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Sancho

(9,067 posts)
Mon May 18, 2020, 09:14 PM May 2020

Woman who designed Florida's COVID-19 dashboard has been removed from her position

Source: CBS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — As Florida starts to reopen, the architect and manager of Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, announced she'd been removed from her position, Florida Today reported.

Rebekah Jones said in an email to CBS12 News that her removal was "not voluntary" and that she was removed from her position because she was ordered to censor some data, but refused to "manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen."

Jones made the announcement May 5 in a farewell email to researchers and other members of the public who had signed up to receive updates on the data portal, according to Florida Today. She said that for "reasons beyond my division's control," her office is no longer managing the dashboard, involved in its publication, fixing errors or answering any questions.

Florida's COVID-19 dashboard, created by a team of Florida Department of Health data scientists and public health officers led by Jones, was praised by White House officials for its accessibility, the Florida Daily reported. But over the last few weeks, it "crashed and went offline, data disappeared with no explanation and access to the underlying data sheets became difficult."

Read more: https://cbs12.com/news/local/woman-who-designed-floridas-covid-19-dashboard-has-been-removed-from-her-position?fbclid=IwAR01sby3oQZc8eMY28M3hjisxzB0pLoo5fe0osyEbfyJl1czyhdzsbBtPpo





TP45's reach goes into every corner of the land.....

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Woman who designed Florida's COVID-19 dashboard has been removed from her position (Original Post) Sancho May 2020 OP
DeSantis is faking the numbers. sheshe2 May 2020 #1
It would appear so. ...nt 2naSalit May 2020 #3
Shoot the messenger. marble falls May 2020 #2
TN's dashboard is now, as of today, password protected. Lars39 May 2020 #4
Donald Trump Junior the Governor of Florida has been cooking the books. gibraltar72 May 2020 #5
When People See the Mounting Death Toll. . . Joe Mauriceovich May 2020 #6
It's literally happening everywhere greenjar_01 May 2020 #7
Kudos to Rebekah Jones, for valuing integrity under a maladministration that does not. eppur_se_muova May 2020 #8
Villianized for doing her job and having the integrity to defend it and not lie. Result: fired. Evolve Dammit May 2020 #9
100%. nt oasis May 2020 #10
 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
7. It's literally happening everywhere
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:51 PM
May 2020

Texas' numbers have been a joke since go.

They're going to keep denying reality, but the virus doesn't care.

eppur_se_muova

(36,259 posts)
8. Kudos to Rebekah Jones, for valuing integrity under a maladministration that does not.
Tue May 19, 2020, 12:17 AM
May 2020

She has jeopardized her continued employment, and perhaps her career, to tell the truth.

Evolve Dammit

(16,723 posts)
9. Villianized for doing her job and having the integrity to defend it and not lie. Result: fired.
Tue May 19, 2020, 07:42 AM
May 2020

"Basket of Deplorables" was actually understated and kind.

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