[blueash]

A few weeks ago the designer of the Florida Covid dashboard was terminated, apparently as she would not manipulate the data in the way the administration wanted it presented. Now there have been several changes in the dashboard, some subtle, some not. But Mrs Blueash, sharp as always noticed one.

Below you will see the dashboard from today, or rather the lower right corner showing the deaths reported in a 24 hour period due to Covid over the last 30 days. It is so nice to see that the death rate is declining steadily which suggests that we are well past the worst and opening up is justified.

This is a bit of work for you, the reader, but you can find the daily reports from the Florida Div of Emergency Management for Covid deaths in the ARCHIVES. Click on the word archives or follow this link
COVID-19 Data Reports | Florida Disaster

The bar chart says in its description that data for the last two weeks will be updated as more information becomes available. This is because someone who died today may not have their death data reported to the state for several more days. But once it is reported their death will appear on the date it occurred not the date it was reported. However, the daily reports have the same limitation. If a death report is delayed it will not be in the daily report either.

The numbers in the daily report and on the bar graph should be nearly identical. There may be some minimal variation as the bar graph is midnight to midnight whereas the daily report seems to be 10AM to 10 AM.

Here are the new deaths reported for each day recently first with the real number


Daily Bar
Report Graph
June 6 28 23
June 7 12 17
June 8 12 22
June 9 53 19
June 10 36 17
June 11 47 9
June 12 29 8
June 13 48 not graphed yet

Not including the 48 from June 13, the archives show 219 deaths from Covid in Florida residents from June 6 to June 12th. But the dashboard which is the resource which the state authorities ask you to check to be fully informed shows 115 deaths.
I called the health department to ask about the discrepancy and no one was able to explain it. It smells of political manipulation of death data. Got to keep that curve looking good on the dashboard.

[GoodLife]

A few weeks ago the designer of the Florida Covid dashboard was terminated, apparently as she would not manipulate the data in the way the administration wanted it presented.

Speaking of bald faced lies..

"Rebekah Jones’ duties were to display data obtained by the Department’s epidemiological staff. The team that created the graphics on the dashboard, which was made up by multiple people, received data that was provided by subject matter experts, including Senior Epidemiologists, Surveillance Epidemiologists, and a Senior Database Analyst.

"Rebekah Jones exhibited a repeated course of insubordination during her time with the Department, including her unilateral decisions to modify the Department’s COVID-19 dashboard without input or approval from the epidemiological team or her supervisors. The blatant disrespect for the professionals who were working around the clock to provide the important information for the COVID-19 website was harmful to the team.

A police report obtained by Ocala Post from Tallahassee shows that Rebekah Jones, the woman who claimed she was fired from the DOH for refusing to falsify COVID-19 data, has an open criminal investigation for sexual cyberharassment and cyberstalking.
The charges came after a man who previously had a restraining order against Jones said she created a revenge porn website and posted nude photos of him.
According to the police report, Jones shared the website with the man’s employer, family, and friends.

Ocala Post - Rebekah Jones created revenge site, posted nudes of a man, DeSantis speaks out

[gadaboutgal]

Assaulting the character of Rebekah Jones does not have anything to do with the assertion of the OP regarding the Florida Covid Dashboard.