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CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting

bouquets of flowers next to a sign on post saying 'thank you for your sacrifice'
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

A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta.

The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters – but he was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday.

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