A union representing workers at the CDC said the incident was not random and “compounds months of mistreatment, neglect, and vilification that CDC staff have endured.”

Patrick White, the man who police say opened fired on the CDC headquarters, blamed his depression on the COVID-19 vaccine, multiple outlets reported.

The union for employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that misinformation surrounding vaccines is creating a dangerous environment in which to do their work. The union asked leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services to condemn vaccine disinformation following a shooting at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta in