Sample Letters You Can Use

[carla]

The more we can raise awareness about this issue the more headway we are likely to make. To help you with this we are going to put up some sample letters that you may want to use - or modify to suit yourself.
E-mail campaigns work well so please try to send a few .
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[carla]

THIS IS FROM THE MRF SITE


The following is a sample letter that you can use. Your representatives' contact information can be found at: www.senate.gov or www.house.gov . It is best to fax your letter or send it via snail mail. Please also send a carbon copy of your letter to Mike Leavitt, the head of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HHS oversees the CDC. Mr. Leavitt’s address and FAX number are: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, FAX 202 690 7203 (email address: Mike.LeavittVT@hhs.gov )

Subject: Morgellons Disease- Immediate Action Needed by the CDC
Importance: Urgent

Thousands of families in the US and abroad are reporting symptoms of a serious and disabling illness which is being called Morgellons Disease. Unfortunately, to date, no one understands the cause of Morgellons disease, nor how many US families are currently at risk for contracting the illness. Most families affected by this illness are looking to the CDC for immediate answers.

I am asking that you make certain that this grave situation receives the immediate and full attention that any potentially infectious illness posing a public health threat would receive from the public health sector. Specifically, I am requesting that you ask the CDC to make the investigation of Morgellons disease a priority, to expedite and expand the upcoming investigation, and to immediately inform the US medical community regarding the CDC Morgellons investigation.

As you may be aware, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently hired an outside vendor to conduct the long-awaited CDC investigation of the disease. The current investigation is an epidemologic investigation, and I am asking that the CDC quickly move from an epidemiologic investigation to aggressively searching for a treatment and eventual cure for this disease. It should be noted that statistics gathered by the Morgellons Research Foundation indicate that 37 percent of sufferers have multiple family members who are affected, and that one out of six affected family members is a child age twelve or under.

I respectfully and emphatically request that you ask the CDC to contact state medical boards and physician groups as soon as possible, to inform these groups that CDC will soon be conducting this investigation. Since the majority of US physicians are unaware of the symptoms of Morgellons disease, it is critical that all physicians who may encounter these patients are informed about this public health investigation, as well as the distinct symptoms of this disease as soon as possible.

Numerous phone calls and letters have poured into the CDC from the public over the past few years asking for help, and the CDC has already received letters from 40 members of Congress asking them to expedite the Morgellons invesitigation. CDC has received more inquiries regarding Morgellons disease than any issue in the agency's history.

I appreciate your rapid attention to this matter and seek your personal commitment to ending the suffering caused by Morgellons disease.

Sincerely,