CDC asking for certain children by name??

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Police: Woman approaching school buses, kids in Friendswood works for

CDC

03:57 PM CST on Thursday, December 4, 2008

KHOU.com staff report

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas -- Police say that a woman who approached school

buses and asked for children by name in Friendswood does not pose a

threat.

Authorities say that the woman works for the Centers for Disease

Control and is conducting a survey.

Reports from the scene indicate that there was nothing on the woman's

car identifying her as a CDC employee so school officials reported

her to police as a suspicious person.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou081204_jj_friendswood-cdc-

woman-school-bus.2ead1519.html

Woman approaching school bus worked for CDC

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local & id=6536876

Police seek woman who tried to pick up school kids

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6145122.html

From a message board:

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?

s=e36b289a8cb4a38a81f5c422bd8f6ea3 & t=313822

Tano

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Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: Friendlywood

Posts: 97

Well got an email last night, I guess this " explains " it Still

creeps me out, though:

Police Investigation Resolve Suspicious Person Calls

FRIENDSWOOD - Friendswood Police state that reports of a woman trying

to

get access to children near a Friendswood ISD school bus have been

substantiated

but appear to be activity related to a CDC survey. Two separate

incidents were

reported in the last two weeks, the latest being December 2.

Several citizens reported to police Wednesday, information that led

police

to contact the Centers for Disease Control regarding a survey and

employee

activity in the Friendswood area. The CDC is conducting a survey in

the greater

Houston area related to the ongoing Health Report to the Nation.

Police have

positively identified the women who were reported to have approached

the school

bus or children in the two incidents.

One of the women explained that she did not approach the school bus

but

rather children approaching a home near the school bus, asking if

their parents

were home. This concerned the school bus driver who called the

children back to

the bus and returned with them later.

Representatives of the CDC explain that families are contacted at

random by

letter and arrangements are made to interview the family in

connection with

surveys that the CDC conducts. The representatives do not know the

individual

names of family members. Representatives of the CDC had been trying

to contact

someone at the address regarding a pre-arranged meeting and when the

children

arrived home, they were asked if their parents were home.

It was learned that some of the contract survey takers have placards

on

their vehicles. Others do not.

Police explained to the CDC representatives that the actions of the

survey

taker caused appropriate concern among parents and school district

officials.

The CDC representatives understand the concerns and will work to

communicate

this to their employees and contractors.

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Does anyone know any more concerning what the CDC are " allegedly "

doing? The bits of info don't seem to be adding up to a credible

story - surprise, surprise.