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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:47 PM Aug 20

750 HHS staff send letter to RFK Jr. asking him to stop spreading misinformation [View all]

Source: ABC News

More than 750 employees across the Department of Health and Human Services sent a signed letter to members of Congress and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday morning, calling on the secretary to stop spreading misinformation.

The letter states the deadly shooting that occurred at the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Aug. 8 was "not random" and was driven by "politicized rhetoric."

Authorities said the 30-year-old gunman -- who killed a police officer in the attack -- had been harboring yearslong grievances with the COVID-19 vaccine. He believed he suffered negative health effects after he got the vaccine, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation found written documents at his home indicating that he wanted to make his discontent known.

The signatories are accusing Kennedy of endangering the lives of HHS employees by spreading misinformation.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/750-hhs-staff-send-letter-181000873.html

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