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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 orangecat »

ineedasername wrote: post #40
orangecat wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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

Except she's not. Here's the dashboard that she set up after being fired: https://floridacovidaction.com/. And here's the official state data: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38.... The numbers are virtually identical.

There is exactly as much evidence for the claim that Florida is falsifying data as there is for the claim that Trump really won the election.

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

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Post by bitexploder »

koolba wrote: post #13
sonotathrowaway wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having cops invade her home and hold her children at gunpoint didn’t scare her into becoming his scapegoat, so it’s important to escalate the campaign of violence against her.

> Having cops invade her home and hold her children at gunpoint didn’t scare her into becoming his scapegoat, so it’s important to escalate the campaign of violence against her. You make it sound like the police broke into her home and deliberately pointed weapons at her children. That’s completely bullshit. The police had a warrant signed by a judge. They repeatedly asked her to open the door, she refused. This went…

She didn’t know if she was being arrested and was in pajamas. I’ve read of other famous people being given plenty of time (in FL) to get ready before a search warrant is executed. Considering what we know about Florida and what is happening there with COVID and it’s reporting, I am willing to give her the benefit of doubt. Plus the pretext of the warrant is bad. “Cops just doing their job” doesn’t matter when it is a politically motivated state actor. They are the state and a part of the machine being used to violate her rights.

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

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Post by beervirus »

nix23 wrote: post #43
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."

>>with dual degrees in earth science and journalism in 2012 >>received a dual master's degree in geography and mass communication >>where she completed course work with an emphasis on data science and was working on a doctoral dissertation titled Using Native American Sitescapes to Extend the North American Paleotempestological Record Through Coupled Remote Sensing and Climatological Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org…

Having degrees in irrelevant fields is... irrelevant.

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

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Post by elmomle »

koolba wrote: post #13
sonotathrowaway wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having cops invade her home and hold her children at gunpoint didn’t scare her into becoming his scapegoat, so it’s important to escalate the campaign of violence against her.

> Having cops invade her home and hold her children at gunpoint didn’t scare her into becoming his scapegoat, so it’s important to escalate the campaign of violence against her. You make it sound like the police broke into her home and deliberately pointed weapons at her children. That’s completely bullshit. The police had a warrant signed by a judge. They repeatedly asked her to open the door, she refused. This went…

The only person who put those children at risk was the mother who refused to cooperate with a legally signed warrant.

Wow, let's extend that reasoning just a bit further. If someone SWATs me (or pulls strings to get a warrant for my arrest), and I don't open the door immediately, I bear the responsibility for putting my family at risk?

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

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Post by nix23 »

jjcon wrote: post #47
nix23 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>with dual degrees in earth science and journalism in 2012 >>received a dual master's degree in geography and mass communication >>where she completed course work with an emphasis on data science and was working on a doctoral dissertation titled Using Native American Sitescapes to Extend the North American Paleotempestological Record Through Coupled Remote Sensing and Climatological Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org…

What does that have to do with anything? Her job was a web developer, not a data scientist. None of those qualify her to understand statistics better than the plethora of those employed by the state that are working diligently. Plenty of employees have been let go for spreading falsities around COVID, most having been on the other side (COVID isn’t real etc). These behaviors are absolutely unacceptable and are danger…

>>where she completed course work with an emphasis on data science and was working on a doctoral dissertation titled Using Native American Sitescapes to Extend the North American Paleotempestological Record Through Coupled Remote Sensing and Climatological Analysis.

>None of those qualify her to understand statistics better than the plethora of those employed by the state that are working diligently.

Is your society really that stupid that you have to be a specialist to understand statistics?

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

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Post by foepys »

koolba wrote: post #13
sonotathrowaway wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having cops invade her home and hold her children at gunpoint didn’t scare her into becoming his scapegoat, so it’s important to escalate the campaign of violence against her.

> Having cops invade her home and hold her children at gunpoint didn’t scare her into becoming his scapegoat, so it’s important to escalate the campaign of violence against her. You make it sound like the police broke into her home and deliberately pointed weapons at her children. That’s completely bullshit. The police had a warrant signed by a judge. They repeatedly asked her to open the door, she refused. This went…

Don't Americans have the right for their lawyer or a trusted witness to be present during search warrants? If they do, why would police ever expect to enter without delay?

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

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Post by jkhdigital »

ineedasername wrote: post #40
orangecat wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

"Fudging the numbers" is a vague accusation. If I arbitrarily add $1 to net profit on my company's annual report, then I've "cooked the books" but who cares.

If you read the emails related to this case, it's clear that the behavior she describes as "fudging the numbers" has no material impact on Florida's Covid-19 reporting.

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

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Post by bitexploder »

ineedasername wrote: post #40
orangecat wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

People also need to realize the numbers may look identical now but they were manipulated and changed a lot before the election and after. It was plain as day manipulation. Now that this is exposed DeSantis had to fix the numbers back to reality and he’s paying Rebekah Jones back for making his life difficult.

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

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Post by gameswithgo »

seebetter wrote: post #49
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."

I have a friend who works in intelligence who said Fauci was corrupt and callous in April. In regards to all the profiteering in testing. Love how our society has become so welcoming of “CIA officers” on CNN and the media just merged with the political corrupt aspect of the IC. Neoliberal rackets.

I have a friend who says your post is incoherent and crazy

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

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Post by nix23 »

beervirus wrote: post #53
nix23 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>with dual degrees in earth science and journalism in 2012 >>received a dual master's degree in geography and mass communication >>where she completed course work with an emphasis on data science and was working on a doctoral dissertation titled Using Native American Sitescapes to Extend the North American Paleotempestological Record Through Coupled Remote Sensing and Climatological Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org…

Having degrees in irrelevant fields is... irrelevant.

Ahh that's why mathematicians have no clue of Astrophysics and vice versa?

And making your Doctor with emphasis on data science, has nothing todo with understanding simple data like covid-cases right?

BTW Earth science has probably more todo with data than anything else.

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