TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — The inspector general of the Florida Department of Health finished its investigation and threw out allegations made by whistleblower Rebekah Jones over Covid-19 data in the early months of the pandemic.
Jones claimed the DOH staff was directed to falsify the data so the state could reopen even though data indicated reopening was unsafe, putting people in Florida at risk due to Covid-19’s danger.
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She made her complaint that alleged falsification of records almost two years ago, on July 16, 2020.
More than six months later, on Jan. 25, 2021, the complaint was referred the DOH’s inspector general.
Jones was fired in the spring of 2020, before she filed her complaint. She claimed in an email to CBS12 News that her removal was "not voluntary" and it was because she was ordered to censor some data, but refused to "manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen."
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Her name is not mentioned in the 27-page report DOH IG. Instead, she is referred to as “the complainant.”
The complaint contained four allegations and named four managers in the DOH.
The first allegation was that a manager...
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