It would be tremendous if the agency had the authority to mandate that, but unfortunately they do not. That is one of the calls we are making in this request for federal legislation that would give the federal government a greater role in coordinating public health efforts across the country.
The lack of streamlined epidemic data across the country is an ongoing issue. We know alcohol sales the next day, but we don't know the impact of alcohol, for example, for 10 years out. It's the same idea with the COVID-19 outbreak. There's a lack of consistency and we're seeing that as the reason for why the federal government had to wait until today to release its modelling figures.