Florida residents did not have enough "accurate data related to to the extent and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic… to assess the efficacy of COVID-19 control measures and take appropriate actions.”
In other words, the people of Florida didn’t have enough accurate information to make informed decisions about the pandemic.
And the state knew it.
That’s from an internal audit of COVID-19 data released to the public yesterday, which shows how more than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths were never added to the total deaths the state reported.
The internal audit of Florida Department of Health COVID-19 data for the first six months of the pandemic - during which time I managed the public data and surveillance systems - was received by state authorities on May 26.
On that same day, the state illegally leaked a copy of its internal Inspector General’s report related to my ongoing whistleblower case to Marc Caputo - a known DeSantis ally with a history of getting fired for breaching basic journalistic ethic…
