The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes that the tongue-in-cheek advice on its blog will inspire people to make at least basic preparations for a real emergency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency whose task includes preventing pandemics and pushing flu shots, is preparing for a zombie apocalypse. An evangelical pastor is predicting the apocalypse will begin May 21, and if these films depicting the end of the world are any indication, it's going to be a rough ride. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Georgia has released a set of "tongue-in-cheek" preparedness guidelines for a zombie attack. CDC spokesman Dave Daigle said Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan posted ... You will need more than these recommendations to survive an actual undead event. Like, for instance, a shotgun. Zombie stories are often about the utter failure of the government to deal with a big problem and, thanks to George Romero, also a great way to expose issues of class and social status. No one really believes they might attack one day. Zombies are a metaphor, like vampires or werewolves, for the horrifying and uncanny aspects of the human. They also remind you that, when things really hit the fan, you're on your own. So be prepared! The Center for Disease Control does not want you to be caught unawares. In a post that walks the line between "ha ha this would never happen" and "but seriously just in case, you never know," Ali S Kahn details the worthy forms of emergency response to hoards of the necrotic, brain-seeking undead: Identify the types of emergencies that are possible in your area. Besides a zombie apocalypse, this may include floods, tornadoes, or earthquakes. If you are unsure contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information. Family members meeting by their mailbox. You should pick two meeting places, one close to your home and one farther away Pick a meeting place for ... The agency is asking people to create 60-second videos showing how they're preparing for any emergency ("hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, zombies…") Be safe from the latest food riot / government-engineered plague / Michelle Bachmann tweet in one of these backyard underground bunkers. Ride Out the End of the World in These Bomb Shelter Homes... How should you handle your finances in an end of days scenario? They must really be smoking something serious in that CDC office in Atlanta. Rapture fever has taken over the government because the Center For Disease Control has issued a series of precautions to take just in case a zombie attack ATLANTA (AP) -- "Zombie apocalypse." That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights on hand in case of a hurricane.... The CDC's "Zombie apocalypse guide," linked yesterday by Cory, was a clever way to get people to learn the basics of disaster survival. Unfortunately, the CDC's website crashed due to the traffic, suggesting that it might need a few survival tips of its own.... When you think of humor, the Centers for Disease Control may not be the first place that comes to mind. So when the public health agency wrote a post on its social media blog with the title, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse," it brought the house down. Literally. The small article on disaster preparedness saw so much traffic, it crashed the site, Reuters reported. On Thursday, it was trending on Twitter. CDC spokesman Dave Daigle told Reuters that a typical CDC blog gets between 1,000 and 3,000 hits, but the zombie apocalypse post saw 60,000 by the time the servers went down Wednesday. Read full article >> "There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That's right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e," wrote Dr. Ali S. Khan Zombie apocalypse CDC: The Zombie Apocalypse campaign is a social media effort by the CDC's Public Health and Preparedness center to spread the word about the June 1 start of hurricane season. CDC releases zombie apocalypse alert In line with the "Doomsday" fever, the Center for Disease Control has published a blog post mentioning a "zombie apocalypse" as a witty way to get the attention of Americans to read about preparing for the hurricane season. The CDC did get the attention that they want but they were caught unprepared for the spike [...]
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