The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6 Highlight

But it is a mistake to believe that our opponents can be pressured into civility, just as it is a mistake to understand the shooting as a random byproduct of fringe but non-violent beliefs. What happened on Aug. 8 is part of the same trend as Jan. 6 and other recent attempted and successful acts of stochastic terrorism: an intentional campaign of political violence on all fronts, actively driven to target public health by the people who now ostensibly lead its institutions.