Thread: Are We Prepared : Zombie Preparedness

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Wonder why Zombies, Zombie Apocalypse, and Zombie Preparedness continue to live or walk dead on a CDC web site? As it turns out what first began as a tongue in cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform. We continue to reach and engage a wide variety of audiences on all hazards preparedness via Zombie Preparedness; and as our own director, Dr. Ali Khan, notes, "If you are generally well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack." So please log on, get a kit, make a plan, and be prepared!



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There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example.

Preparedness 101 - Zombie Posters

It can be tough to get people thinking about emergency preparedness before disaster strikes. We've created these zombie posters to spark some attention and get people involved before it's too late. Download the pdf to print copies for your office or home. Attached also is an image that can be use so that this information is uniform with other information on the page.

Novella

Looking for an entertaining way to introduce emergency preparedness? Check out our graphic novella which uses the idea of a zombie apocalypse to demonstrate the importance of preparedness. Included is a personal preparedness checklist so you can take action once you're done reading.

Social Media/Online

Check out our Zombie Social Media page where you can find badges and widgets for your own site, links to our blog, content syndication, and zombie e-cards.

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hhmmm 1) I am having trouble choosing between d) or b)
2) b) with extra clips, of course
3) d) - Creole so I know how to use a cane knife
4) c) - I am a Scouter
5) a) I have always wanted one anyway ...
6) c) - Terry Crewes ... what else have I seen him in? TBA...
( don't say e) - you'll get flamed for the "F" word

I saw a sign at a boat selling place that read:

buy a boat, zombies can't swim

I had to laugh!

I would be afraid they could do a "Pirates of the Caribean" stroll across the seabed.

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Tips for fighting zombie attacks: Canada says be prepared
AFP – Tue, May 15, 2012.

If you're in Canada this summer, and you don't want to die, then listen up. If you're ready for a zombie attack, then you're ready for just about anything.

That's the message British Columbia is sending its citizens and tourists in a website it launched this week, which provides tips on about how to prepare for a fake zombie apocalypse.

The vast province on Canada's west coast has initiated a surprise preparedness campaign to help people take precautions in the event of any disaster -- even a zombie attack.

The campaign is fake of course, but the website and its message about safety is not.

Emergency Info BC is using the faux preparedness tips to promote readiness for natural catastrophes which could strike the region.

"While the chance of zombies a-knockin' on your door is pretty slim, we do believe that if you're ready for zombies, you're ready for any disaster," the website said.

Its campaign is like a "blog about surviving a zombie attack" and is meant to be completely "fictional."

It includes guidelines in case of an epidemic that transforms people into zombies, a map of risk zones in British-Columbia and instructions for what to include in one's survival kit. The site also makes use of links to real resources for real disasters.

According to Emergency Info: "Other than zombie attack, your region may be susceptible to flooding, earthquakes or tsunamis. Find out and get prepared."

http://news.yahoo.com/tips-fighting-...223949502.html

Sheldon Cooper, Scarlet Johansson, Captain Jack Sparrow .... unless Scarlet is in her "Black Widow" personane ... I'm sunk

No, the zombie apocalypse isn't coming, assures the CDC
By Life's Little Mysteries Staff

A spate of bizarre acts of cannibalism in the last week have many people wondering whether to be afraid for their own flesh. The populous' collective curiosity has even driven "zombie apocalypse" up to the No. 2 spot on Google's list of trending search terms. But don't worry: according to government scientists, the zombies are not coming for you. The flesh-eating living dead don't actually exist, said a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," agency spokesman David Daigle told The Huffington Post.

But what prompted the official reassurance?

The questions started after an attack in Miami on Saturday, when Rudy Eugene, 31, was shot and killed by police while hungrily devouring the face of a homeless man. Eugene, who may have been high on " bath salts " at the time of his vicious attack, seemed impervious to the bullets entering his naked body until the moment he collapsed, police said.

Then, on Tuesday, Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old student in Maryland, admitted to murdering his roommate and then eating his heart and parts of his brain. The cannibal's motives have not been explained.

Meanwhile, Canadian police are seeking Luka Rocco Magnotta, a low-budget porn actor who allegedly killed and dismembered a young man, and then ate flesh from the corpse. He packaged and mailed other body parts to political offices in Ottawa.

Okay, zombies may not really exist, but clearly the world has troubles enough as it is.

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...s-the-cdc?lite

"CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," agency spokesman David Daigle told The Huffington Post.

Two words: Cordyceps Fungus.

Are We Prepared : Zombie Preparedness



this is how grandma prepares for the zombie apocalypse...