Florida COVID-19 whistleblower turns herself in on felony computer charge

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A former Florida public health whistleblower who says she was fired because she refused to manipulate COVID-19 data turned herself in to face a felony computer offense and was released on bail on Monday, Florida officials and media said.

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FILE PHOTO: Rebekah Jones, a data scientist who helped build Florida state's online COVID dashboard, stands outside with her family members and law enforcement officers, as they execute a search warrant at her home in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., December 7, 2020 in this still image taken from bodycam video. Subject blurred at source. Florida Department of Law Enforcement/Handout via REUTERS

Rebekah Jones, 31, has been charged with a third-degree felony on suspicion of sending an unauthorized message on the state’s emergency alert system and downloading confidential state information.She turned herself in on Sunday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said in a news release, and tested positive for COVID-19 while in custody, her attorney Stephen Dobson said, Florida Today reported.

Jones has said she was dismissed in May because she refused to manipulate data to downplay the severity of Florida’s coronavirus outbreak.

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She deserves a medal for what she did.

There us a guy who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment from VA hospitals (equipment to treat covid patients no less) and he is only getting like 2 months of prison. They want to give her 5 years for not manipulating data...

Honest to a fault!

What direction did the STATE want the data manipulated? Data can be manipulated and or presented in any number of ways.... as can information in general.

The State Police broke into her homes with video of their guns were drawn, where is that part of the story. This was done to intimidate this woman, b/c DeSantis is purposely skewing the numbers of deaths.

Now the question is, does DeSantis have these messages? it is said it was sent to 1700 people, it is easy enough to see these time stamps, where is the original message? There is metadata that would prove or disprove if she did it, and we would know quickly, where is that?

what does RonaDeathSantis have to hide? ProtectWhistleblowers versus the Narrative

Gosh darn truth-tellers! The bane of Florida Republicans!

But DeathSantis wasn't arrested for reckless behavior and downplaying the severity of COVID19 Uh huh.

Free GeoRebekah! Let her speak and tell the world about GovRonDeSantis willingness to let Floridians die.

I have an idea for the first pardon from JoeBiden and yet another investigation into the cesspool that is the Florida republican party

DESANTIS LOL TRASH.

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