CNN reported today that Florida and Georgia, both Republican-controlled states that seem eager to do Trump’s bidding by reopening their states to business before the data indicates that Covid-19 is sufficiently contained, may be manipulating their data to conceal some information from the public. If true, and reports show that is likely, it is endangering the public by making it seem safer to open than it actually is. [see the report here.]
The most serious claim is that the manager of Florida’s well-respected Covid-19 data reporting website was removed from her job and apparently terminated for insubordination because she refused to change data that conflicted with Governor Ron DeSantis’ positive claims that the State was ready to fully reopen. [See the story here.] DeSantis is an altar boy and water carrier for Trump who has shown he is willing to support Trump’s message that the economy should be opened without regard to its consequences to help his reelection campaign.
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