Georgia kemp covid graph. The georgia department of public health has come under fire for sharing erroneous data that suggested the number of confirmed coronavirus cases decreasing providing flattening curve models. Georgias coronavirus data made reopening look safe. Atlanta ga today governor brian p.
The numbers were a lie brian kemp then a republican gubernatorial candidate in georgia attends a rally in athens in 2018. A recent graph from georgias department of public health mixed up times and locations and appeared to show a consistent decline in covid 19 case counts in the states hardest hit counties. Governor kemp was joined by georgia department of public health commissioner dr.
Brian kemp decided not. Another democrat who serves in the georgia house of representatives rep. Coxgetty images brian kemp apologizes after georgia website incorrectly shows downward trend in covid 19 infections i have a hard time understanding how.
Kathleen toomey georgia emergency management and homeland security agency director homer bryson and georgia national guard adjutant general tom carden. Public health and data experts have raised concerns about the clarity of some covid 19 data published by the georgia department of public health less than a week after gov. Today im joined by general tom carden dr.
Brian kemp looks during a press briefing to update on covid 19 at the georgia state capitol on tuesday may. In the latest bungling of tracking data for the novel coronavirus a recently posted bar chart on the georgia department of public healths website appeared to show good news.