The Florida data scientist refusing to alter COVID-19 data warrant was issued for her arrest
Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist, last year fired by the Department of Health, said Saturday she would turn herself in to authorities Sunday after they last week issued a warrant for her arrest.
Oh? And why was she fired?
Jones, who worked on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, was fired in May after she said she refused to alter data related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
So she refused to falsify, and got fired, and now they want her arrested.
“Bogus charges designed to silence and now jail me for being a scientist critical of the government,” Jones said. “That’s the textbook definition of #censorship.”
Gess, where have we heard that being used against people the left do not agree with? ! ?
Jones, however, said her firing was the result of her refusal to alter COVID-19 data. At the time, Jones said her managers at the Florida Department of Health had told her to delete data that showed Florida residents had tested positive for COVID-19 as early as January. She also said she declined to alter data that would’ve made it appear that certain counties had met the criteria to scale back restrictions when they hadn’t actually yet met such criteria.
So, by refusing to commit a crime, she is being charged with a crime?