(NewsNation) — More than 750 current and former Health and Human Services support workers have signed a letter saying HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements contributed to a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and asking him to take action.

The letter says Kennedy is "complicit" in efforts to spread mistrust in public institutions and the vilification of public health workers.

The authors detail things Kennedy has said regarding public health, including calling the CDC a "cesspool of corruption," falsely claiming mRNA vaccines did not protect against COVID-19, making false claims about the safety and efficacy of the measles vaccine and falsely claiming childhood vaccines cause autism.

The shooting at the CDC on Aug. 8 included more than 180 rounds

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