C.D.C. Workers Say Shooting Manifests Worst Fears About Anger Among Public
Employees expressed horror at a shooting at the agency’s headquarters, and some said they viewed it as part of a pattern of threats and assaults on health workers.
CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting
Flowers are seen below a handwritten sign outside the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) headquarters following a shooting, on Saturday, in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Flowers are seen below a handwritten sign outside the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) headquarters following a shooting, on Saturday, in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: […]
CDC Staffers Saw the Violence Coming
When gunfire pelted the Atlanta-based headquarters of the CDC yesterday, hundreds of employees were inside the campus’s buildings. The experience was terrifying. But some of the employees were not particularly shocked. “I’m actually surprised it didn’t happen sooner,” a nearly 20-year veteran of the agency told me. (She, like others I spoke with for this […]