The second and last day of #interNEXT21 picked up where day one left off, but with 12 instead of 15 linear hours of educational programming before the start of the GFY Awards, which capped off the event.
This Week in History: June 26-July 2, 2017
for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.”
Machiavelli
June 26
1721 – Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Massachusetts gives the first untested smallpox inoculation in America to his own son.
1797 – Charles Newbold patents the first cast-iron plow. He can’t sell it to farmers because they fear the effects of iron on soil.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the U.S.
1900 – U.S. Army physician Dr. Walter Reed begins research that, in 1901, leads to the discovery of how to beat Yellow Fever. His experiments with other doctors in Cuba prove that mosquitoes transmit Yellow Fever.
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Fired Florida data scientist files lawsuit over raid on her home Share Updated: 7:54 PM CST Dec 21, 2020
Fired Florida data scientist files lawsuit over raid on her home Share Updated: 7:54 PM CST Dec 21, 2020
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Show Transcript INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG FOX. THIS APPEARS TO B RETALIATION BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. GREG: ORLANDO ATTORNEY LARRY WALTERS FILED SUIT AGAINST FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER RICK SWEARINGEN AND HIS STAFF. , OUTSIDE. OUTSID GREG: IT STEMS FROM THIS RAID TO SEIZE COMPUTERS AND PHONES FROM FORMER HEALTH DEPARTMENT DATA SCIENTIST REBEKAH JONES. ARMED AGENTS WERE INVESTIGATING A NOVEMBER BREACH OF A STATE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM THEY SAY WAS TRACED TO A JONES I.P. ADDRESS. BUT HER ATTORNEY CLAIMS JONES’ FIRST, FOURTH, AND 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH, LEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE, AND DUE PROCESS WERE VIOLATED AND IS SEEKING MORE THAN $100,000, IN PART, FOR LEAVING HER FAMILY MEMBERS TE
Former Florida coronavirus data worker Rebekah Jones sues FDLE commissioner over search at her home
The former Florida Department of Health worker, who helped create the state s COVID-19 dashboard, alleges the search warrant was a sham, according to reports. Author: 10 Tampa Bay Updated: 6:21 PM EST December 21, 2020
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Rebekah Jones, the former Florida Department of Health employee who helped design the state s COVID-19 dashboard, is suing members of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement after agents served a search warrant at her home on Dec. 7.
According to the lawsuit, Jones says the search at her house was a sham and meant to retaliate against her for not manipulating the state s coronavirus data.