the state’s data to determine what the upcoming school year will look like. (AP News — August 17, 2020)