A union representing Centers for Disease Control workers is calling on the Trump administration to condemn vaccine disinformation after the CDC headquarters was targeted in a shooting that killed a police officer in Atlanta, Georgia.
The big picture: The suspect, named as Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, Ga., who died during Friday's shooting, had reportedly blamed the COVID vaccine for his health issues. • A local division of the American Federation of Government Employees union said the incident "is not random and it compounds months of mistreatment, neglect, and vilification that CDC staff have endured."
Zoom in: There must be a "clear and unequivocal stance in condemning vaccine disinformation" by the leadership of the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services, whic