COVID-19 and other infectious disease data continue to be very limited while the U.S. government is shut down. Last week, the CDC updated a couple of national COVID-19 metrics; this week, the agency didn’t even update that national trends page. And even when Congress reaches a budget deal, infectious disease surveillance will remain under threat due to recent CDC layoffs. The post National COVID-19 trends, October 14 first appeared on The Sick Times.