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Florida Agrees To Settle Suit For Hiding COVID Data - Joe.My.God. (www.joemygod.com)
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After winning a decisive appellate court battle that required the Florida Department of Health to turn over COVID-19 data withheld from the public during the height of the pandemic, the legal battle over the records has ended with a settlement agreement.

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[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 78 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

“The Department lied about the existence of these public records in court…”

To me, this is a tremendous issue. This is perjury. Government agencies showing disrespect for court oaths is wholly unacceptable. Perjury at this level justifies prison time.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 49 points 10 months ago

Not to mention: they targeted a state health official and her family with a SWAT raid because she was making DeSantis look bad by calling out the falsification.

THAT is the authoritarianism that everyone is warning against. It’s not coming. It’s already here, and it has been for years.

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