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Table 3.

Scores of the public health surveillance systems, N=39

Surveillance system
System name, source (n=44)
Data reported on individual, neighborhood
Evidence of harm
Scorea
COVID-19 (n=21) 1point3acres No No 0
CDC COVID Data Tracker No No 0
CORD-19 No No 0
COVID Tracking Project No No 0
COVID-19 Demographic and Economic Analysis No No 0
Google COVID-19 Public Forecast No No 0
Johns Hopkins University - State Policy Tracker No No 0
Johns Hopkins University Dashboard No No 0
American Hospital Ass. Hospital Capacity Dataset Yes No 1
CDC Lab Confirmed COVID-19 Hospitalizations Yes No 1
COVI-19 UCLA Law Behind Bars Tracking Project Yes No 1
COVID-19 Case Surveillance Yes No 1
COVID-19 In Virginia Yes No 1
Harvard/Monash Yes No 1
LA County Dept. of Public Health Yes No 1
National Vital Statistics Program Yes No 1
NCDHHS COVID-19 Response Yes No 1
Tennessee Epidemiology and Surveillance Data Yes No 1
US Census Household Pulse Survey Yes No 1
Google, COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports Yes Yes 2
Google, COVID-19 Search Symptoms Trends Yes Yes 2
Non–COVID-19, behavioral and health service (n=7) CDC Influenza Surveillance No No 0
Current Population Survey No No 0
California Health Interview Survey Yes No 1
CDC BRFSS Yes No 1
Health & Retirement Study Yes No 1
Nat. Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Yes No 1
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Yes No 1
Racism, stigma, and discrimination (n=11) Equal Opportunity Employment Commission No No 0
STOP AAPI Hate No No 0
American Community Survey Yes No 1
Decennial Census Yes No 1
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Yes No 1
Pew Research Center Yes No 1
Project Implicit Yes No 1
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey Yes No 1
FBI Hate Crimes Yes Yes 2
Google Yes Yes 2
Twitter Yes Yes 2
a

Scores mean the following: 0=county-level or greater data reported; 1=potential for harm from individual or neighborhood data reporting, but no evidence found of law enforcement data use or sharing and/or denial or disruption of social services; 2=evidence of harm as individual/neighborhood data reported and evidence found of law enforcement data use or sharing and/or denial or disruption of social services. Four systems scored a U, indicating data were not publicly available for assessment.