Zombie Apocalypse: CDC Denies Existence Of Zombies Despite Cannibal Incidents

[iatrogenicmyth]

The horrific face-eating arrest in Miami and several other seemingly subhuman acts has many people wondering what's behind this flesh-munching wave of terror.

A zombie apocalypse, however, is not what we should be worried about, at least according to the federal government.

Comments

[seasight]

Didn't they make the Zombie site like a year or two ago, as a joke? I'm more disturbed that they had to issue a statement about all the cannibalism and stuff. :/

[odette_river]

Yeah, it was sort of half-joke, half-advice about how to prepare for disasters in general.

[gargoylekitty]

I figured they did it kinda in the same sense of the Zombie Squad, using a pretend threat/joke to teach preparedness.

[gargoylekitty]

Yeah, it's at least a year old and I don't think the blog part being down has anything to do with this either since I'm pretty sure that went down awhile ago.

Not sure how I feel about them making a statement on current events though, am I out of touch enough that they really did need to say it?

[quizzicalsphinx]

If they felt the need to make a statement, they were probably getting phone calls. ::headdesk::

[pachakuti]

Yeah, I think that was probably a "please stop calling us" move on their part.

[vvalkyri]

:sigh: Yeah, this.

[koken23]

Yeah, that CDC thing is old. It was actually a pretty good idea, since the current pop-culture obsession with The Zombie Apocalypse(tm) means a lot of people who wouldn't otherwise notice a CDC memo or have the first clue what to do would read it, and the imformation in the memo was actually really sound disaster-planning stuff in general. It was a pretty clever way of getting the knowledge to spread.

...Of course, now it comes out looking like really bad taste in the current context. :/

[pachakuti]

Only for people who pay absolutely no attention to the timeline. I mean, on the website it states that the last update was in January, long before any of this hit the news.

[iatrogenicmyth]

The CDC has never, ever, ever had trouble spreading information on disaster preparation. (Save for perhaps Katrina, because they couldn't envision the magnitude of that crisis for a variety of reasons - in Florida where I grew up, we knew exactly what to do when a hurricane watch was issued and then remained glued to the local news for weather to see if it became a warning and what measures we were supposed to take

[rex_dart]

...You're using people wearing surgical masks as proof that people DON'T need more education on disaster preparedness?

You know the effectiveness of surgical masks in public is highly questionable, right?

Also, educationg people on serious potential issues in a fun way is not the same as making light of those issues soooo.

[iatrogenicmyth]

Of course.

I also remember the CDC warning not to travel in enclosed spaces with people "potentially" afflicted with this airborne virus.

All of NYC laughed and laughed and laughed at this recommendation. And some put on surgical masks to make themselves feel more secure. I did not.

[keeni84]

The CDC has never, ever, ever had trouble spreading information on disaster preparation.

A lot of your comments seem to be specific to your situation and area. Many people in Floria and around the country (especially people who may not have access to television or other mass media forms) do not prepare for disasters, and are severely misinformed about what to do should a disaster occur.

[iatrogenicmyth]

True. I also used to work in medical research and still subscribe to regular CDC updates

[roseofjuly]

Nope, lol. I live in New York too, and I would wager a guess that most people here are not prepared for disasters, especially because its perceived that major natural disasters (tornadoes, flooding, hurricanes) would never happen here. I have a friend who works in disaster preparedness and did research here in the city and always lamented that the city was woefully underprepared for a vast variety of disasters - natural AND manmade.

I remember when the hurricane was coming around August 2011, and it was a HUGE thing because New Yorkers have no concept of a hurricane or what to do. There was a widespread effort to disseminate information on preparing for hurricanes. I WORK in public health and I wasn't quite sure what to do until local bodies started releasing statements.

[yeats]

hahahahaha, new yorkers are among the worst at disaster planning and i say that as a life-long one... exhibit a, the absolutely shit storm that preceded hurricane irene last summer.