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On Sunday, CNN reported that the CDC held a video conference with approximately 800 staff members to discuss the traumatic event and allow them to ask questions. Staff said they felt like "sitting ducks" as bullets whizzed just over their cubicle walls and they dove for the floor.
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CDC shooting marks latest in a string of hostility directed at health workers. Many aren’t surprised
Gunfire aimed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccines is the latest in a string of violence and harassment directed at health care workers amid hostility lingering from the pandemic.
In at least six internal calls on Monday, CDC employees told leaders they worried that the agency wasn’t prepared for future threats, according to people on the calls. The potential for unauthorized people getting on campus or slow warnings about possible attacks were among the concerns shared with leaders.
The health secretary is expected to visit the agency's Atlanta headquarters later Monday to speak with employees after last week's shooting.
Suspected killer Patrick White’s neighbor noticed vaccine obsession but didn’t think he’d hurt anyone - Patrick White was fixated on the Covid-19 vaccine and believed it made him sick, according to a
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Gunman in CDC shooting identified as staffers reel from attack on heavily scrutinized agency
Gunfire riddled CDC headquarters in Atlanta. A police officer is dead. And the shooter may have blamed a possible illness on vaccines