# Florida agents raid home of fired public health agent who refused to manipulate COVID data

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523 "2020-12-08T00:47:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523/242 "2021-05-30T13:01:53Z")

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Hey; guess what just happened?

> **[Fired Florida employee receives whistleblower status](https://apnews.com/article/florida-coronavirus-pandemic-health-04d20114301ebcd1d7494a9a061eb3e7)**
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> TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida Department of Health employee has received whistleblower status a year after being fired for repeatedly violating the agency’s policy about communicating with the media.

It seems kind of odd that today’s article doesn’t even mention the armed raid to seize her laptop that took place just 6 months ago.

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523/243 "2021-06-01T04:51:23Z")

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The _AP_ article cites [a _Miami Herald_ article](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article251762323.html),  
which cites recent controversy involving Christina Pushaw’s February 2 [opinion piece for _Human Events_](https://humanevents.com/2021/02/02/the-florida-covid-19-whistleblower-saga-is-a-big-lie/),  
which does mention the raid, while overall defending the state.

Ms. Pushaw’s article earned her a job as DeSantis’s new press secretary ([source: _Breitbart_](https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/20/exclusive-ron-desantis-press-secretary-locks-twitter-account-due-to-harassment-threats-stemming-from-pathological-hatred-of-the-governor/)).

~Max

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