Florida newspapers sue DeSantis for ‘covering up Covid reports’
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One of those reports, unearthed by the Center for Public Integrity and dated 6 December, designated Florida a coronavirus "red zone" due to rising infections and Covid-19-related deaths. "Florida has seen stability in new cases, an increase in test positivity, and increasing hospitalizations and deaths, indicating unrelenting community spread and inadequate mitigation,” the report said. Rebekah Jones, a data scientist who helped design Florida's coronavirus dashboard, was sacked from her department of health job earlier this year for "insubordination". The FDLE said it is investigating whether Ms Jones accessed a government messaging system without authorisation to urge her former colleagues to speak out against the state's alleged suppression of coronavirus data.
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