State of Florida, Trumpster Governor Ron DeSantis, Accused of Falsifying COVID Data So They Can "Open" for July 4th Weekend

June 24th 2020

Beaches along the Florida coastline (Tournament Committee)

By A DC Wonk (from the Daily Kos community)

You may remember the name Rebekah Jones. She was the data person fired by the state of Florida after refusing an order to alter COVID data on the state’s website.

She then started her own website to track the “real” count in Florida. (For more background, see www.cnn.com/...)

Late this afternoon, she tweeted out some explosive accusations:

BREAKING: 1 OF 3: Florida announced yesterday they're not counting the icu bed availability anymore, a key element in keeping things open, so the state can proceed to the next phase by July 4.
— Rebekah Jones aka #Insubordinate #scientist (@GeoRebekah) June 23, 2020

BREAKING 3 OF 3 I've independently verified they've deleted at least 1200 cases in the last week.They're only reporting all these cases now so they can restrict reporting next week to make everyone think it's over. I've had two DOH employees in different offices confirm
— Rebekah Jones aka #Insubordinate #scientist (@GeoRebekah) June 23, 2020

I hope this gets the attention of some media to investigate this.

Posted with permission