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Fight over withheld Florida COVID-19 records ends with settlement | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida

A media release from the Florida Center for Government Accountability said the group and former Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-House District 49) agreed to a settlement that requires the Department to publish detailed COVID-19 data on its website and pay $152,250 in legal fees to attorneys representing FLCGA and Rep. Smith.

Access to COVID-19 data was restricted after Governor DeSantis decided to open Florida for business in June 2021 just as the Delta variant spread throughout the state. During the information blackout, thousands of Floridians died from COVID-19 in the summer and early fall of 2021.

Source: Fight over withheld Florida COVID-19 records ends with settlement | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida