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Colin Wood

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Colin Wood is StateScoop’s editor in chief. Contact him at colin.wood@statescoop.com or cwood.64 on Signal.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during the daily media briefing at the Office of the Governor of the State of New York on July 23, 2020 in New York City. (Jeenah Moon / Getty Images)

7 ways COVID-19 data efforts have failed

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7. There still aren’t federal standards for COVID-19 data

6. Reliable demographic data remains elusive

5. Federal and state governments have struggled to coordinate

4. New York underreported nursing home deaths

3. Iowa struggles with transparency

2. Florida made things personal

1. States mishandled their testing data

Colorado state capitol building — Colorado state capitol building (Getty Images)

Colorado names new broadband director

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