From the CDC: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse

[Copper Catcher]

No, I am not kidding! This really is an article found on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website:

Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatter ... pocalypse/

Our government hard at work keeping you safe!

[Copper Catcher]

From the article.....

Never Fear – CDC is Ready

If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. Not only would scientists be working to identify the cause and cure of the zombie outbreak, but CDC and other federal agencies would send medical teams and first responders to help those in affected areas (I will be volunteering the young nameless disease detectives for the field work).


Ah, I feel safer already, don't you?

[Neckro]

They're just substituting Zombie for a real Emergency Scenario. The message of being prepared is alright, but them saying they'd help I find is utter BS.

[Copper Catcher]

They're just substituting Zombie for a real Emergency Scenario. The message of being prepared is alright, but them saying they'd help I find is utter BS.

I'm sure they will help you...by taking your money, guns and other items they don't think you need... hehehe

[tractorman]

OMG! How ridiculous! OK everyone, go out and buy all the weapons and ammo with "zombie" in the title!

[Copper Catcher]

You mean like:

[tn-dave]

I remember when they posted this earlier in the year. It was basically a pubicity stunt to draw some traffic to their website

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/1 ... pocalypse/

"It's kind of a tongue-in-cheek campaign," Daigle said Wednesday. "We were talking about hurricane preparedness and someone bemoaned that we kept putting out the same messages."

While metrics for the post are not yet available, Daigle said it has become the most popular CDC blog entry in just two days.

"People are so tuned into zombies," he said. "People are really dialed in on zombies. The idea is we're reaching an audience or a segment we'd never reach with typical messages."

[justoneguy]

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[Mossy]

They're just substituting Zombie for a real Emergency Scenario. The message of being prepared is alright, but them saying they'd help I find is utter BS.

They are federal. I will take a week or so for any request to make it through the channels.

(Let's not get into Katrina. Things were happening that the regular news media did not cover.)

[Neckro]

They're just substituting Zombie for a real Emergency Scenario. The message of being prepared is alright, but them saying they'd help I find is utter BS.

They are federal. I will take a week or so for any request to make it through the channels.

(Let's not get into Katrina. Things were happening that the regular news media did not cover.)

I wouldn't doubt, Horrible things happen in horrible situations.

[Nickelless]

They're just substituting Zombie for a real Emergency Scenario. The message of being prepared is alright, but them saying they'd help I find is utter BS.

They are federal. I will take a week or so for any request to make it through the channels.

(Let's not get into Katrina. Things were happening that the regular news media did not cover.)

I wouldn't doubt, Horrible things happen in horrible situations.

I tend to think that FEMA "help" would fall under "horrible situations."