Hundreds of HHS staffers call on Kennedy to stop misinformation in wake of CDC shooting
Researchers inside a High Containment Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyze samples in a 2023 photo. Yesterday, more than 750 current and former Health and Human Services employees sent HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who oversees the CDC, to stop spreading misinformation about vaccines and public health, warning that his rhetoric is eroding trust in science, dismantling critical protections, and endangering lives.
The Hill
More than 750 current and former staff members of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop “spreading inaccurate health information” and do more to protect public health professionals in the wake of a shooting at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier this month.
The letter, sent Wednesday to Kennedy and members of Congress, accused the secretary of endangering the nation’s health and the lives of his employees with his rhetoric. The staff members noted the Aug. 8 attack “was not random.”
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