HHS Staff Response to the August 8th Attack
Public servants and allies are standing together to demand work environments free from violence, accountability for leaders and policymakers who put everyday Americans in danger, and public health leaders who tell the American people the truth.
Read current and former CDC, NIH, and HHS staff’s response to the Aug. 8th attack, and sign on to show your support:
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Subject: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Workers’ Response to the August 8th Attack
To: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Members of the U.S. Congress
Date: August 20, 2025
We, the undersigned, write to you with grave concern for America's health and security. The violent August 8th attack on CDC's headquarters in Atlanta was not random. The attacker fired hundreds of rounds into buildings as the CDC workforce inside carried out its mission of serving the American people. The attack came amid growing mistrust in public institutions, driven by politicized rhetoric that has turned public health professionals from trusted experts into targets of villainization—and now, violence.
CDC is a public health leader in America's defense against health threats at home and abroad. When a federal health agency is under attack, America’s health is under attack. When the federal workforce is not safe, America is not safe. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America’s public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health by repeatedly spreading inaccurate health information, including:
Sowing public mistrust by questioning the integrity and morality of CDC’s workforce, including calling CDC a “cesspool of corruption.”[i]
Terminating critical CDC workers in a destroy-first-and-ask-questions-later[ii] manner; wasting taxpayer money while creating dangerous gaps in areas like infectious diseases detection, worker safety, and chronic disease prevention and response. [iii] Many CDC workers who focused on issues such as injury [iv] and violence prevention [v] have been fired. These agency-wide staffing cuts have impacted CDC’s emergency preparedness and response efforts [vi].
Falsely claiming mRNA vaccines "failed to protect effectively" [vii] during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently canceling $500 million in contracts for mRNA vaccine development [viii], possibly our best line of defense against another respiratory virus pandemic.
Undermining public health outbreak response by falsely claiming the measles vaccine has not been "safety tested" and that protection "wanes very quickly" [ix] while promoting inappropriate prevention measures like vitamin A [x] even as U.S. measles case numbers [xi] are at their highest in more than 30 years.
Disbanding the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) [xii] despite reassuring Senator Cassidy during his confirmation hearing that he would not change the process. The Secretary has reconstituted it with inadequately vetted members who lack appropriate expertise and whose recommendations have been driven by ideology rather than science. [xiii]
Misusing data to falsely claim childhood vaccines are the cause of autism [xiv] despite decades of research [xv] demonstrating otherwise.
These dangerous and deceitful statements and actions have contributed to the harassment and violence experienced by CDC staff. To uphold his pledge to safeguard the health of the American public, by September 2, 2025, we ask Secretary Kennedy to do the following:
Stop spreading inaccurate health information: Cease and publicly disavow the ongoing dissemination of false and misleading claims about vaccines, infectious disease transmission, and America's public health institutions.
Affirm CDC's scientific integrity: Acknowledge and affirm that CDC’s work is rooted in scientific, non-partisan evidence focused on improving the health of every American.
Guarantee the safety of the HHS workforce: Ensure that the HHS workforce can carry out its duties in an environment free from imminent threats of harm. This should include emergency procedures and alerts that are fully functional for all workers and taking vigorous action to remove high-profile online material targeting the federal workforce such as the widely seen "DEI watchlists."
The deliberate destruction of trust in America's public health workforce puts lives at risk. We urge you to act in the best interest of the American people—your friends, your families, and yourselves.
Finally, we wish to honor Officer David Rose, who made the ultimate sacrifice in giving his life to protect others, and we extend our deepest gratitude for his service.
We sign this declaration in our own personal capacities, on our personal time, and without the use of government equipment, as protected by our First Amendment rights. In addition to the named signers, we include anonymous signers and speak for countless others across HHS who share our concerns but who chose not to sign out of fear of retaliation and personal safety.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
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Aaron Vinson, MPH
Abigail Tighe, MPH
Alicia Dunajcik
Alison Fountain, MD
Allison Gately
Alvin H Novack
Alyssa Ostroff, Designer
Amy Benson
Amy Gallagher
Amy P
Amy Pulver, MA, MBA, MA
Anna Yousaf, MD
Anne Schuchat, MD
Anthony Fiore MD, MPH, CAPT USPHS (ret)
Anusha Patel
Arlene Greenspan
Arthur Reingold, MD
Aryn Backus
Barbara J. Marston MD
Barbara Tomczyk
Benjamin McKenzie, MS
Bernard Nahlen
Bianca Alvarez, MD, MPH
Billie Dale Stratford
Bradley S Hersh
Brandon Kenemer
Bree Danner
Brent Burkholder, MA, MD
Briana Moreland MPH
Bruce G. Weniger, MD, MPH
C. Cummings, MPH
CAPT Holly Williams (ret) USPHS
Cara Morrison, MPH
Carla Boudreau
Carlos Toledo
Carol R Scotton
Cassandra Hoebbel
Charles D. Humphrey
Chelsea Sherron
Cindy M Weinbaum MD MPH
Claudia Parvanta, PhD
Consuelo M Beck-Sagué, MD, FAAP
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Craig Studer
Dan DeNoon
Dana Haberling
Daniel Lentine
David Fleming, MD
David Lowry
David S Freedman, PhD
David S Pratt MD, MPH
David Scharf, MPH
David W. Fraser, MD
David W. Purcell, JD, PhD
Dayton T. Miller, Ph.D.
Deborah Gould, PhD
Denise Cardo, MD
Denise Traicoff
Dianna M. Blau DVM, PhD, DACVPM
Dr. Howard E Gary, GID
Elaine Hallisey
Elizabeth Conrey
Elizabeth H. Howze, ScD
Elizabeth Soda, MD
Elvin Hilyer
Emily Davenport, MPH
Emily Eisenberg Lobelo
Emily Stong
Ephraim E Back, MD, MPH
Eric Cahill, MS
Eugene McCray, MD
Eve Lackritz, MD
Evelyn J. Thorne, PhD
Evelyn M Rodriguez
Fiona Bethea, PhD
Fiona Havers, MD, MHS, FIDSA
Floy Brandt
Frank J Bove, Sc.D, MS
Gary L Myers, PhD
Glen Koops
Grace Vahey
Gregory Armstrong, MD
Gwen Bergen PhD MPH
Hannah Gould, PhD
Heather Bradley, PhD
Henry Bishop
Hillard Weinstock, MD, MPH
Hillary Spencer, MD, MPH
James A. Mercy, PhD
James D Andersen
Jane Seward, MBBS, MPH
Janet Burnett, PhD
Jay C Butler, MD
Jay McAuliffe, MD MPH
Jeanine Ambrosio, MPA
Jeanne L Walsh
Jeffrey J. Sacks MD, MPH
Jeffrey R. Harris, MD, MPH MBA
Jennifer Monda
Jennifer Ragsdale, PhD
Jerelyn Jordan
Jeremy Gold
Jessica P. Sherman PhD, MSN, RN
Jill Daugherty, PhD
Jill Sells, MD
Joanne Mei
Joe Posid
Joel R Greenspan MD, MPH CDC (Ret.)
John Aberle-Grasse
John Hall
John Hierholzer
John Munroe Douglas, Jr, MD
John R. Moore
Jonathan E. Kaplan, M.D.
José Becerra, MD, MPH, FACPM
Joseph Courtney, PhD
Joseph S. Wirth, Ph.D.
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Juan Rodriguez, PhD
Judith Greenberg PhD
Judith N. Wasserheit, MD, MPH
Judy Lipshutz
Judy M. Gantt
Julia Ryland
Julio Dicent Taillepierre
Kaitlyn Ciampaglio
Karen Chang, PhD
Karen Hymbaugh, MPH
Karen K. Steinberg, PhD
Karin Mack
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Katherine Lindsey, MPH
Katherine Nerses, MPH
Kathleen Collomb
Kathleen Ethier
Kathy Cavallaro
Kathy Hancock, Ph.D.
Katie Fullerton
Katie Jones, MSW
Katie McLendon, MPH
Katie Schenk PhD
Katrina Kretsinger, MD, MA
Katy Donovan, PhD
Kay Sessions Golan
Kenneth G. Castro, MD, FIDSA
Ketra Rice, PhD, MPH
Kevin P. Delaney, PhD, MPH
Kim A. Lindblade
Kim Van Naarden Braun
Konrad Hayashi MD, MPH & TM
Kristen Knipe
Kristen McCall
Kristen Van Buren, DrPH, MPH
Kym Johnson
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, MD
Larry J Anderson
Laura K Khan
Laurence Slutsker
Laurie F. Beck
Leah E Robin
Lexie Zimbelman
Lindsey Evans
Loren Cadena, MPH
Lori Phillips, MPH
Lynn Gibbs Scharf
M. Patricia Joyce, MD FIDSA CTropMed
Madeleine Baker-Goering, PhD
Marc Fischer
Mariana Mcdonald
Marissa Vigar
Mark L Rosenberg
Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH
Martha S. Miller, MPH
Mary Goodwin
Mary P Naughton, MD, MPH
Mary Schauer
Matthew Harris
May G Kennedy, PhD, MPH
Meagan Cain, MPH
Megan C
Megan Lindley, MPH
Megan R. Reynolds, MPH
Meghan Duffy
Michael H. Fox
Michael J. Beach, PhD
Michael Melgar, MD
Michaela R., PhD
Michelle E. Roland, MD
Mika (Michaela) Curran, PhD
Myrian Carvalho
N.D. Stone, MD
Nancy J. Cox, PhD
Nancy Watkins, MPH
Naomi N Bock, MD, MS
Noah G. Schwartz, MD, CDC
Nora Springstubb, MPH
Olivia Almendares, MSPH
Patrick Dawson, PhD, MPH
Patrick Winders
Paul Tribble
Pauline Harvey, PhD
Peter Bloland, DVM, MPVM
Peter Cegielski, MD, MPH
Philip L Graitcer, DMD, MPH, LLP
Ralph O'Connor, PHD
Randall Reves, MD
Rashunda Lewis, MPH
Ray R. Arthur, PhD
Rebecca Kertis
Rebecca M
Rebecca Naumann, PhD
Richard Ehrenberg, MD
Rob Lyerla
Robert A. Hahn, PhD, MPH
Robert Bernstein
Robert D. Brewer, MD, MSPH
Robert J Berry, MD, MPHTM
Robin Lee, PhD MPH
Roger Rochat
Ronald O. Valdiserri, MD, MPH
Rose A. Rudd, MSPH
Rosemarie Kobau, MPH
Rubina Andersen
Sami Gottlieb, MD, MSPH
Sara Wolicki, MPH
Sarah Boim
Sarah D.
Sarah Gill, Evaluator
Sarah Merkle, DrPH, MPH
Sarah O’Leary
Scott D Holmberg, MD
Seth Foldy, MD, MPH
Sharon Tsay, MD
Shirlene L Elkins
Sonja A Rasmussen, MD, MS
Stacie M. Greby
Stefan V Goldberg, MD
Stephan Monroe, PhD
Stephanie Hackett, PA-C, MPH, MMSc
Stephen C Redd, MD
Stephen C. Hadler, M.D.
Steve Milby
Steven Ethridge
Stevenson A Richardson
Su Aung
Suhana Ema, MPH
Susan Dugan
Suzanne Binder
Suzanne Marks
T Stephen Jones, MD
Ted Pestorius, MPA
Terry Blackwell
Theresa Larkin
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH
Thomas Simon, PhD
Thomas Young
Trang N Wisard
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Victoria Chu, MD, MPH
Wendy Kaye
William Coggin, MSA
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) We, the undersigned NIH employees, sign this letter in solidarity with our CDC colleagues. We also call on NIH Director, Jayanta Bhattacharya, to refrain from his dangerous politicization of mRNA vaccine technology.
Public Signatures
Alexa Romberg, PhD
Alexander Grinberg
Alissa Gallagher, MPH
Anna Culbertson
Anuja Mathew
Asha Storm, PhD
Beth Tuck
Cara Anjos Breeden
Catherine Timura, PhD
Christie Harper
D. DiSabato, PhD
Dave Gutekunst
Elizabeth M. Ginexi, PhD
Emilya Ventriglia, MSc
Erin Lavik, ScD
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Gina Roussos
Holly Moore
Ian L Morgan, PhD
Isaac B. Ostlund, PhD
Ivonne Schulman
James Baldassano, Ph.D.
James Petersen
Jenna Norton
Jenni Pacheco, PhD
Jennifer Meyers
Jessica Hoehner
John Ritchie
Josh Matacotta
Jourdan Ewoldt, PhD
Judah Rosner
Kaitlyn Hajdarovic, Ph.D
Kayla Davis, Ph.D.
Kristen Mangold
Lindsey Pujanandez, PhD
Lisa Spain, Ph.D.
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Marie J. Stoltzfus
Marjorie Levinstein
Matthew Manion
Megan Kinnane, PhD
Mollie Manier
Nina Friedman, UAW 2750
Parker Dabbs, PhD
Paul G. Grothaus, PhD
Peter Eriksson, NIH
Quinn Cassidy, MSW, LCSW-C
Rebecca Prevots
Rosa Lafer-Sousa
Sarah E. Morris
Sarah Kobrin
Shiv Prasad
Siddharth Shenoy
Susan Czajkowski
Sylvia Chou
Tara Fischer, PhD
Theresa Kim
Vani Pariyadath
Vanitha S Raman, PhD
William Gibson, PhD
Yasaman Etemadi
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We, the undersigned HHS employees, sign this letter in solidarity with our CDC colleagues.
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[i] https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/rfk-promises-clean-cesspool-corruption-cdc
[ii] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk-jr-announces-hhs-reinstating-programs-employees-cut/story
[iii] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/layoffs-begin-at-hhs-agencies-responsible-for-research-tracking-disease-and-regulating-food
[iv] https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-consumer-safety-agency-stop-collecting-swaths-data-after-cdc-cuts-2025-04-16/#:~:text=April%2016%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20The,source%20familiar%20with%20the%20situation
[v] http://publichealthnewswire.org/?p=shooting-at-cdc-also-an-attack-on-violence-prevention
[vi] https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cdc-scraps-plan-to-help-texas-schools-curb-measles-more-layoffs-loom/
[vii] https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/rfk-jr-justifies-cuts-to-mrna-vaccine-projects-with-falsehoods/
[viii] https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-vaccines-mrna-pfizer-moderna-1fb5b9436f2957075064c18a6cbbe3c9
[ix] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/health-secretary-rfk-jr-measles-vaccine-falsely-claims-wanes-rcna200636
[x] https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/fact-checked/fact-checked-vitamin-a-does-not-prevent-measles
[xi] https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
[xii] https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-removing-17-members-cdcs-vaccine-advisory/story
[xiii] https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-07-10.rg-rk-to-cdc-re-acip-and-vaccines.pdf
[xiv] https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/factcheck-org-kennedy-cites-flawed-paper-in-bid-to-justify-vaccine-autism-link/
[xv] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24814559/
