I agree, the emotion and division around this case seems a little odd. Another commenter states:
> She was defying the team of epidemiologists in publishing bad data
Whereas your take is:
> they pressured her to make the numbers look better
And I'm sitting here thinking, between potentially corrupt state government officials, and a potentially dishonest individual making claims against said state government, are we going to get down to facts and evidence instead of debating our feelings? I'm not believing either party based solely on he said / she said arguments.
> they pressured her to make the numbers look better
I'm surprised more people don't know how common this is in other states. I have a bunch of anecdotal evidence and articles on both sides of the aisle contending either the numbers are too high or too low - depending on your political affiliation.
This whole COVID affair has been politicized from the outset, which is sad. It feels like the scientific data is being manipulated on both sides to create a political narrative in order to benefit one party or the other.
It looks like politics has overrun the scientific community.
> Jones has said she lost her job after refusing requests to manipulate data
I'd appreciate it people cited what they were referencing because it appears some posters are just saying stuff without tying it back to a source making it hard to trace all the "he said, she said" and various sources.
> She was defying the team of epidemiologists in publishing bad data
Whereas your take is:
> they pressured her to make the numbers look better
And I'm sitting here thinking, between potentially corrupt state government officials, and a potentially dishonest individual making claims against said state government, are we going to get down to facts and evidence instead of debating our feelings? I'm not believing either party based solely on he said / she said arguments.