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Syndication: The Tennessean
(Washington, DC) — Hundreds of employees at the Department of Health and Human Services are asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation. Over 750 employees signed a letter that was sent to the HHS secretary Wednesday morning. It claimed a recent shooting at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta was driven by “politicized rhetoric,” and accused Kennedy of endangering its employees. The 30-year-old shooter reportedly fired multiple rounds at CDC buildings and killed one police officer. Police say he had grievances with the COVID vaccine, which Kennedy has in the past described as the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”
Kennedy responded to the letter in a statement sent out to news organizations
“Secretary Kennedy is standing firmly with CDC employees, both on the ground and across every center ensuring their safety and well-being remain a top priority” The statement went to say “Any attempt to conflate widely supported public health reforms with the violence of a suicidal mass shooter is an attempt to politicize a tragedy.”
