The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is inviting public comments on a proposed data collection project called the National Center for Health Statistics' Research and Development Survey (RANDS) during COVID-19—Round 3. This survey aims to gather data on health characteristics related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as telehealth access, general health, and psychological distress. The survey will provide early estimates of how the pandemic affects health, which will aid in CDC's ongoing COVID-19 surveillance. Comments on the proposed collection are being accepted as part of the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Simple Explanation
The CDC wants people to share their thoughts on a plan to ask questions about health during COVID-19 to understand how the virus is affecting people. They hope to learn things like how often people use doctor video calls and how they feel, but some things about the plan still need to be explained better, like how they pick who gets to answer the questions.