TELEVISION SPECIAL, WE WILL GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS 4@WHAT WE WI
ANSWER A LITTLE LATER 4@ON, LIF
AND SINCE THE START OF THIS 4@
PANDEMIC WE WANT TO KEEP
EVERYONE INFORMED.
EVERYONE INFORMED. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT 4@OF
HEALTH, WHETHER 46,000 PEOPLE
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-
19.
19.
19. THIS
19. THIS TIME 4@LAST WEEK, WE HAD A
LITTLE MORE 4@4@THAN 41 POSITIV
CONFIRME4@D CASES.
CONFIRME4@D CASES. AND THAT IS WHY THESE NUMBERS
ARE SO IMPORTANT, WE RELY ON
THEM TO GAUGE WHERE WE ARE 4@AT
AND THE STATE USES THEM TO
DECIDE WHEN TO REOPEN, BUT NOW
TH4@ERE IS QUESTION ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY MOVING FORWARD,
FROM THE PERSON WHO CREATED AND
MANAGED, REBECCA JONES, IS OUT.
THE STATE SAID SHE WAS FIRED
FOR 4@INSUBORDINATION, BUT4@ TH
THEY ASKED FOR HER TERMINATION
DATE, THEY SAID SHE HAD THE
OPTION TO RESIGN.
IT IS ALL REALLY CONFUSING, SO
WE WILL QUALIFY, BUT THIS IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 4@
IF ALL OF THAT COVID-19 DATA,
IS THAT ACCURATE?
JEN YOU HAVE DEALT WITH THIS
LADY BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?
>> THAT WOMAN IS REBECCA JONES,
WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HER
IN LATE APRIL WHEN WE NOTICED
DISCREPANCIES IN THE STATES
DATA.
DATA.
DATA. SHE
DATA. SHE IS NO LONGER IN CHARGE OF
THIS DASHBOARD, A 4@SERVICE SHE
DESIGNED, AND 4@SHE SAID
TRANSPARENCY IS PART OF THE
REASON SHE IS NO LONGER RUNNING
IT.
IT.
IT. IN
IT. IN AN
IT. IN AN EMAIL 4@DATED MAY 18th,
REBECCA JONES SENT AN EMAIL TO
A GROUP SHE REGULARLY SENT
CORONAVIRUS DATA TWO.
THEY OBTAINED A COPY OF 4@4@THI
EMAIL4@,
AND
AND IS
AND IS SAID FOR REASONS BEYOND MY CONTROL, MY OFFICE IS NO
LONGER MANAGING THE COVID-19
DASHBOARD.
DASHBOARD. I AM NO LONGER INVOLVED IN THE
PUBLICATION OF DATA, FIXING
ERRORS,
ERRORS, ANSWERING 4@QUESTIONS, ETC.
ETC.
ETC. IN
ETC. IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM.
SHE GOES ON TO MENTION, I
UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE AND EVEN
SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT ALL
THE DRAMATIC CHANGES THAT HAVE
OCCURRED, AND THOSE THAT ARE
YE4@T TO COME.
HOWEVER I CANNOT PROVIDE ANY
AND NOW, OR 4@4@GOING FORWARD.
10 INVESTIGATES TRY TO REACH
JONES BY HER DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH EMAIL BUT IT IS NO 4@
LONGER A WORKING . WHEN WE
REACHED OUT TO HER ON HER
PERSONAL EMAIL, SHE TOLD US SHE
WAS NOT MAKING A COMMENT AT
THIS TIME.
THIS TIME. >> SHE IS A HIGHLY TRAI4@NED VI
CERTIFIED ARCHITECT OF DATA.
>> Reporter: BUT DR. J WILSON
DID SPEAK 4@TO US.
>> THESE 4@DATA ARE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THEY TELL US ABOUT THE
VALIDITY OF 4@THE INFORMATION.
THAT IS BEING US4@ED AS A BASIS
FOR RESPONDING TO THE COVID
CRISIS.
CRISIS.
CRISIS. >> Reporter: 4@HE SAYS DATA AND
TRANSPARENCY IS KEY TO
UNDERSTANDING THE CORONAVIRUS,
HE LOOKS 4@4@AT FLORIDA COVID-1
VESPER, A FEW TIMES A DAY, 4@AN
THAT IS WHAT JONES AND HER TEAM
CREATED.
CREATED.
CREATED. >> ALL OF THOSE DATA AND THE
COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA AND
THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE DATA
ARE TERRIBLY IMPORTANT, AND I
THINK MS. JONES WAS SHARING HER
CONCERNS 4@AS HE INSIDER ABOUT @
THOSE FACTS.
THOSE FACTS. >> Reporter: BUT THOSE CONCERNS
ARE NOT WHAT LED TO JOHN'S'S 4@
TERMINATION, THEY SAID SHE4@4@
REPEATEDLY IS SOMEONE AT DURING
HER TIME WITH THE DEPARTMENT
AND THEY4@ SAID THE EMAIL THAT
WAS SENT BY JONES TO HER
SUPERVISOR EXPLAINED HER
COMMENTS MADE IN THAT MAKE IT
TO THE EMAIL.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS BUT
THEY GAVE ME AN EMAIL THAT SHE
SENT TO HER SUPERVISOR THAT
SAID YOU KNOW, OH, I MAY HAVE
SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS
MISREPRESENTED, I SAID THEY
HAVE GOT A TEAM WORKING ON IT
NOW AND WHAT I MEANT DON'T
EXPECT THE SAME 4@LEVEL OF
ACCEPTABILITY IS THAT THEY ARE
BUSY AND CA4@N'T ANSWER EVERY
SINGLE EMAIL THEY GET RIGHT
AWAY AND THAT IT WAS RIDICULOUS
THAT I MANAGED TO DO IT IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND I WAS TIRED AND
NEEDED A BREAK FROM WORKING TWO
MONTHS STRAIGHT AND FINALLY
TAKING A VACATION.
THAT IS WHAT SHE WROTE.
>> Reporter: 4@SOME LAWMAKERS,
ARE ASKING FOR AN 4@INVESTIGATI
INTO JONES BEING LET GO FROM
HER POSITION.
HER POSITION. YOU CAN SEE THE LETTER THEY
SENT TO THE GOVERNOR AS WELL AS
THE STATEMENT WE RECEIVED FROM
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AT 4@4@1