RFK Jr. criticizes U.S. Covid response at CDC shooting memorial

Aug 7, 2026

On August 7, 2026, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta during a one-year memorial for a deadly shooting at the headquarters. The shooting was motivated by Covid vaccine misinformation. During the event, Kennedy criticized the U.S. pandemic response, claiming that the nation would have fared better by listening to dissenting voices and asserting that he and other critics had been censored.

CDC shooting memorial event

▪The memorial event on August 7, 2026, marked one year since a deadly shooting occurred at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta.
▪The deadly shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, commemorated on August 7, 2026, was motivated by Covid vaccine misinformation.

Kennedy criticizes Covid response

▪Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on August 7, 2026, that he and other critics of the United States Covid response had been censored.
▪Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on August 7, 2026, that the United States would have handled the Covid outbreak better by listening to dissenting voices.