Florida's scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data

[pauldun170]

Is this Florida rules or GOP Rules?
Trying to decide which one to apply here

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – 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.

After USA TODAY Network first reported Jones' removal from her position in charge of the Florida COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard she created, she confirmed, as reported by CBS-12 in West Palm Beach that she was fired because she was ordered to censor some data, but refused to "manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen."

Florida's scientist was fired for refusing to 'manipulate' COVID-19 data

Researchers fear a wave of data censorship after the manager of Florida's COVID-19 dashboard is removed from her post.

www.usatoday.com

 

[dank69]

This shit has got to stop.

 

[TheVrolok]

I thought this only happened in places like China.

 

[UNCjigga]

Dumb Florida Man fires Smart Florida Woman, whole state is dumber as a result.

 

[UNCjigga]

This shit has got to stop.

You mean this shit?

 

[HomerJS]

Smalls like fascist rules to me.

 

[hal2kilo]

You mean this shit?

You mean those non-sequential date anomalies?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

You mean this shit?

Lol what in the actual fuck is that chart? I don't know if you could make it worse/more manipulative.

 

[zinfamous]

lol, phrasing inentional?

"Florida's scientist."

 

[dank69]

lol, phrasing inentional?

"Florida's scientist."

She was the last one.

 

[dank69]

You mean this shit?

Sort by descending

 

[Thump553]

Absolutely shameful, but something I expected of DeSantis and Florida. I strongly suspect that this is not-by far-the only red state fudging it's numbers for political purposes.

 

[brycejones]

Absolutely shameful, but something I expected of DeSantis and Florida. I strongly suspect that this is not-by far-the only red state fudging it's numbers for political purposes.

Testing is no good, it just tells you people are infected. Who wants to know that depressing news?

 

[Moonbeam]

It's the economy, stupid, not human lives. The people the virus kills aren't worth much anyway. In fact they are a drag on the economy and should have been sent to sea on an iceberg. The virus is killing my political future and my wealth and it's the 1% who will pay to get me reelected.

 

[pauldun170]

You mean this shit?

Is that the infamous Georgia chart?
lol

 

[cytg111]

What a naaaasty woman.

 

[zinfamous]

Is that the infamous Georgia chart?
lol

I've never seen that before--is that shit real?

It makes one wonder how anyone can trust GOP leadership when that is the kind of shit they endorse. I mean, no wonder none of them trust "science" when their masters allow that kind of thing to somehow represent science.

 

[alien42]

I've never seen that before--is that shit real?

It makes one wonder how anyone can trust GOP leadership when that is the kind of shit they endorse. I mean, no wonder none of them trust "science" when their masters allow that kind of thing to somehow represent science.

that chart was used by our Governor when he announced reopening our state.

 

[zinfamous]

half of this country is well and truly fucked.

 

[dank69]

half of this country is well and truly fucked.

Welcome to the real world.

 

[pauldun170]

Here is the glorious info behind the Georgia chart.

A 'cuckoo' graph with no sense of time or place shows how Georgia bungled coronavirus data as it reopens

Georgia's health department published a "misleading" graph showing a neat decline in coronavirus cases. An updated version shows the truth is messier.

www.businessinsider.com

Republican Executives Keep Making 'Mistakes' That Happen to Downplay the Pandemic

In Georgia, either the numbers are being cooked, or they’ve accidentally fallen into the stew pot.

www.esquire.com

‘It’s just cuckoo’: state’s latest data mishap causes critics to cry foul

Gov. Brian Kemp’s office issued an apology after a Georgia Public Health Department chart wrongly reported a downward trend in COVID-19 infections. The error was at least the third in as many weeks.

www.ajc.com

Georgia Department of Health slammed for misleading coronavirus data

The Georgia Department of Public Health has come under fire for sharing erroneous data that suggested the number of confirmed coronavirus cases decreasing — providing flattening-curve models …

nypost.com

 

[hal2kilo]

Is that the infamous Georgia chart?
lol

Yesiree!

 

[hal2kilo]

I've never seen that before--is that shit real?

It makes one wonder how anyone can trust GOP leadership when that is the kind of shit they endorse. I mean, no wonder none of them trust "science" when their masters allow that kind of thing to somehow represent science.

It's OK, cause Kemp apologized the next day, and took down that chart.
Sucks when you get caught.


They do this because they have a very low opinion of their voters, and think that they would be too stupid to catch the blatant data manipulation that indicated that nice downward trend. Cons this is how dumb your candidates think you are.

 

[soundforbjt]

Interesting poll yesterday, all of the Governors have better ratings than Trump on handling the virus...except Kemp, he's tied with Trump as the worse.

 

[Jaskalas]

Isn't this what they want to go to war against China over? For hiding / mismanaging COVID?
Aren't we proven to be doing the exact same things?