When articles came out last summer detailing how data was being hidden or misrepresented, and how scientists were sidelined in Florida during COVID-19, people asked me if it was vindication.
After all, Dr. Fauci said publicly that Florida opening up was a mistake, and state employees begged Desantis to show an ounce of sympathy for their lives (which he didn’t) in a public letter.
I got the same question in the fall, and again in the winter, when stories came out in the Sun Sentinel about Ron Desantis’ mishandling of COVID-19, corroborated by persons across state agencies.
Then came the Public Health Accreditation Board’s (PHAB) leaked findings that DOH misled and misrepresented COVID-19 case data regarding K12 students and staff just a few weeks ago.
A week later - the unexpected letter came that the Department of Health’s Inspector General’s office (DOH-IG) granted me whistleblower protection and found “reasonable cause” that everything I said was true and worth further investigating.
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