In this bonus episode of Paging America, Miles Baker and Dr. Rob Davidson sit down with Yolanda Jacobs, Army veteran and president of AFGE Local 2883, the union representing thousands of workers and scientists working at the CDC.

While RFK Jr.’s Senate testimony dominated headlines, this conversation centers on the people inside the CDC and the atmosphere of fear and paralysis after mass resignations and a campus shooting.

Background reading:

* AFGE LOCAL 2883: www.afge2883ga.org

* CBS News: RFK Jr. faces heated questions on CDC turmoil, vaccine changes at Senate hearing

* PBS News: Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccines, authorities say

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