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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 08:24 AM Jun 2020

Florida fired its coronavirus data scientist. Now she's publishing the statistics on her own.

Source: Washington Post


Marisa Iati 8 hrs ago

Tension built for days between Florida Department of Health supervisors and the department’s geographic information systems manager before officials showed her the door, she says, permanently pulling her off the coronavirus dashboard that she operated for weeks.

Managers had wanted Rebekah Jones to make certain changes to the public-facing portal, she says. Jones had objected to — and sometimes refused to comply with — what she saw as unethical requests. She says the department offered to let her resign. Jones declined.

Weeks after she was fired in mid-May, Jones has now found a way to present the state’s coronavirus data exactly the way she wants it: She created a dashboard of her own.

“I wanted to build an application that delivered data and helped people get tested and helped them get resources that they need from their community,” Jones, 30, said of the site that launched Thursday. “And that’s what I ended up building with this new dashboard.”


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-fired-its-coronavirus-data-scientist-now-shes-publishing-the-statistics-on-her-own/ar-BB15pzoh?li=BBnb7Kz

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Florida fired its coronavirus data scientist. Now she's publishing the statistics on her own. (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2020 OP
She's awesome soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
Bravo. Mike 03 Jun 2020 #2
Good for her TristanIsolde Jun 2020 #3
Cool and bookmarked...... Bengus81 Jun 2020 #4
She is a very brave person. Thank you, Rebekah Jones. niyad Jun 2020 #5
Link to her dashboard and her gofundme page. Fla Dem Jun 2020 #6
Standup gal. Worth a donation bedazzled Jun 2020 #14
So glad she's done this mcar Jun 2020 #7
I am too Rebl2 Jun 2020 #10
I'm a fan! Pacifist Patriot Jun 2020 #8
Florida cases are exploding +2500 today Blues Heron Jun 2020 #9
you go gal!! riversedge Jun 2020 #11
Lawsuit? MsInformed Jun 2020 #12
Keep an eye on her. She could be an attractive candidate. mpcamb Jun 2020 #13
I have read mixed reviews on her methods Skittles Jun 2020 #15

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. Bravo.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 08:29 AM
Jun 2020

Every state with a republican governor needs its own Rebekah Jones.

I hope they leave her alone and don't try to shut her site down.

One of the House committees should call her to testify. You can tell from her interviews she really, really wants to talk about what she's experienced.

TristanIsolde

(272 posts)
3. Good for her
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 08:29 AM
Jun 2020

It is very hard to do the right thing when it affects your livelihood, when you are depending on your Job to merely exist with a roof on your head and food on the table, most people tend to cave and say they are just obeying orders. Maybe she was lucky and had other resources, still, what she did is commendable. You cannot hide the truth.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
4. Cool and bookmarked......
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 08:40 AM
Jun 2020

You mean that Di Santis and his bunch wanted to maybe fudge the REAL number with under reporting?


Oh it just couldn't be.....

Rebl2

(13,301 posts)
10. I am too
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 11:20 AM
Jun 2020

but I fear they will trash her and her work that she is trying to get out to the public. I’m sure they will say her information is fake news sadly.

MsInformed

(48 posts)
12. Lawsuit?
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jun 2020

Please let some good lawyer find her and help her file an unjust firing lawsuit.
Fuck those guys.

mpcamb

(2,854 posts)
13. Keep an eye on her. She could be an attractive candidate.
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 07:57 PM
Jun 2020

Smart.
Florida.
History of Honor.
Science background.
Acting for Integrity.
Acting for the Public.
Acting for Transparency.
Fired by walking trash-heap Ron DeSantis.

Hey, let's put her on a ballot!
I'd get a plane ticket and go campaign for her.

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