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<p>"Faculty at UF Health expressed concerns over funding being in jeopardy if they did not adopt the state’s stance on pandemic regulations in opinion articles, the report says."</p>
Fear of upsetting state officials is pervasive among faculty at the University of Florida, to the point that race-related references have been edited out of course materials and researchers felt pressure to destroy COVID-19 data, according to a report released by a Faculty Senate committee.
The report also said employees were told "not to criticize the Governor of Florida or UF policies related to COVID-19 in media interactions."
The University of Florida campus. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group/Getty Images COVID-19 researchers at the University of Florida felt