'Don't freak out': Worried about census changes? Voxplainers to the rescue!

Sarah D. | 4:26 PM on April 15, 2014

The Juicebox Mafia sure has their work cut out for them!

Earlier today, we were informed that the Census Bureau will be changing the upcoming census survey. And it just so happens that the changes will help mask pesky Obamacare data.

Sarah Kliff, erstwhile ignorer of “local crime stories” for the Washington Post and current senior editor for Vox, was initially unsettled by the news:

Getting worked up into an increasingly heated health nerd rage about the Census changes. We're losing our best data source on Obamacare.

— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) April 15, 2014

But it didn’t take long for her to change her tune:

New reporting on Vox: Census changes are being implemented early enough to capture one year of pre-Obamacare data. http://t.co/MvL1ULTXsU

— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) April 15, 2014

An admin. official tells me the new Census Qs will be used for 2013 survey, making the change less alarming than I'd initially thought.

— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) April 15, 2014

Oh. Well if an Obama administration official says there’s nothing to worry about, we’re golden! Isn’t that right, Voxsplainers?

Don't freak out about the changes to the Census yet http://t.co/gCcsFVVXDF

— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 15, 2014

https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/456106169795608576

Got it? All is well!

https://twitter.com/AndrewHClark/status/456105718106816512

https://twitter.com/michi83/status/456105940790837249

@voxdotcom @mattyglesias Let us know when we should freak out. Because you're America's most trusted news source and all.

— Uncle Jimmy: Positively Toward the Negative ? (@jneutron1969) April 15, 2014

Yeah. Totes trusted.

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