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.
Releasing some and withholding other data is called biasing. How can they expect people to trust them, when they admit to cherry-picking which data to show? I can understand their fear of misinterpretation, but by now they should have realized losing trust is much worse.