Real-time data: as vital for opioid overdose deaths as for Covid-19 - STAT

Real-time data: as vital for opioid overdose deaths as for Covid-19 - STAT

Real-time data are essential for Covid-19. They’re just as important for the opioid overdose crisis

By DAVID A. PATTERSON SILVER WOLF

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Real-time numbers are available for Covid-19 cases and deaths. The best data we have for about opioid overdose deaths are two years old.

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