Meet Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t

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dank69

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This is getting pretty conspiratorial, given that the people involved in that e-mail chain are presumably careerists at DFOH. Careerists who would have to be "in on it."

This is not, as you further suggest, an issue of either believing Jones or believing DeSantis. Not when you have a paper trail.
A paper trail that started after she went public.
 

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allisolm

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That finding has nothing to do with her veracity. Just pointing that out.

Well, the letter from the Attorney General says her complaint demonstrates “reasonable cause to suspect that an employee or agent of an agency or independent contractor has violated any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation.”

That does sound like they think there is cause involved. How much and who done it remains to be seen.
 

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Well, the letter from the Attorney General says her complaint demonstrates “reasonable cause to suspect that an employee or agent of an agency or independent contractor has violated any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation.”

That does sound like they think there is cause involved. How much and who done it remains to be seen.

"Reasonable cause" is a legal term. In this case, it means that her statements, if true, indicate criminal wrongdoing on the part of one or more employees of FDoH. Whistle blower status is granted based on the kinds of things you complain about, not your credibility.
 
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"Reasonable cause" is a legal term. In this case, it means that her statements, if true, indicate criminal wrongdoing on the part of one or more employees of FDoH. Whistle blower status is granted based on the kinds of things you complain about, not your credibility.

They could have said there was no reasonable cause to suspect criminal wrongdoing, but they didn't. Shrug.
 

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Make 20 Font Claim to Discredit Political Enemies.

Announce correction 4 months later on page 16.

Nothing new to see here. SOP.
 

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"Reasonable cause" is a legal term. In this case, it means that her statements, if true, indicate criminal wrongdoing on the part of one or more employees of FDoH. Whistle blower status is granted based on the kinds of things you complain about, not your credibility.


You sure are trying awfully hard to discredit her.
 

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By posting basic legal facts?

What’s factual about saying the government deciding to give someone whistleblower status doesn’t change her credibility?

OSHA will interview the Complainant to obtain information about the alleged retaliation, and will determine whether the allegation is sufficient to initiate an investigation under one or more of the whistleblower protection statutes administered by OSHA. Regardless of the statute under which the complaint is filed, the conduct of the investigation is generally the same.

 

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The whistleblower determination was made by a Florida IG. I wonder if DeSantis will do a trump move and fire him.
 
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That finding has nothing to do with her veracity. Just pointing that out.

These people are stupid beyond expectations.

The concept of finding her a whistleblower - doesn't actually mean anything other than simply "We can't punish her for the act of bringing this to public". Nothing more. Nothing less.

Instead people are putting on their tinfoil hats and already declaring the trial, jury, and execution... Because they are mentally retarded and can't read in life.
 

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There is a difference between determining whether an allegation is of the type which falls under the whistleblower protection law, and opining about the credibility of the allegation itself.

So last year when she claimed retaliation by her former employer, the fact that she’s been given whistleblower status and that her retaliation claims are good enough to warrant an investigation into the matter, doesn’t do anything to add to her credibility?

Interesting. Again, I have to ask why you have continuously tried to discredit her.
 

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So last year when she claimed retaliation by her former employer, the fact that she’s been given whistleblower status and that her retaliation claims are good enough to warrant an investigation into the matter, doesn’t do anything to add to her credibility?

This has nothing to do with how good her retaliation claims are. It has to do with Florida's whistleblower law which requires that information be in one of several categories for the protection to apply. The IG here did not opine on why she was terminated any more than he opined about whether she's telling the truth. What the IG's decision means is that IF she was terminated for making this complaint, then FDoH has a problem.

Interesting. Again, I have to ask why you have continuously tried to discredit her.

You don't really have to ask. I've explained why I don't find her especially credible. I'm not "trying to discredit" her. I just don't find her all that believable.
 
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This has nothing to do with how good her retaliation claims are. It has to do with Florida's whistleblower law which requires that information be in one of several categories for the protection to apply. The IG here did not opine on why she was terminated any more than he opined about whether she's telling the truth. What the IG's decision means is that IF she was terminated for making this complaint, then FDoH has a problem.



You don't really have to ask. I've explained why I don't find her especially credible. I'm not "trying to discredit" her. I just don't find her all that believable.
You're a leftie, thus you have to listen and believe regardless of facts or logic.
 

cytg111

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You're a leftie, thus you have to listen and believe regardless of facts or logic.
Yes you are very concerned

This is an incredible story about one woman who creates such havoc everywhere she goes. The latest victim: Florida. She spun all kinds of stories about hyow FL officials fudged COVID numbers. Thats a simplistic statement though considering the story. Took me about 20 minutes to read the article twice. Its pretty amazing.

Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn’t (yahoo.com)



IMHO the blurb about Democrats is irrelevant, as both partys are guilty of running with one story and pushing it as fact. The story here is about Rebekah.

So are you.

 

cytg111

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You're reaching. I never said one way or the other whether the story was true or not, only that it was interesting (my first post) and worth looking into. You fucking suck at character assassination

But rage on bro.

What the f... lol, pulling the #iamgettingcancelled card? Cause truth? Ok.
 

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There is a difference between determining whether an allegation is of the type which falls under the whistleblower protection law, and opining about the credibility of the allegation itself.

Perhaps you missed it but it order to grant whistleblower status the IG MUST determine the allegation IS credible. I'm not claiming that the case is over, or that the allegations have been proven true (that stage has not been reached yet) but the parrots claiming she has been proven false are just blowing smoke without any supportable foundation therefore.
 
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I really think ol blackangsty will not man up and say he was wrong, I suspect he will double down on the stupidity level...or just ignore this and deny it exists.

He's already tripled down on it in this thread alone.

Apparently he's now crying like a pathetic bitch that he's being "character assassinated"? In a thread that he made to assassinate the character of someone else. What a fucking sad clown. Its like a paint by numbers persecution complex. It'd almost be entertaining if we hadn't already seen this exact same behavior from basically every modern Republican and notably Major General Clownbaby of the right wing crybaby bitch brigade on here already.

This video sums up blackangst:


Unfortunately he seems really into covering himself with shit since he does it so often, so not sure saying it does anything but trigger his fetish for it.
 
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