In Atlanta, police say a gunman who harbored conspiracy theories about COVID-19 vaccines fired 180 shots at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control during his rampage last Friday, killing a police officer and terrorizing public health workers, who scrambled for shelter as bullets riddled four office buildings. The suspect, Patrick Joseph White, was armed with five guns, including a rifle. Neighbors said he strongly believed that vaccines had hurt him and were hurting other people.

On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. toured the CDC after tweeting that he was “deeply saddened” by the shooting. This comes after Kennedy froze hundreds of millions of dollars of funding for vaccine research and oversaw the layoffs of more than 2,000 CDC workers, including public health experts studying gun violence.

On Sunday, current and former CDC workers who gathered for a protest in Atlanta called for RFK Jr. to be replaced. This is infectious disease doctor Elizabeth Soda.

Dr. Elizabeth Soda: “And I am enraged at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. As health secretary, his lies are costing people their lives. His dangerous rhetoric is making — making Americans sicker, as science-driven decision-making is destroyed. But it is not too late. If other Americans join me in my anger to demand RFK Jr.’s resignation, all is not lost.”