With all the spam calls I'd just block them. Where's it written you have to answer the phone- I don't.

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
they want to know how many people between the age of 6 months and 17 yo in our household

I remember those Chris Hansen "To Catch a Predator" shows...

I’m torn between telling them nobody in my house has had either the poison spike or Covid since late 2021 or a simple “fuck off, traitors”.

I was receiving similar calls from the CDC back in December 2022. They left the following VM:

"Hello. I'm calling on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We're conducting a nationwide survey about vaccinations for COVID and other diseases affecting adult teens and children. Please call me back at 877-220-4805."

Apparently this Nationwide effort/campaign has been going on for some time now. I had received multiple calls from them, all of which were unanswered. The call originated from (404) 806-4812 Atlanta, GA.

Eventually they stopped calling and NO, I do NOT/did NOT plan on returning their call(s)...

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:

they want to know how many people between the age of 6 months and 17 yo in our household

"None of your business, you damn pedophile!"

Is this the "National Survey of Children's Health" conducted by the Census Bureau???

If so, They asked me also.

I confirmed it was legit, and started the survey, but I terminated it because they were asking dozens of questions per child.

I really do mean dozens if not hundreds of questions.

It was honestly ridiculous.

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Originally posted by Krazeehorse:

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Originally posted by 12131:
Ignore the bastards.

Plan A.

No, it’s my default.

Plan A involves carefully explaining the series of anatomically and biologically impossibilities they’d need to perform first.

Last week I received a flu shot. They offered the latest Covid shot and I declined. This week I received 3 CDC Survey calls. Might be a coincidence, but I have my doubts.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
I’d answer that inquiry with a “click” that results from hanging up.

not as satisfying with these cell phones as it was with the old rotary dial phones, but work with what you got, am i right?

I simply block the number on my iPhone if I don't recognize it and the caller fails to leave a message.

The iPhone has a switch to (1) silence unknown calls (so there's no ring, no vibrate and (2) another switch to silence "junk" calls.

Both are in Settings , go to phone and that does it for me, no more spam calls-none.

At my leisure, I check Received Calls and block any number I don't recognize.

Bob

This message has been edited. Last edited by: straightshooter1, September 27, 2023 02:13 PM

Next time answer it and say: PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR DO NOT CALL LIST !!! Then Hang up. God Bless

The people making the calls are likely working for some third party . There's no point in talking to them like some kind of jackass . Just decline to answer or hang up . Done deal .