Fla. Sen. President: Investigating DOH's running of COVID-19 cases would be 'imprudent and premature'

Senator requested investigation after concerns

DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOWWHAT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE WHEN ITCOMES TO CORONAVIRUS CASES INOUR STATE?

FOR MONTHS NOW, 4 INYOUR CORNER HAS BEEN PUSHING TOGET YOU WHAT SHOULD BE PUBLICINFORMATION FROM THE DESANTISADMINISTRATION.

BUT TONIGHT.FLORIDA’S SENATE PRESIDENT ISREFUSING TO LAUNCH AN IMMEDIATEINVESTIGATION INTO HOW THEHEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REPORTINGCOVID CASE NUMBERSAND IF THATDATA IS BEING PURPOSELYMANIPULATED.BUT 4 IN YOUR CORNER’S KATIELAGRONE IS NOT GIVING UP.(1:52-1:59)(2:22-2:38)A WEEK AFTER TWO FLORIDASENATORS PUBLICLY REQUESTED ANINVESTIGATION INTO TRANSPARENCYCONCERNS WITHIN FLORIDA’SDEPARTMENT OF HEALTHIT’S PRESIDENT RESPONDS.BYREFUSING TO GET INVOLVEDIN THIS LETTER TO SENATOR JOSEJAVIER RODRIGUEZ, A DEMOCRATFROM MIAMISENATE PRESIDENT BILLGALVANO, STATES "IT WOULDIMPRUDENT AND PREMATURE FOR THELEGISLATURE TO INTERVENE IN THEMIDST OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC"2:21"I don’t know why we would delayan investigation into theaccuracy of information."SINCE FEBRUAR━ SENATORRODRIGUEZ SAYS HE’S BEENCONCERNED ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT’SAPPARENT UNWILLINGNESS TORELEASE PUBLIC HEALTH DATARELATED TO COVID-1━THEN LAST MONT━ NATIONALHEADLINE-MAKING ACCUSATIONS FROMA FORMER INSIDER.REBEKEH JONES CLAIMED SHE WASFIRED FROM HER POST AS DATACHIEF AFTER OBJECTING TOMANIPULATE COVID CASE NUMBERS TOMAKE THE STATE LOOK BETTER.5:45- the Desantisadministration’s response to herallegations really to me waskind of the last straw hereWHILE THE STATE MAINTAINS JONESWAS INVOLUNTARILY DISMISSED LASTMONTH DUE TO A PATTERN OFINSUBORDINATION━WE’RE ALSO LEARNING NEW DETAILSABOUT THE FORMER FSU GRADASSISTANT.ACCORDING TO UNIVERSITYRECORDSJONES WAS HIRED AS ANASSISTANT TEACHER IN 201━ BUTWAS FIRED AFTER AN ALTERCATIONWITH A FORMER FLAME WHO WAS ASTUDENBY 201━ SHE WAS ISSUED AN"INDEFINITE TRESPASS WARNING FORALL FSU PROPERTIES" AFTER BEINGACCUSED OF CHANGING STUDENTGRADESTHE INVESTIGATION WENTNOWHERE DUE TO A LACK OFEVIDENCE.IN AN EMAIL TO USHER SUPERVISORAT FSU DESCRIBED JONES."I had no reason to question herreliability or dependability.She performed well in herclasses."IN MAY- THE GOVERNOR ATTACKEDJONES’ PERSONALL━ EVEN CITINGAN ONGOING CRIMINAL CASEUNRELATED TO HER ALLEGATIONSAGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH.16:04- he’s taken an decidedlyugly route i think and franklytrashing her in publicSENATOR RODRIGUEZ PLANS TO KEEPPUSHING FORWARDCONFIDENT THAT,EVENTUALLY, AN INVESTIGATIONWILL HAPPEN.THE QUESTION ISWHEN AND AT WHAT COST.8:45- the most important toolhealth health officials have infighting this pandemic is thepubic trust9:32- if we lose that - we’re introuble.ON CAMRodriguez also asked theGovernor for aninvestigationbut has notreceived any word back.

Nor havewe.

Rebekah Jones recentlyreleased a lengthy sta