That’s kinda even worse news: he may have had knowledge of ethno-specific virii.
More specifically:
Timothy J. Cunningham, ScD | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/media/spokesperson/sme-bio/cunningham.html
Sep 20, 2017 - Timothy J. Cunningham, ScD, is a team lead with CDC’s Division of Population Health. Dr. Cunningham trained with CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer. His research has been oriented towards understanding health differences related to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, and ...
Based on my experience, a guy like this is probably NOT significantly involved with the science side of the house.
eeep!