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CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression; union demands statement against misinformation
A shooter targeted the CDC, citing COVID-19 vaccine-related depression as motive, prompting the CDC union to call for a statement addressing vaccine misinformation.
- A 30-year-old man opened fire outside the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, killing a police officer and blaming the COVID-19 vaccine for his depression.
- The shooter was found dead on the second floor of a building across from the CDC campus, armed with five guns.
- A union representing CDC workers demanded the agency condemn vaccine misinformation, citing months of vilification toward staff.
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CDC union condemns vaccine misinformation after shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression
A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer. The 30-year-old suspect, who died during the attack, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire…
Unreliable NY Times COVID Reporter Blames Conservative Disinfo for CDC Shooting
Error-prone science reporter Apoorva Mandavilli, infamous for her alarmist and faulty COVID-era reporting, made the front page of Monday’s New York Times with a story on a gunman’s assault on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta that killed a policeman, “C.D.C. Shooting Followed Years of Demonization -- Staff Feels Betrayed as Fears Come True.” The story served both as news and, for Mandavilli, a way to again sm…
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Kennesaw man suspected in CDC shooting reportedly fixated on COVID vaccine
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has named a Kennesaw man as the suspected shooter in Friday’s attack on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that left a police officer dead.
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