We can debate Rebekah Jones' credibility. However, what really bugs me is she is not the sole "whistleblower" here. And again, the IG Report only deals with Jones' accusations - not those coming from other quarters.
Gov. Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Always Tell the Full COVID Story
Health experts say that some of the statements the Florida governor makes about COVID-19 and its vaccines are, sometimes, entirely incorrect, which contributes to the growing number of COVID infections and deaths.
https://www.governing.com/now/gov-ron-d ... ovid-story
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Kenneth Goodman, a bioethicist and director of the Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at the University of Miami, criticized the “kooky views acquiring broad currency” among state leadership. But he agreed with Stipanovich that the ultimate motive is political.
“There are times when it serves a political interest to engender doubt,” he said. “And there’s a subset of politicians who have tried really hard to spread doubt about scientific knowledge in the context of COVID.”
Goodman said the changing circumstances of the virus and its mutations, and the continuing search for information about the virus and its mitigation, have been “weaponized in the interests of undermining.”
“When the experts have been mistaken, they’re criticized for not having been infallible, even though it’s a probabilistic science with a brand new virus and there’s really exciting, important science moving forward quickly,” he said. “ ... It’s been weaponized in the interest of advancing what I think most ordinary Americans regard as a sad and silly political agenda.”
“We used to call it a credibility gap,” Goodman said of politicians’ untrustworthiness. “Now, the problem is there are actually dead people as a result of it.”
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I don't know if DePutin and other officials ordered Jones to change data on the state's dashboard. The IG Report says no, maybe she was wrong or misunderstood what was being requested of her. Personally, I would say even if she's a stalker, at least unlike Matt Gaetz she's not an underage trafficker. But I can't vote for or against her, don't live in that district.
However, as this article notes, one thing I can say with certainty: I agree with Goodman -- DePutin has been fudging a variety of claims regarding the virus following his best higher political ambition rather than best scientific understanding or what's best for Floridians, and THAT HAS cost lives.