CDC shooting marks latest in a string of hostility directed at health workers. Many aren’t surprised

AP News – Wednesday, August 13, 2025
By Jeff Martin, Heather Hollingsworth, and John Seewer

ATLANTA (AP) — A barrage of bullets launched at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccinations is the latest attack directed at health care workers amid hostility lingering from the pandemic.

Some public health care workers say the shooting that killed a police officer and rattled the CDC campus shouldn’t be surprising in the face of ongoing misinformation and animosity about the safety of immunizations.

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