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Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by CapitalistCartr »

tyingq wrote: post #23
CapitalistCartr wrote: post #19

While the State has handled this case wrong, she is not innocent in this. She made a bunch of drama about her interpretation of the data, which was, at best, no better than the State's method, and more likely, she was flat-out wrong. She is mostly a drama queen making a crazy mess.

"not innocent" Like criminally not innocent? Not clear on what you mean hear.

The State of Florida has handled the case in a Hollywood-level of bungling, thuggish ineptitude. Both sides in this case are dirty. As an active Floridian, I've followed the Covid numbers closely, and at first her story was deeply worrying. But her actual data arguments are idiotic. She doesn't understand data analysis at all. Meanwhile the State acts like the Mafia. Ron DeSantis has been one of the dumber governers we've had, and that's saying something. Regardless of her, I'd love to see him impeached over this.

Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by ransom1538 »

They have her ip address [1]. It is super easy to prosecute with her ip address marked on the sent message. I feel bad for her, but, why hand the prosecution so much (use a vpn)? This is like driving drunk with your headlights off. At this point, she will have to plead out.

"An affidavit for the warrant claims that an unauthorized message sent from a state emergency management account on Nov. 10 was traced to an IP address associated with Jones."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/09/raid-f...

Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by orangecat »

gigatexal wrote: post #11

From the gofundme: “ Lawyer's fees, private investigators, an armed security guard for my home since the police published my home address and contact information online, moving expenses so my family can get out of the Governor's reach, and any costs associated with this fight that I may not be anticipating. My family and I will need to move and get set up in a new place.” Holy hell it’s like she pulled a Snowden or s…

All she did was be good at her job and tell the truth.

What "truth" do you think she was exposing? The original dispute that caused her to leave her job was a boring technical dispute about whether to automatically publish data from PDFs or to have it reviewed for accuracy first: https://polimath.substack.com/p/a-long-one-about-the-florida.... Despite insinuations from various irresponsible media figures, there is zero evidence that Florida is falsifying data.

Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by onionisafruit »

orangecat wrote: post #33
gigatexal wrote: post #11

From the gofundme: “ Lawyer's fees, private investigators, an armed security guard for my home since the police published my home address and contact information online, moving expenses so my family can get out of the Governor's reach, and any costs associated with this fight that I may not be anticipating. My family and I will need to move and get set up in a new place.” Holy hell it’s like she pulled a Snowden or s…

All she did was be good at her job and tell the truth. What "truth" do you think she was exposing? The original dispute that caused her to leave her job was a boring technical dispute about whether to automatically publish data from PDFs or to have it reviewed for accuracy first: https://polimath.substack.com/p/a-long-one-about-the-florida... . Despite insinuations from various irresponsible media figures, there is z…

Is this case all they have when they accuse Florida of falsifying covid data? I assumed there was more but never looked into it.

Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by xibalba »

jkhdigital wrote: post #25
ashwal wrote: post #10

What a weird story that keeps getting weirder. I am a data scientist who spent June in Tallahassee helping coordinate state-wide COVID testing with FDEM (Florida Department of Emergency Management) and state health officials. Everyone I worked with was pretty dedicated to getting the roll out right (including the governor and his appointees too..) My data & work was spread far and wide with no issue - but just a pers…

Agreed--as a Florida resident, I have heard a variety of highly-charged opinions on this story from many of my fellow residents, but very few hard facts to confirm or deny any particular narrative. I think the raid on Ms. Jones home was a grotesque and unwarranted use of police force, but I also think her "whistle-blowing" story is highly questionable based on the facts available.

If you have few hard facts, how are you evaluating the justification for raiding her home?

Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by nosmokewhereiam »

BrianOnHN wrote: post #7

This weekend I heard directly from a current DOT employee, formerly Dept Of Health, in the FL capitol: "We were just following the WHO recommendations." "She's just a web developer and doesn't understand anything about the numbers."

The web developer part is character assassination at its finest. "Just a web developer...what could she know"

Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by gnusty_gnurc »

orangecat wrote: post #18
MisterBastahrd wrote: post #3

How many other instances are out there where authorities "can't say what someone is charged with" until they're in custody. This smells like a CYA deal with DeSantis and his partisan bungling of the COVID crisis.

Please define "partisan bungling" given that Florida has a lower death rate(1) and faster vaccine rollout(2) than the US average, while keeping schools open in accordance with expert recommendations. (1): https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states... (2): https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-glo...

Funny to see you getting downvotes when you’re entirely correct.

I wonder if the downvote brigade thinks Cuomo/Murphy did a good job.

Re: Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones

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Post by ineedasername »

orangecat wrote: post #18
MisterBastahrd wrote: post #3

How many other instances are out there where authorities "can't say what someone is charged with" until they're in custody. This smells like a CYA deal with DeSantis and his partisan bungling of the COVID crisis.

Please define "partisan bungling" given that Florida has a lower death rate(1) and faster vaccine rollout(2) than the US average, while keeping schools open in accordance with expert recommendations. (1): https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=states... (2): https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-glo...

That's the whole point of this thing: You're pointing to Florida's numbers and assuming "no bungling".

This person arrested is alleging that Florida has been fudging the numbers to make their situation look much better than it is.

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