(update) Just tried to call the CDC...Worried, re: daughter's International Program abroad in May

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OP:It was a recording and said for calling today I could be given a special gift, then said, to proceed press 1 - NO other option...

SO, I got de-railed to a "Promotions center for American Savings" where they wanted all my information to send me a $100 Wal mart card... what the actual FUCK?

When I said, "look I just want to talk tot the Government Agency I dialed"
she said she would search for a number (couldn't just patch me through, she was a completely different call center!) meanwhile she still wanted ALL my information...fuck that, what are they compiling info on people who call the CDC?

I am beginning to feel VERY unsafe and unsure about all this... we're so fucking screwn.

Meanwhile, the search for a REAL phone number for the CDC Travel advisory board is ongoing...

EDIT UPDATE: I bailed on the CDC because apparently as this has unfolded, the Program Coordinators and the Airlines are the ones holding the cards.
United Airlines will NOT refund tickets unless they are for flights up to April 30, so apparently travel will be "fine" in May.
Just got a canned letter from the coordinators saying "the safety of our students is paramount...but they are "still monitoring" before they change anything.

I guess all we can do it watch & wait