Their research found that "the impact of COVID-19 on mortality is significantly greater than the official COVID-19 data suggest." Data scrutinyThis isn't the first time Florida's official Covid-19 data has faced scrutiny. In May, Rebekah Jones, a data scientist who helped create the state's Covid-19 data dashboard, was fired from her role with the state health department. Jones claims she was fired after refusing to falsify state Covid-19 data, though state officials say it was due to a "repeated course of insubordination." Despite these changes, Salemi says that Florida's Covid-19 death data has been "incredibly stable," with the slope of Covid-19 deaths consistently tracking with hospitalizations from five days earlier.

Source: CNN April 01, 2021 22:07 UTC