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Florida scientist says she was fired for refusing to change Covid-19 data 'to support reopen plan' | US news | The Guardian
Dr Rebekah Jones says she was fired from Department of Health by the governor after protesting order to censor information
The scientist in charge of Florida’s Covid-19 database was fired on the same day as the state opened up for business.
As sunbathers returned to beaches, and restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and hair salons in almost every county were permitted to open their doors on Monday, the Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration fired Dr Rebekah Jones from the Florida department of health.
Jones, the architect and manager of the online dashboard held up by the White House in April as a model of transparency and integrity, said she was sidelined after protesting orders to censor some of the information it contained. And on Tuesday she claimed she was fired for refusing to “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen”.
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Business & pleasing Trump first, integrity last.
Dr Rebekah Jones says she was fired from Department of Health by the governor after protesting order to censor information
The scientist in charge of Florida’s Covid-19 database was fired on the same day as the state opened up for business.
As sunbathers returned to beaches, and restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and hair salons in almost every county were permitted to open their doors on Monday, the Governor Ron DeSantis’s administration fired Dr Rebekah Jones from the Florida department of health.
Jones, the architect and manager of the online dashboard held up by the White House in April as a model of transparency and integrity, said she was sidelined after protesting orders to censor some of the information it contained. And on Tuesday she claimed she was fired for refusing to “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen”.
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Business & pleasing Trump first, integrity last.