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Is the quote below the one you're describing? It's strongly worded, but I don't see how it would hurt her ability to be seen as credible. “As a word of caution

Is the quote below the one you're describing? It's strongly worded, but I don't see how it would hurt her ability to be seen as credible. “As a word of caution, I would not expect the new team to continue the same level of accessibility and transparency that I made central to the process during the first two months. After all, my commitment to both is largely (arguably entirely) the reason I am no longer managing it,” she wrote.

downerending 6y ago
I would not willingly hire or work with someone that wrote that in a public forum.
- thanksforfish 6y ago
  It reads to me like a person who believes they have integrity. I'd willingly hire and seek opportunities to work with people who value their integrity. What about the statement bothers you?
  - downerending 6y ago
    She's publicly asserting that one or more of her colleagues will lie when they take over her role. She literally cannot predict the future behavior of these people, and is thus acting in bad faith. Life is short, and I don't get paid enough to deal with people like that.
    - elliekelly 6y ago
      Where, specifically, does she assert that they will lie? She says they won’t be as transparent and she says they won’t be as accessible. Neither of those are accusations of an intent to lie. And for what it’s worth, both of those accusations seem to have already played out as she expected. You can read more in comments in this thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23239014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23239014
kaitai 6y ago
Yeah, I'm already seeing reports from other sources that the Florida data is now harder to access -- data going missing or unavailable for download, site crashing [1]. That would tend to support her remarks. [1] https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/05/18/censorship-covid-19-data-researcher-removed-florida-moves-re-open-state/5212398002/ https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/05/18/censorshi...
- throwaway5752 6y ago
  This is additional context: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495295-florida-ordered-coroners-to-stop-releasing-coronavirus-death-data-report https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495295-florida-orde... Further context: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medical-examiners-were-releasing-coronavirus-death-data-the-state-made-them-stop/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medi... A spokesperson for the health department’s Hillsborough County office said a lag in reporting accounts for some of the difference. The health department is also excluding some snowbirds and other seasonal residents, along with visitors who died in Florida, from its count. The medical examiners are including anyone who died in Florida.
  - NotSammyHagar 6y ago
    They stopped counting snowbirds cause that made the counts go down magically. Just like when the state prohibited medical examiners from giving results out (which is unprecedented in Florida). It's very clear they are going step by step to hide the true death count.
- mshroyer 6y ago
  I just downloaded the entire dataset. All the same data seems to be there. Confusingly, this includes the "EventDate" field that she had been asked to remove.

downerending 6y ago

I would not willingly hire or work with someone that wrote that in a public forum.

thanksforfish 6y ago
It reads to me like a person who believes they have integrity. I'd willingly hire and seek opportunities to work with people who value their integrity. What about the statement bothers you?
- downerending 6y ago
  She's publicly asserting that one or more of her colleagues will lie when they take over her role. She literally cannot predict the future behavior of these people, and is thus acting in bad faith. Life is short, and I don't get paid enough to deal with people like that.
  - elliekelly 6y ago
    Where, specifically, does she assert that they will lie? She says they won’t be as transparent and she says they won’t be as accessible. Neither of those are accusations of an intent to lie. And for what it’s worth, both of those accusations seem to have already played out as she expected. You can read more in comments in this thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23239014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23239014

kaitai 6y ago

Yeah, I'm already seeing reports from other sources that the Florida data is now harder to access -- data going missing or unavailable for download, site crashing [1]. That would tend to support her remarks. [1] https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/05/18/censorship-covid-19-data-researcher-removed-florida-moves-re-open-state/5212398002/ https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/05/18/censorshi...

throwaway5752 6y ago
This is additional context: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495295-florida-ordered-coroners-to-stop-releasing-coronavirus-death-data-report https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495295-florida-orde... Further context: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medical-examiners-were-releasing-coronavirus-death-data-the-state-made-them-stop/ https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/04/29/florida-medi... A spokesperson for the health department’s Hillsborough County office said a lag in reporting accounts for some of the difference. The health department is also excluding some snowbirds and other seasonal residents, along with visitors who died in Florida, from its count. The medical examiners are including anyone who died in Florida.
- NotSammyHagar 6y ago
  They stopped counting snowbirds cause that made the counts go down magically. Just like when the state prohibited medical examiners from giving results out (which is unprecedented in Florida). It's very clear they are going step by step to hide the true death count.
mshroyer 6y ago
I just downloaded the entire dataset. All the same data seems to be there. Confusingly, this includes the "EventDate" field that she had been asked to remove.