Florida Scientist Said She Was Fired for ‘Refusing to Manipulate’ COVID-19 Data
By: Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, Florida Today – 05/19/2020 2:35 PM To provide our community with important public safety information, our newsroom is making stories related to the coronavirus free to read. To support important local journalism like this, please consider becoming a digital subscriber. The scientist who created Florida’s COVID-19 data portal wasn’t just removed from her position on May 5, she was fired on Monday by the Department of Health, she said, for refusing to manipulate data. Rebekah Jones…