‘Those students should have been comfortable wearing a mask’ Dr Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has rebuked Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for scolding a group of teenagers for wearing masks. “Those students should have been comfortable wearing a mask,” Dr Walensky told MSNBC. “It is absolutely their choice.” The high school students wereContinue reading “CDC director rebukes DeSantis for telling teens to remove masks: ‘It is absolutely their choice’”
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DeSantis cheers Twitter suspension of critic after slamming the site for banning Trump
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis complained just months ago that Twitter and other social media sites were ‘enforcers of preferred narratives.’ Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday hailed Twitter’s decision to suspend the account of Rebekah Jones, a former employee of the Florida Department of Health who criticized his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. But overContinue reading “DeSantis cheers Twitter suspension of critic after slamming the site for banning Trump”
Former health department employee, Rebekah Jones, granted official whistleblower status
On Friday, the Office of the Inspector General informed Jones that “the information disclosed does meet the criteria for whistleblower status as described by … Florida statutes.” Rebekah Jones is officially a whistleblower under Florida law, the Office of the Inspector General told her attorneys Friday. Jones, who was responsible for building the COVID-19 dataContinue reading “Former health department employee, Rebekah Jones, granted official whistleblower status”