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This weekend I heard directly from a current DOT employee, formerly Dept Of Health, in the FL capitol: "We were just following the WHO recommendations." "She'

This weekend I heard directly from a current DOT employee, formerly Dept Of Health, in the FL capitol: "We were just following the WHO recommendations." "She's just a web developer and doesn't understand anything about the numbers."

nosmokewhereiam 6y ago
The web developer part is character assassination at its finest. "Just a web developer...what could she know"
- kordlessagain 6y ago
  JavaScript, for one thing.
  - xwdv 6y ago
    Not a good start.
- neffy 6y ago
  I suspect the key word there is "she".
- fdschoeneman 6y ago
  No it isn't. She was paid as a web developer by the state. Simultaneously, the state has actual data scientists it was paying to look at this data and provide analysis. I'm open to the idea she was and is a data scientist, nevertheless the state was not paying her for that. It was paying her to publish on official state website(s) data and analysis provided by the state's official, paid data scientists.
nix23 6y ago
>>with dual degrees in earth science and journalism in 2012 >>received a dual master's degree in geography and mass communication >>where she completed course work with an emphasis on data science and was working on a doctoral dissertation titled Using Native American Sitescapes to Extend the North American Paleotempestological Record Through Coupled Remote Sensing and Climatological Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Jones ...Just a Webdeveloper
- xibalba 6y ago
  Which of those degrees qualifies her as a data scientist capable of contravening WHO recommendations? Moreover, she is repeatedly referred to in the press as a data scientist, but all accounts of her actual work are that of a dashboard developer. Having done both myself, I can attest that they are very different types of work warranting very different training.
  - eganist 6y ago
    > Which of those degrees qualifies her as a data scientist capable of contravening WHO recommendations? Literally all of her research involved gathering and communicating relevant insights from vast and disparate data sets, which is the role you just described. > Having done both myself, I can attest that they are very different types of work warranting very different training. She's educated as a data scientist specific to a given field. No different than a rocket scientist running numbers at a hedge fund. And I'd argue training v. education are vastly different; education gives context to job-specific training.
    - prepend 6y ago
      > Literally all of her research involved gathering and communicating... Pedantically pointing out that, literally, this is a false statement. It’s ok to accurately reflect her work and that advanced degrees are hard without assigning incorrect and hyperbolic characteristics.
      - eganist 6y ago
        > Pedantically pointing out that, literally, this is a false statement. My statement is so generic as to be true in the context of fields involving scientific research. And that's in essence the point: that's what data science is in the end. This isn't an attempt to incense those with Data Scientist in their job title or job description, but it's why so many STEM folks can easily find homes in Data Science without formal education on the topic.
seebetter 6y ago
I have a friend who works in intelligence who said Fauci was corrupt and callous in April. In regards to all the profiteering in testing. Love how our society has become so welcoming of “CIA officers” on CNN and the media just merged with the political corrupt aspect of the IC. Neoliberal rackets.
- gameswithgo 6y ago
  I have a friend who says your post is incoherent and crazy

nosmokewhereiam 6y ago

The web developer part is character assassination at its finest. "Just a web developer...what could she know"

kordlessagain 6y ago
JavaScript, for one thing.
- xwdv 6y ago
  Not a good start.
neffy 6y ago
I suspect the key word there is "she".
fdschoeneman 6y ago
No it isn't. She was paid as a web developer by the state. Simultaneously, the state has actual data scientists it was paying to look at this data and provide analysis. I'm open to the idea she was and is a data scientist, nevertheless the state was not paying her for that. It was paying her to publish on official state website(s) data and analysis provided by the state's official, paid data scientists.

nix23 6y ago

>>with dual degrees in earth science and journalism in 2012 >>received a dual master's degree in geography and mass communication >>where she completed course work with an emphasis on data science and was working on a doctoral dissertation titled Using Native American Sitescapes to Extend the North American Paleotempestological Record Through Coupled Remote Sensing and Climatological Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Jones ...Just a Webdeveloper

xibalba 6y ago
Which of those degrees qualifies her as a data scientist capable of contravening WHO recommendations? Moreover, she is repeatedly referred to in the press as a data scientist, but all accounts of her actual work are that of a dashboard developer. Having done both myself, I can attest that they are very different types of work warranting very different training.
- eganist 6y ago
  > Which of those degrees qualifies her as a data scientist capable of contravening WHO recommendations? Literally all of her research involved gathering and communicating relevant insights from vast and disparate data sets, which is the role you just described. > Having done both myself, I can attest that they are very different types of work warranting very different training. She's educated as a data scientist specific to a given field. No different than a rocket scientist running numbers at a hedge fund. And I'd argue training v. education are vastly different; education gives context to job-specific training.
  - prepend 6y ago
    > Literally all of her research involved gathering and communicating... Pedantically pointing out that, literally, this is a false statement. It’s ok to accurately reflect her work and that advanced degrees are hard without assigning incorrect and hyperbolic characteristics.
    - eganist 6y ago
      > Pedantically pointing out that, literally, this is a false statement. My statement is so generic as to be true in the context of fields involving scientific research. And that's in essence the point: that's what data science is in the end. This isn't an attempt to incense those with Data Scientist in their job title or job description, but it's why so many STEM folks can easily find homes in Data Science without formal education on the topic.

seebetter 6y ago

I have a friend who works in intelligence who said Fauci was corrupt and callous in April. In regards to all the profiteering in testing. Love how our society has become so welcoming of “CIA officers” on CNN and the media just merged with the political corrupt aspect of the IC. Neoliberal rackets.

gameswithgo 6y ago
I have a friend who says your post is incoherent and crazy