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Fired data scientist's claims of Covid-19 data manipulation 'unsubstantiated,' Florida IG report finds
By: CNN
Posted: May 27, 2022 3:17 PM CDT
(CNN) -- Allegations the Florida Department of Health fired an employee because she objected to manipulating coronavirus data were "unsubstantiated," according to a state inspector general report.
The former state data scientist, Rebekah Jones, claimed she was pressured by health department officials to falsify Covid-19 data to hide the extent of Florida's outbreak in the early months of the pandemic. In a report finalized in March, the state inspector general's office said there was insufficient evidence to prove her claims and exonerated the employees accused of orchestrating a coverup.
In a complaint filed in July 2020, Jones, who was tasked with managing Florida's Covid-19 data dashboard, alleged she was fired after she refused to follow orders to manipulate data on the dashboard to support lifting coronavirus restrictions to reopen the state when it was actually unsafe to do so...
Fired data scientist's claims of Covid-19 data manipulation 'unsubstantiated,' Florida IG report finds
By: CNN
Posted: May 27, 2022 3:17 PM CDT
(CNN) -- Allegations the Florida Department of Health fired an employee because she objected to manipulating coronavirus data were "unsubstantiated," according to a state inspector general report.
The former state data scientist, Rebekah Jones, claimed she was pressured by health department officials to falsify Covid-19 data to hide the extent of Florida's outbreak in the early months of the pandemic. In a report finalized in March, the state inspector general's office said there was insufficient evidence to prove her claims and exonerated the employees accused of orchestrating a coverup.
In a complaint filed in July 2020, Jones, who was tasked with managing Florida's Covid-19 data dashboard, alleged she was fired after she refused to follow orders to manipulate data on the dashboard to support lifting coronavirus restrictions to reopen the state when it was actually unsafe to do so...
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