Florida fired its coronavirus data scientist. Now she’s publishing the statistics on her own.

Tension built for days between Florida Department of Health supervisors and the department’s geographic information systems manager before officials showed her the door, she said, permanently pulling her off the coronavirus dashboard that she had operated for weeks.

Managers had wanted Rebekah Jones to make certain changes to the public-facing portal, she said. Jones had objected to — and sometimes refused to comply with — what she considered unethical requests. She said the department offered to let her resign. Jones declined.