# Florida agents raid home of fired public health agent who refused to manipulate COVID data **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523/66 "2020-12-10T00:23:19Z")
Psst: > [@Florida police raid home of former state Covid-19 data scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-police-raid-home-of-former-state-covid-19-data-scientist/927543): > > This could go in the Virus forum, but it is a mite political. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement executed a search warrant Monday morning at the home of data scientist Rebekah Jones, [who was fired](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/20/us/florida-georgia-covid-19-test-data/)by the state Department of Health in May. The agency is investigating whether Jones accessed a state government messaging system without authorization to urge employees to speak out about coronavirus deaths, according to an affidavit by an agent working on the case. OK, they need to check up o… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-agents-raid-home-of-fired-public-health-agent-who-refused-to-manipulate-covid-data/927523)._