Nearly three years after Florida scientist and COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones was illegally terminated for refusing to manipulate data and expressing her intention to file a whistleblower complaint, the public finally gets its first glimpse at the state's wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed Monday, March 13, 2023.
Jones vs Florida Department of Health (DOH)
The Florida Inspector General found that Rebekah Jones told the truth and the state ordered her to hide and delete critical pandemic data and restrict access for the public, press and researchers.
The Florida Auditor General found that the Florida Department of Health undercounted cases and deaths by thousands, and poorly managed the internal data they were responsible for as Rebekah alleged in her complaint.
The Florida Commission on Human Relations found that Rebekah's complaint showed that the demands Rebekah's superiors made constituted a violation of law and created a unique and specific danger to public health.
Now that all proced…
