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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (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 the CDC to make the investigation of Morgellons disease a priority, to expedite and expand the upcoming investigation, and to inform the medical community regarding the CDC Morgellons investigation. 

 

As you are aware, the CDC recently hired an outside vendor to conduct the long-awaited 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 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 seems prudent to inform them 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 39 members of Congress asking them to expedite the Morgellons invesitigation.  In fact, the 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,