CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting
Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says unionA union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19...
<p>Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says union</p><p>A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/police-officer-david-rose-atlanta-cdc-shooting">man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination</a> for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta.</p><p>The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/atlanta-police-emory-university-georgia">the attack</a>, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters – but he was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/10/atlanta-cdc-shooting">Continue reading...</a>
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