Rustle of the Prey, 6th Day of Fall, 525 M.E. (Castor): I got an email today with a playlist for the "Dog Days of Summer." Never mind that the songs are all about actual dogs - canines - and not the heat of the summer's Dog Days, and that the songs are almost all shitty pop music, from FKA twigs to Taylor Swift. The worst part is that the Dog Days are already over, both in Angus MacLise's Universal Solar Calendar and my own New Revised USC. Too little, too late, but nice try New York Times music critics.   

Last Friday, a 30-year-old man from Kennesaw, Georgia, who claimed the covids vaccine had made him suicidal, killed a police officer and then himself at CDC headquarters here in Atlanta. People believe what they want to believe about the vaccine. A former coworker of mine developed a blood clot in his leg, and no amount of argument will ever convince him that it's not because of the covid vaccine. Before the vaccine, he didn't have the blood clot (although he had already been obese for years), and some time after the vaccine, he did. The Kennesaw gunman believed the vaccine had made him suicidal, and then he launched a suicidal attack on CDC headquarters. Must be the vaccine, right?        

In response to the attack, the local division of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents CDC workers, called on the leadership of the CDC and DHS, which is led by vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to condemn vaccine disinformation. The union said the incident was not random and "compounds months of mistreatment, neglect, and vilification that CDC staff have endured."

There must be a "clear and unequivocal stance in condemning vaccine disinformation" by the leadership. "This condemnation." they union claims, "is necessary to help prevent violence against scientists that may be incited by such disinformation."

A grassroots group of former CDC employees who were terminated this year also released a statement calling for Kennedy to step down. "Kennedy is directly responsible for the villainization of CDC's workforce through his continuous lies about science and vaccine safety, which have fueled a climate of hostility and mistrust," they said.

Kennedy visited the CDC headquarters yesterday and observed the shattered windows in multiple buildings, including the main guard booth. He visited the DeKalb County Police Department, and met privately with the widow of the slain officer. He offered his condolences to the officer's wife and children and while condemning the specific attack, said nothing to condemn vaccine disinformation. 

Kennedy has to go.