CDC shooting highlights increasing rhetoric and hostility against health professionals

From PBS NewsHour.

The shooting at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta has shaken many in the field of public health. Authorities say the 32-year-old gunman fired nearly 200 rounds at six buildings on the CDC campus. Authorities say he believed COVID-19 vaccines were to blame for his mental health problems. Geoff Bennett discussed rhetoric and hostility against health professionals with Dr. Megan Ranney.

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