I am helping
collect state-level COVID-19 vaccine data (refer to his article for the reason). It is absolutely shocking how hard it is just to get states to tell me they can make the data available! Lots of states won’t even respond. Some states don’t have contact information anywhere on their websites where I can inquire. And yes, some states are flat-out refusing (even though this data should theoretically be available through FOIA, I’m obtaining IRB approval and that won’t even work).So a request… if you have contact information with any state public health offices involved in vaccine database-ing, please let me know. This doesn’t seem to be a red vs blue state issue. Red states that respond are requiring IRB (okay!), blue states that are responding are being slow to respond but are kinda responding, but most states just don’t respond.
Teaser… in a substack coming soon, a summary of this article:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/990676
Interesting ....