The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has announced a proposed information collection to study the long-term mental and physical health effects of COVID-19 on police officers. This study will build on previous research by the University of New York at Buffalo, which collected health data from police officers before the pandemic. The project aims to collect mental and physical health data from 200 officers over two rounds of data collection and invites public comments on its utility and burden. The study intends to understand how the pandemic has affected the well-being of police officers to improve their health and performance.
Simple Explanation
The CDC wants to study how COVID-19 affected the health of police officers by asking 200 of them how they're feeling now. People are worried because we don't know how they'll spend the money or what they'll do with the information they collect.