CDC staff working remote Monday; Union calls for more

Source: WAGA-TV Atlanta, GA

Updated August 10, 2025 6:58pm EDT


ATLANTA - CDC staff across the country will be able to work from home, according to staffers who spoke with FOX 5.

Bullets hit CDC building

What we know:

The employees, who didn't want to be identified because they were worried about retaliation, said the agency was letting them work from home due to the shooting that took place at the agency's Atlanta headquarters on Friday.

The newly confirmed CDC Director said the shooter hit four of the agency's buildings during the active shooting situation that caused lockdowns at the agency, Emory University and surrounding DeKalb County schools.

CDC workers processing shooting

What they're saying:

The workers said they're processing what happened outside their building. "It's a lot. Still processing everything," they said. "People are, you know, grateful to not have been here or that we didn't get hurt and people are very sad that someone even felt the need to do this."

They said this adds to an already uneasy period in the agency's history. "We were all already demoralized, de-staffed, de-funded and demoralized," they said. "We're hoping that we'll telework for a while and people are going to take leave that need to to process everything."

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