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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeSantis' latest hire for data team: Uber-driving, COVID-conspiracy sports blogger
When Gov. Ron DeSantis needed to hire a data analyst, his staff picked a little-known Ohio sports blogger and Uber driver whose only relevant experience is spreading harmful conspiracy theories about COVID-19 on the Internet.
In his own words, Kyle Lamb of Columbus, Ohio, has few qualifications for the job at the states Office of Policy and Budget, which pays $40,000 per year.
Fact is, Im not an expert. Im not a doctor, epidemiologist, virologist or scientist, Lamb wrote on a website for a subscribers-only podcast he hosts about the coronavirus. I also dont need to be. Experts dont have all the answers, and weve learned that the hard way.
Plucked from the obscurity of the blogosphere, Lamb, 40, broadcasts his lack of scientific training in his theories about the pandemic.
In frequent posts on Twitter and sports message boards, Lamb has said that masks dont prevent the coronavirus from spreading; that lockdowns are ineffective; that hydroxychloroquine, a drug touted by President Donald Trump, can treat the virus; that COVID-19, which he said might be part of a Chinese biowar, is not more deadly than the flu; and that the virus isnt dangerous for children to contract.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article247081417.html#storylink=cpy
underpants
(182,823 posts)because he was a big Trump supporter during 2016
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)His job will be to toss the data in the waste basket and then tell DeSantis what he wants to hear. For that $40,000/year job, he will eventually become the fall guy for DeSantis to use in explaining that he was just following the analysis that was provided.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Honestly, Florida, aren't you tired of dying for this shit?