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Florida Scientist Says She Was Fired For Not Manipulating COVID-19 Data [1]

"NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rebekah Jones, a scientist who was fired from Florida's health department, who is now publishing a coronavirus dashboard of her own to track the state's COVID-19 cases."

Rachel Martin reports for NPR June 29, 2020. [2]

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"Fired Florida Data Scientist Launches A Coronavirus Dashboard Of Her Own" (NPR) [3]

"Florida Governor Defends Firing Of Top Data Scientist" (NPR) [4]

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Source: NPR [2], 06/29/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-scientist-says-she-was-fired-not-manipulating-covid-19-data [2] https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/884551391/florida-scientist-says-she-was-fired-for-not-manipulating-covid-19-data [3] https://www.npr.org/2020/06/14/876584284/fired-florida-data-scientist-launches-a-coronavirus-dashboard-of-her-own [4] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859741245/florida-governor-defends-firing-of-top-data-scientist [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [12] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81