To cap the above, yesterday the home of Rebekah Jones was raided by police and she was arrested for what?

Telling the truth apparently!

Armed police raid home of Florida scientist fired over Covid-19 data
Rebekah Jones claims Governor Ron DeSantis, with whom she has clashed repeatedly since her dismissal in May, was involved

Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist embroiled in a dispute with the state’s Republican governor over the handling of coronavirus figures, had her home raided on Monday by armed police who confiscated her computers.

In a stream of posts on Twitter, Jones posted a video of the raid that showed state police carrying handguns escorting her out of her Tallahassee home. She can be heard saying: “He just pointed a gun at my children,” with her husband and two children apparently upstairs at the time.

Jones claimed in her tweets that the raid was the work of Ron DeSantis, the governor with whom she has clashed repeatedly since she was fired by the state’s department of health in May in a row over Covid-19 data. She compared the incident to sending “the gestapo”, adding: “This is what happens to scientists who do their job honestly. This is what happens to people who speak truth to power.”

The Florida department of law enforcement confirmed they had entered Jones’s house on a search warrant. But in a statement the department said the action was related to a recent computer hack of the health department website, in which emergency response coordinators were sent an unauthorised message.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, the message urged the coordinators to “speak up before another 17,000 people are dead. You know this is wrong. Be a hero. Speak out before it’s too late.”

On Monday night, Jones appeared on CNN and denied that she was the author of the unauthorised message. She said she last had access to any computer system within the state was six months ago, adding: “I’m not a hacker, I’m not that tech savvy.”

She told CNN she had come to the conclusion that the raid had been motivated by a desire to root out her source within the state bureaucracy, which is why police took away her phone. “On my phone is every communication I have ever had with someone who works with the state who has come to me in confidence and told me things that could get them fired,” she said.

The scientist had a direct message for the governor: “DeSantis needs to worry less about what I’m writing about and more about the people who are sick and dying in his state. Doing this to me will not stop me from reporting the data, ever.”

Jones was dismissed from her job running Florida’s Covid-19 database on the same day that DeSantis ordered the opening up of the state following lockdown measures. The decision to allow beaches, restaurants, cinemas and other public places to reopen was blamed for a later surge in cases of infection.

Jones said she was removed from the post because she had resisted efforts to censor the data she was presenting on the state’s official coronavirus site. Since her ousting, she has compiled her own daily tally of coronavirus cases in Florida that is more detailed than the state’s own database. She has recently expanded her work to include information on cases in schools nationwide.

In an interview with the Guardian in August, she said: “They’re not listening to the scientists, they’ve no plan to release data, they’re just going to let everybody fend for themselves.”

Referring to the official line that she was dismissed for insubordination, she said: “If I was insubordinate to say I’m not going to manipulate data, to say it’s safe to reopen when it’s not, then, yes, I wear insubordination as a badge of honor.”

DeSantis has followed a similar approach to the pandemic as Donald Trump. Like the US president, the Florida governor has claimed success in his handling of the disease even when the statistics have screamed otherwise.

On Monday, the state’s own official data recorded 7,711 new cases of Covid-19. The state has now endured 1,065,785 instances of infection – the third-highest number in the country, behind California and Texas.

A total of 19,282 Floridians have died.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/07/florida-police-raid-data-scientist-coronavirus

Thinskin

 

Thanks for putting this up. And if Death Santis thought he could intimidate her he really fucked up. They pointed guns at her kids and its war now.

 

This is a developing story that sounds more like a police state than the land of the free............Rebekah is a talented data analyst running her own covid-19 dashboard for Florida.



Thinskin

 

She was fired because she was speaking publicly and was not authorized to do so. Her employer gave her multiple warnings but she continued to do things her way. She didn't even accuse anyone of making up numbers. She just didn't like the method they were using, even though, according to the article, it was in compliance with guidelines.

https://www.news4jax.com/news/flori...-prompted-florida-virus-data-curators-firing/

 

She was speaking out because Death Santis was ordering her to lie and cook the books to make it look like COVID was not as bad as it really was.

 

Really? Well she says differently.........in her own words!

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/8845...-was-fired-for-not-manipulating-covid-19-data

Thinskin

 

Here in Amsterdam, scientists are trying to model how a respiratory virus could spread through a packed stadium.

Nice work!

https://www.reuters.com/article/hea...-study-how-fans-spread-aerosols-idUSKBN28I1JY

Thinskin

 

Yes that correct he lives in Stratford upon Avon.

 

I hope all of these headlines are incorrect.

Otherwise
we , the world have been very seriously misled.

 

I see that parts of the US are to start rationing healthcare.

That's a bang job at containing the virus, what was so difficult about social distancing, limiting gatherings, wearing a mask and hand washing?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/us-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-warnings

Thinskin

 

The human race has started it's fightback covid will be defeated it may take a year or two but we will win

 

If you are an Epipen carrier then perhaps the Pfizer vaccine is not for you.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...extreme-allergy-sufferers-regulators-reaction

Thinskin

 

U.S. Rockets Past 15 Million COVID Cases as Infections Rise Faster Than Ever

https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-ro...-as-infections-rise-faster-than-ever?ref=home

 

Such a shame so many of the humans didn't start the "fightback"
7 or 8 months ago.

Just think of how much of it everything it has cost , could have been prevented ,
with timely action , control ,
and even elimination in many areas.

Now , everybody who has or dose , has an ongoing battle to prevent (as much as possible) , and control reinfestations ,
and
with it so rampant and out of control ,
the whole world is condemned to the battle for a long time yet.

All so unnescassary ,
but so bad ,
it is unavoidable now.

Who knows for how long.
(about 70% immunity required is the best guess. or Hope ,
up to 90% may be the true requirement.
90% innoculation is the accepted figure required for control of measles for example )

Only time will tell what the truth is.

I have heard claims 66% of the population vaccinated will do the job.

At 90% actual effective immunity gained in the real world ,
90% of 66% means an effective immunity of about 59%
66 - 10% = 59.4

That would mean about 40 people in every 100 around you may become infected , and or may be infectious to others.

Then , just for fun , add in "undocumented" citizens.

Let's hope 66% is enough.
In that case , we only have about
9,800,000,000 shots to go
for the first round

 

So, Slutwolf, what should the plan have been, 7 or 8 months ago, you know, for the United States?
Not to avoid infection, that is little more than a delaying tactic. Pretty much all countries have figured out now that cowering in place and destroying the economy only delays the inevitable.
What was it we needed to be doing to combat infection in the first place, and if contracted, to help the patient get through the illness.
You know, cause right now only about 5% of those contracting Covid require medical care.
And 1% of those who contract it die.

 

Here's another thought;
If the vaccines turn out to have a 1% complication rate leading to death, and Covid has a 1% mortality rate, what is it we're accomplishing again?

 

Here is exactly the cautionary warning for those that are relying on vaccines being the silver bullet for the problem.

It may , or it may not for many.

note this;
* * * *
Late-stage trials of the vaccine found
“no serious safety concerns”,
the companies said.
More than 42,000 people have received two doses of the shot during those trials.

* * * *
So you'll note , over 42,000 trailists recieving two doses each (84,000 shots) ,
no serious side effects ,
yet
almost immediately on commencing public vaccinations ,
problems show up.
Problems which may in this case mean some , possibly many of the most vulnerable can not be protected.

Hopefully this will improve ,
I expect it will ,
but there's no guarantee for the silver bullet.

Your best bet is still to avoid getting it ,
and avoid spreading it if you do.

Remember,
if you or yours do get it ,
while the likelihood of death is only somewhere in the 1 to 2+ per hundred ,
for many there are significant longer term
debilitating effects ,
of which , for some , will be life long.

Also remember ,
it's not just your respiratory system at risk ,
which can be as bad as requiring a lung transplant to survive ,
but also heart , brain and liver damage have all been documented.

In reality , although tragic for all affected ,
the death toll is the smallest part of the cost of this thing.
After all , it is a one off event ,
usually over quite (relatively) quickly.