At first, the crowd that gathered Thursday afternoon across the street from the sprawling Clifton Road campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had the feel of a reunion. Retirees hugged former colleagues, fired workers returned, even some current employees melded in among them—although the announcement on a loud speaker warning “If you’re an employee and have your badge on, please take it off!” made it crystal clear that for all the conviviality, this event had more serious undertones.

Hundreds of CDC supporters stretched along the sidewalk from the entry doors of the CVS at Emory Point, the very spot where 20 days earlier a shooter who believed he had been harmed by the COVID-19 vaccine released a barrage of gunfire. He managed to shatter 150 bullet-resistant windows on

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