[parentologist]

This is fascism, pure and simple. Rebekah Jones, former Florida data scientist, who had refused to "massage" Florida's Covid-19 numbers to make the number of infections look lower than they actually were, and was fired for it, continued in her mission to publicize the actual real numbers of infections in Florida. Florida law enforcement believes that she sent a chat message to a planning group on a state emergency alert platform, urging people to speak out publicly about Florida's coronavirus strategies.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/94420...data-scientist

Her home was busted like a drug raid, endangering her and her family, all for her having dared to cross the governor's efforts to ignore coronavirus control measures.

I cannot believe this is happening in America.

[SCGAFL]

Originally Posted by parentologist

This is fascism, pure and simple. Rebekah Jones, former Florida data scientist, who had refused to "massage" Florida's Covid-19 numbers to make the number of infections look lower than they actually were, and was fired for it, continued in her mission to publicize the actual real numbers of infections in Florida. Florida law enforcement believes that she sent a chat message to a planning group on a state emergency alert platform, urging people to speak out publicly about Florida's coronavirus strategies.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/94420...data-scientist

Her home was busted like a drug raid, endangering her and her family, all for her having dared to cross the governor's efforts to ignore coronavirus control measures.

I cannot believe this is happening in America.

Relax, there's no knee on your neck....

She has a history, the illegal tap was traced to her IP....she's suspect #1. The police came using standard tactics. Don't cry.

[beach43ofus]

Then it was socialism, pure and simple, when 29 FBI commando's stormed Roger Stone's home to arrest him on fake Russia charges, & for being caught in a fake perjury trap.

Everything you claim is from the perps (Jones) claims, and not from law enforcement.

Originally Posted by parentologist

This is fascism, pure and simple. Rebekah Jones, former Florida data scientist, who had refused to "massage" Florida's Covid-19 numbers to make the number of infections look lower than they actually were, and was fired for it, continued in her mission to publicize the actual real numbers of infections in Florida. Florida law enforcement believes that she sent a chat message to a planning group on a state emergency alert platform, urging people to speak out publicly about Florida's coronavirus strategies.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/94420...data-scientist

Her home was busted like a drug raid, endangering her and her family, all for her having dared to cross the governor's efforts to ignore coronavirus control measures.

I cannot believe this is happening in America.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by SCGAFL

Relax, there's no knee on your neck....

She has a history, the illegal tap was traced to her IP....she's suspect #1. The police came using standard tactics. Don't cry.

You need a reality check, those are not "standard tactics".

[gypsychic]

This woman has a criminal background including sexual cyberstalking and has a restraining order against her. Here is a little background on her:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ree-times.html

As far as this case the police had a warrant, waited 20 minutes outside asking her to come out and she refused. She also hung up on their phone calls. She hacked into a government website, IMO she belongs in jail.

[Ghaati]

She's not a computer expert. She isn't capable of hacking anything. She's a data entry specialist and statistician. She's being harassed because she has contacts in the government who are giving her information that the government doesn't want anyone to have. Basically - the government is trying to cover up a coverup.

[allenk893]

The governor never told anyone to falsify or "massage" the numbers. They were already falsified by the hospitals. The CDC posted the data showing the numbers were inflated due to many ailments and deaths being named as covid deaths, even if they had nothing to do with the coronavirus. And if I recall, it wasn't fascism when Roger Stone's home was raided by the FBI and he was arrested on fraudulent collusion charges. Now I'm supposed to feel sorry for her and team scamdemic? Nope.

[grad_student200]

The Florida Department of Health, like other healthcare agencies, is very strict about privacy and HIPAA compliance. Cybersecurity is taken very seriously. Penalties can be very harsh if an organization is not compliant. This is parlayed to all workers. From their view, the state generally, in many cases, has the right to pursue cases of medical fraud, security violations, malpractice, etc.

With that said, this case seems different because a major prosecutor resigned in protest. It's likely easy for many readers to dismiss a random post by a stranger on the internet. But when an experienced, high-ranking, respected Republican attorney quits in PROTEST over the case, then it raises concerns. It must be a negative, statistically-outlying case rooted in politics. It will likely get worse because now her confidants are exposed, then counter suits may arise. Much of the public is definitely in support. But when even a Republican resigns in protest in the Republican stronghold of Florida, then it looks like a corrupted case.

But in general, I defer to due process. I do not proclaim any knowledge of the details firsthand. Years ago, I worked in Tallahassee, so I know of the state's way of doing things. They have a team of lawyers on hand for situations like this. But if their lead quits, then it will be interesting on how this plays out in court. It will likely go under national scrutiny. In 2000 it was "Bush vs. Gore". Now it's the political turmoil over COVID-19 data.

Meanwhile, the dashboard's high usefulness has been impeded by the seizure of her hardware. That data had been a source of truth for many citizens trying to navigate the data details of the current pandemic. FSU has an excellent GIS department, and her COVID-19 dashboard was one of the best. Many of the healthcare students study GIS at FSU because it is useful in studying disease clusters and growth patterns. But now her dashboard has been disrupted.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florid...-data-analyst/

[UserNam3]

Falsifying the numbers in what way? Reporting the deaths as 200,000 when it's actually like 9,000?

[boy3365]

Originally Posted by allenk893

The governor never told anyone to falsify or "massage" the numbers. They were already falsified by the hospitals. The CDC posted the data showing the numbers were inflated due to many ailments and deaths being named as covid deaths, even if they had nothing to do with the coronavirus. And if I recall, it wasn't fascism when Roger Stone's home was raided by the FBI and he was arrested on fraudulent collusion charges. Now I'm supposed to feel sorry for her and team scamdemic? Nope.

This is bull if you are talking about the "94% of people had comorbidities" figure. That wasn't a "quiet" update like the conspiracy theorists claimed in September/October, but it was on their website as early as May 11.

It has been repeated over and over again from the beginning that the existence of other health issues increases the severity of a COVID infection.

It's okay to disagree with how we have responded to the virus (i.e. the shutdowns), but we don't have to spread false information to prove that point.