The developer of Florida's Covid-19 online dashboard was ousted after she publicly criticized a decision to strip her of the site's management and warned of a lack of transparency
The developer, Rebekah Jones, created the dashboard, which visually displays Covid-19 case and death data obtained by epidemiological staff at the Florida
Department of Health. The site earned praise from Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator. It is used by public-health officials, researchers...
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