This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn Michigan, two coronavirus infections in the same workplace constitutes an outbreak. In New York City, must close when two people in two different classrooms catch the virus. But Iowa will not announce coronavirus outbreaks at many businesses unless 10 percent of employees are actively infected, and even 10 percent of students becoming ill may not be enough to close a school.The nation’s patchwork pandemic response has led to wide disparities in data reporting and even in definitions for basic medical concepts. In the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn Michigan, two coronavirus infections in the same workplace constitutes an outbreak. In New York City, must close when two people in two different classrooms catch the virus. But Iowa will not announce coronavirus outbreaks at many businesses unless 10 percent of employees are actively infected, and even 10 percent of students becoming ill may not be enough to close a school.The nation’s patchwork pandemic response has led to wide disparities in data reporting and even in definitions for basic medical concepts. In the...WW…