ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida state officials say the former manager of the state’s COVID-19 dashboard was fired because she was insubordinate, even as health leaders cry foul over her removal.
Earlier on Tuesday, Florida Today reported Rebekah Jones, the head of a team of Florida Department of Health data scientists and public health officers, was removed from her position. [RELATED: Florida COVID-19 data chief gets sidelined and researchers cry foul] She was the architect and manager of the state’s coronavirus dashboard, which shows the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in Florida.
The data is broken down by county and even by zip code. Florida Today reports Jones emailed her former coworkers letting them know she was