The newspaper, which first reported Jones’ removal from her position in charge of Florida COVID-19 data portal, said she confirmed her dismissal in an email, saying: “I worked on it alone, 16 hours a day for two months, most of which I was never paid for, and now that this has happened I’ll probably never get paid for.”

The report said that in an email on May 15 to researchers and other data users, Jones warned that there could be changes concerning the accessibility and transparency of the Florida COVID-19 dashboard data.