It was January when the email came.
After a roughly six-month-long hiring process that included fingerprinting and other background checks, an official offer of employment at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta headquarters.
“For years, I’ve been hoping to get a position like this one, on a team like this one, doing that kind of work. And what the job represented was growth and stability,” said a Georgia researcher, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly about his dealings with the agency.
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