i have known some of these type people personally. if they are doing
research on our problem, i'll get to talk to them directly.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Betty Alfred [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 7:46 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: C-PALSY Digest - 6 Oct 1999 to 7 Oct 1999 (#1999-272)
>
> In a message dated 10/10/1999 11:04:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Can any ont tell me what is CDC? >>
>
> CDC - Centers for Disease Control.  It's a US agency under the
> jurisdiction
> of The Department of Health and Human Services.  The mission of the CDC
> (from
> their website) is to "Promote health and quality of life by preventing and
> controlling disease, injury, and disability."
>
> I had a great experience with CDC once, and if you don't mind I'd like to
> share it.  When I was working in occupational safety and health for a Navy
> command in Wash. DC, I was tasked with developing their reproductive
> hazards
> program.  I was starting from scratch because we didn't have anything, and
> I
> needed help to do the best possible job.  I called CDC's offices in
> Atlanta,
> GA. for advice, and ended up talking with two doctors who were the top
> specialists in that field.  They willingly gave me their time in several
> phone conversations, sent me more information than I could handle, and one
> of
> them even offered to come and give a lecture to my command while he was
> going
> to be in DC.  They were phenomenal.  The reason they impressed me is
> because
> of the way they spoke to me.  I'm a nobody, relatively speaking, but they
> treated me with respect and talked with me as an equal.  When I read the
> things they sent me, I realized that at least one of them had
> international
> acclaim for his expertise in the field of reproductive hazards.
>
> This was, hands down, the best cooperative experience I ever had working
> for
> the federal government.  I like to think about that when I run into a
> pompous
> doctor who has never been published anywhere, but acts like he's your
> higher
> power(s) of choice's gift to the planet.
>
> Thanks for letting me share this morning,
> Betty Alfred