[1] https://www.syracuse.edu/stories/rebekah-jones-covid-19-dash...
She specifically stated in the article I referenced that she "doesn't even know how to code" as a defense against the raid on her home for unauthorized access to the state of Florida's systems.
Your definition of data scientist is what anyone who actually knows what they are talking about calls a data analyst. Data scientists create models for supervised and unsupervised learning for either product or research purposes.
Jones is a hero of online-too-much partisans, and I'm going to take a wild guess you fall into that category.
The entire story has been a ringing example of how mainstream media outlets that were respectable 5 years ago have all turned into Buzzfeed.