"Kennedy is directly responsible for the villainization of CDC's workforce through his continuous lies about science and vaccine safety, which have fueled a climate of hostility and mistrust," one ex-employee wrote, according to the Associated Press news agency.

A Georgia man who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal,

On the 8th (local time), a shooting occurred in front of the main building of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta and a nearby pharmacy. According to local media such as the New York Times,