An Impending ‘Zombie Apocalypse?’ A Warning From the CDC
- Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:43pm by
Billy Hallowell
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As seen yesterday on our blog, the CDC published a creative blog post of their own that has successfully nabbed some media — and public — attention. The post, a tongue-in-cheek guide to surviving a potential zombie attack, is intended to actually educate citizens regarding the proper steps to take in the event of a catastrophic emergency. According to FOXNews.com:
The post, written by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan, instructs readers how to prepare for “flesh-eating zombies” much like how they appeared in Hollywood hits like “Night of the Living Dead” and video games like Resident Evil. Perhaps surprisingly, the same steps you’d take in preparation for an onslaught of ravenous monsters are similar to those suggested in advance of a hurricane or pandemic.
Sure, on the surface it seems a bit ridiculous, but, the CDC claims that the zombie blog post quickly became the most popular article on the site. Thus, people are reading it and potentially taking away some valuable information. CDC spokesman Dave Daigle said, “The idea is we‘re reaching an audience or a segment we’d never reach with typical messages.” Below, see a screen shot from the CDC blog post:

Aside from providing a brief history of zombies, the post begs the question “So what do you need to do before zombies…or hurricanes or pandemics for example, actually happen?” Aside from providing some very practical tips on disaster preparedness, the CDC comforts readers with the following:
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).
Glad to know we’re in good hands (pending a zombie “outbreak”).




















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Comments (139)
jessieH
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:36pmThe zombies are the liberal progressive socialists who follow Soros and his puppet, Soros.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:44pmThat would sadly be all of my “friends” (due to occupation and location, almost everybody in this area is an Obama zombie.)
Report Post »readytostand
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 9:18am@ kickinback – I think you need new friends ! Your friends are obama supporters because of occupation and location ??? N o not true ! they support him because they are either brainwashed , (braindead ) atheist, or just greedy ! Maybe all of the above ! Surround your self with quality , or you will start to personally downgrade ! I’ve seen it many time ! Good luck !
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:31pmI for one am prepared for the zombie apocalypse, assuming that they are the slow moving kind and not the fast runners.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:47pmOr the Combine zombies with magnesium flares and grenades.
I rely on a Black Mesa (TM) crowbar, personally recommended by Dr Gordon Freeman.
Report Post »Sam Brown
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:28pmThe difference between a starvation zombie and the movie zombies is the starvation zombies will have guns too. Better stock up a little more LOL
Sam
Report Post »Baron_Doom
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:26pmI think they’re talking about youngsters graduating from American institutions of higher learning.
Report Post »TedPearson
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:25pmAnother government agency morphing into a joke. Come on 2012!!!
Report Post »Slowerlower
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:24pmTo the folks getting worked up about this: Stop being so literal. It’s just a clever way to get folks to think about preparedness. Besides, as anyone who‘s seen the euphemistic libertarian porn that is ’The Walking Dead’ knows, we’re already in a zombie apocalypse.
Report Post »jim
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:23pmWhat’s this, a Disney contract in the making? I mean, Obama allowed trademark rights to Disney for Seal Team 6, what’s next… Secret Service, 101 Airborne, Green Berets…? Obama is selling us down the river.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:21pmJust making the Center for Disease Control fun again? Don’t you guys have better things to do?
Report Post »Falcon05dad
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:00pmGonzo, is your memory that bad? This is the same CDC which Sen. Claire McCaskill (Dem.- MO) said if there was a government shutdown due to a lack of a continuing budget resolution, people would die because cancer researchers would not be finding cures. Now we find out they are researching zombies. I see no problem with budget cutbacks for them. At a minimum, they are overstaffed.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:18pm@savingtherepublic and creestof.
Report Post »Both Last man and Omega man were based on the novel, “I am Legend”, 1954, Richard Matheson.
For a real wake up, “Tomorrow” by Phillip Wylie.
KickinBack
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:25pmCool, got my amazon order in.
Report Post »NAFTA Refugee
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:14pmThe zombie plan has been around for a while, at least that’s what my kids tell me.
Report Post »A couple of years back a lively conversation took place at the hardware store on this subject.
It was all kids in their teens and twenties. I sat back and chuckled.
In my area, The Walmart right next to the costco the Lowe’s, the river, the airport, and the military base seems to be the preferred “holdout” for our zombie apocolypse.
When I was young we got worked up over Red Dawn.
Now I just worry about my pharmacy being open.
Give the administration credit for tapping into this.
optimusprimal1972200
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:13pmthis is idoitic
Report Post »Dan_o
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 6:35pmHa…says the guy with a Star Trek image.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:11pmcolbalt 60, very dangerous indeed,but not near as dangerous as the disease in our government or the one trying to destroy America,
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:08pmWhen the dead rise, civilization will fall!
When the dead walk the Earth, you‘ll be sorry you didn’t prepare that that day like I have. Survival food bank, pounds of gold in the same, lots of guns and plenty of ammo, and a military truck to get it all out of the city and into the hills.
Report Post »hialtitude
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:06pmAnd these dopes call the Bible a fantasy.
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:06pmREADY ON THE LEFT! READY ON THE RIGHT! SHOOTERS!! Lock and load one 30 round magazine, and watch your zombie!
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:14pmSorry bud, but the liberals want to ban 30 round magazines, remember? Guess you’ll just have to be a good shot ;)
Report Post »saviorammo
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:06pmWe are already living in this crap reality. Maybe the Georgia Stones are right? The worlds population will be cut to 800million.
Whatever, lock and load. I think you also need to completely remove the head!
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:05pmI’m not a CDC expert, but I’ve seen a lot of bad movies, and I know that the best way to prepare for a zombie apocalypse is to stockpile guns and ammo. Any zombie manual that doesn’t tell you this is a dangerous sham.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on May 21, 2011 at 9:21pmThe CDC is already killing us with flu shots and vaccines. The more they are compelled to tell us how safe those vaccines are and the more they treat parents of autistic children [who witnessed right before their very eyes their children going from completely normal and thriving before a vaccine dose to being completely changed after a dose,]in a glib, condescending -”you’re just rationalizing why you have a sick child” way,the more you know they lie and could care less about the truth namely that those vaccines and flu shots are dangerous,cause autism and probobly cancers later in life.AIDS[HIV] entered the human population as a direct result of vaccines being made with monkey tissue-the explanation for why AIDS, which was previously found in monkeys [but not dangerous to them] crossed the species barrier and has infected humans.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:04pmthe only zombies here are in charge of the government and the unions.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:04pmAll ready present and accounted for ~~~ the current administration.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:00pmAt least they are creative.
Report Post »Joe Potus
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:53pmWhere is the “we will provide gunships and ammo”?
see, they are behind it when it happens
…umbrella corp.
Report Post »aside: when you enter certain cities there is a sign that says “welcome to a WHO safe community”.
…doesn’t give me a warm fuzzy even though i know what they “say” it means
Bennie Franklin
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:51pmI think you handle zombies the way they do in Hollywood…with lots of bullets. Thank God for the second amendment.
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:01pmBHO is bypassing Congress and using the EPA to ban bullets….
Report Post »Kit1453
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:09pmWell thank goodness BHO and Hills are committing us to the Small Arms Treaty then! I feel safer already. /sarc
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:49pmThe Zombie Apocalypse. When hell is full and the dead walk the earth, the left will try to reason with them.
Report Post »Melanie
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:50pm@Kickinback – hilarious!
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:04pmNot much different then Ombambies….
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:05pmFunny you should say that…on CoastToCoastAM, they had a guy on who wrote a book about zombies and politics. Not once did he ever go out of “character” describing how each major power, type of government, conservative, liberal, Republican and Democrat would react and interact with zombies.
From taking their side (like a PETA type situation), to using them as weapons on another country, parachute in a few thousand zombies to raise havoc in the ME…and so on. Very interesting interview.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:13pmI love coast to coast! too bad I missed that one :(
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:22pmAnyone without a good supply of food is in danger of becoming like one…and everyone is in danger of fighting off those that don’t prepare…farm-land is being destroyed left and right by floods…people have been known to eat other people…PLANT A GARDEN!!! encourage others to do so!!! Plant fruit and nut trees…encourage others to do so!!! PREPARE!!!
Report Post »Kit1453
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:40pmOh come on now you haters, respect zombie culture! Celebrating diverse lifestyles is the American Way isn’t it? Some of you need a fresher in multicultural sensitivity! Imagine being so cruel as to judge anyone just because they are murderous cannibals! What’s next, judging the Religion of Hate??? Shame!!! /sarc
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:50pmCreestof yes I heard that one on coast to coast also
I also love the show.
here is the show on youtube
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llxkqYSfs4c
tower7femacamp
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:55pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIuoUcUzPko&feature=related
Report Post »Kit1453
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:04pmZombie politics, aka the natural consequence of the New World Order…sigh. I am ordering this book to use in my social studies classes, here are a couple of good reviews for anyone who is interested:
ZOTW Blog – Zombies of the World:
http://www.zombiesoftheworld.com/blog/book-review-theories-of-international-politics-and-zombies/
Zombie Research Society review:
Report Post »http://zombieresearch.net/2011/01/29/new-politics-zombies-book/
wheels
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:35pmHaha indeed! Dont forget the basics peeps…cardio, seatbelts, double-tap!
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:48pmClever
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:47pmHow much money did they waste on this subject; or are they trying to warn us that something like the movie “I am Legend: is about to destroy the world and all of humanity with it?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:52pmDon’t worry about real bio-terrorism .. zombies? WTH!
TEA!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:52pm@Snowleopard,
Should have said, “How much money did they waste on this subject; or are they trying to warn us that something like the movie “I am OBAMA” is about to destroy the world and all of humanity with it?
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:54pmwell now that is just dumb – how is the CDC going to investigate? everyone knows that the zombies will spread too fast to even think about containment
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:56pmThat was a great movie! For you youngsters its a remake of the ‘Omega Man’ starring Charlton Heston. I am not too worried about the zombies described here. I am more concerned about the zombies that follow BHO, DNC, and all the other radicals in this country and around the world. Either way the number one rule to take them out is shoot them in the head :)
Report Post »TAXLORDCOMETH
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:56pmIt’s called Cobalt 60 and it is a very real threat. It’s a radioactive element like cesium. You wouldn’t necessarily turn into a Zombie if you inhale this stuff but you would go mad, and if enough people in your hood inhaled it, things might get really scary. The CDC is very much aware of the danger.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:02pm@SavingtheRepublic.com
Report Post »And for you “youngster”…Omega Man was based on “Last Man on Earth” starring Vincent Price : )
Polwatcher
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:07pmWhy don’t they get real?
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:07pmObambies are far more dangerous. Smack them up side the head with truth, they just bounce up, clawing for more kool-aid.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:13pm(book) “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson
Report Post »|–> (movie) “Last Man on Earth” starring Vincent Price
| |–> (movie) “The Omega Man” starring Charleton Heston
|–> (movie) “I am Legend” starring Wil Smith
Thunderstorm 316
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:13pmZomies, the liberals can fainaly be them self’s.
Report Post »DIOS BENDIGA AMERICA ... JESUCRISTO ES EL SEÑOR!
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:14pmFor once I am speechless…
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:18pm@ SavingtheRepublic.com
“Omega Man” was a much better movie (in my opinion) because it was much more believable. The makers used real people to convey the message and horror of biological warfare.
The makers of “I am legend” used too much cgi (zombies) which diminished it’s aspect human intensity.
I first saw Omega Man when I was 7 with my parents and it made me concerned about March 1975 in a “kid logic” sort of way and literally scared the poop out of me. In comparison, my 9 year old nephew saw I am Legend and lost interest after the first 5 minutes in favor of his Nintendo DSi…….basically because it wasn’t very scary to him.
I’d like to add that Heston and Smith are both great actors in their own right.
Report Post »BeerSnob
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:20pmThe CDC missed the obvious (of course)… You won’t survive a zombie apocalypse without a 12 gauge.
Report Post »Sam Brown
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:21pm“About the only thing that will turn people into zombies that eat other people is starvation. Might think about that if the CDC is wsorried about zombies.”
Sam
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:22pmI think the end will be more like Soylent Green
It’s people…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sp-VFBbjpE
But the truth of Monsanto is far worse than the science fiction of soylent green
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8awgdummiMA
BIGJAYINPA
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:25pmI am not nearly as worried about flesh-eating zombies as I am about Constitution destroying Obama-Zombies in DC. All those Obama following leftist haters of America that are Hell-bent on destroying this country nedd to be defeated before I worry about some darn zombie. I know all of you trolls and agent provacateurs will come crawling out of your dark places to castigate me for daring to cast aspersions upon your savior, but I don’t care. Your words mean nothing and I have no fear of any of you acting. You are cowards hiding behind words and would faint dead away if you were actually required to act.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:36pm@Biohazard 23:
Good point, call it “Obama-man, the last apocolyptic president.” or something along those lines.
@TaxLordCometh:
Have seen some material on the Cobalt 60, and it is indeed scary as well as deadly. God above help us all if anyone unleashes the stuff into a city or such. Just the levels of panic and disruption alone that would occur are almost staggering to the imagination.
Then again, Van Jones…pressure, pressure, pressure.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:38pm@Lesbian Packing:
I have a copy of the book, while it varies from the movie with Wil Smith, it is quite good reading and I have come to prefer it to the film itself for some levels of detail. Recommended reading for anyone who can obtain a copy of it.
Report Post »KPEdwards
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:40pmConsidering that the post was popular enough that it brought down the CDC Blog server, I’d say probably was worth every penny it took to write maybe four paragraphs about zombies and copy and paste standard emergency kit info. If you want to assume the person took a full 8-hr day to write and research, that’d be – what – tops $1,200. And that’s being generous and assuming the writer has a salary over 250K.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:42pmThere should be a warning out on how to survive the ‘zombie attack’ that happened in Nov. 2008 that elected Obama!…..‘The Soros Zombies’
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:43pmDefund the CDC…They have way to much time on thier hands.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:44pm@Creestof & TSUNAMI-22
Huh!! Thanks for the enlightenment! I enjoyed both movies didnt know about the others.
Regardless when they amass shoot them in the head :)
Report Post »siebegorman
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:53pmAren‘t BHO’s supporters actually ZOMBIES? Maybe the CDC is just telling us what we already knew.
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:08pmThis looks an awful lot like the union rallies that took place in Wisconsin…or was it the New Black Panther Party rally last month in “60 cities.” I forget…they all look alike…liberals that is…angry expressions with their hands open wide, ready to receive their entitlements.
Report Post »Jeff f.
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:18pmWell I have to give them a little credit. They actually got me to read one of their Emergency Preparedness articles.
Report Post »Ralph Irwin
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:33pmI do not understand why any body would pay money to se movies like that
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:42pmBig Brother doesn’t just want to know where you are, he wants to know what you’re thinking. Short of implanting a device in your brain that divulges your every thought, the government has opted for the next best thing – behaviometrics – a new omnipresent surveillance technology developed for the US Air Force and destined to be used in law enforcement to “monitor suspicious behavior”.
http://www.infowars.com/new-behaviometrics-technology-allows-government-to-know-what-youre-thinking/
Report Post »M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:51pmThis is a creative way to reach all of the people who don’t watch Glenn Beck and tell them to prepare for the coming Zombie (read Progressive) Apocalypse. The advice is good for a natural disaster. For a real zombie apocalypse you also have to discuss weapons, and we all know that our current government does not want the citizenry to be armed AND prepared.
Report Post »Honesetly, this really should not have cost very much. A talented writer could put this together in an afternoon, and the pictures are readily available. So the cost is salary for one day plus whatever they get charged to print the photos. No big deal and it is an effective message. Now, because this is a government agency we’re talking about, I’m sure it only cost a few million.
GROVERCLEVELANDRLZ
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:30pmyou can scoff at the coming zombie apocalypse all you want, but when it happens, will you be locked in a closet hoping for the government to rescue you? Or will you be ready to save yourself and others?
But seriously, just change zombie apocalypse to crisis and apply the same logic. The CDC is officially bro-tier.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:59pmThey’re simply desensitizing you to the real horror that the CDC plans to release on the public, deadly bioweapon false-flag terror.
Report Post »Opinionmonger
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:04pmOfcourse they forgot to add a Glock 23 and a 12 gauge in the CARE package.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:45pmRemember the rules:
1: Cardio Be able to run and not be out of breath
2: The Double Tap: If you think it is dead, put an extra bullet in its head to make sure.
3: Beware of Bathrooms: Don’t get caught with your pants down.
4: Wear Seat Belts: A crash can kill you as quick as a zombie.
Me, I have a .12 gauge and a .357. (And a .22 to put an extra bullet in the brain if needed.)
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:02pmMannax…
Love it! Double Tap… Don’t be stingy with the ammo.
Report Post »Locked and loaded, ready for the zombie hoard!
LOL
5410amh
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:29pmBring it on! I’ll kill them all.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 10:40pmI have a Positron Cannon custom built from television parts.
Report Post »v-vet1968
Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:04ami call them dimacrats
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:35amOr maybe with the way the sun is behaving, they are concerned about zombie fungus found in ants transmitting to people? http://www.batangastoday.com/zombie-ants-new-study-found-fungi-parasite-might-be-synchronized-with-the-sun/12882/
Report Post »The Exiled Keeper
Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:50amlaugh all you want. My son and I play Resident Evil on hard core mode. When the union thu.. I mean Zombies start crashing down doors you’ll be begging for our X-Box skills.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:14amThe only union thugs that will crash down your doors is the Armed Union Thugs called Police.
And guess what? The 4th Amendment is gone. You can’t refuse to allow them in, they’re gonna use a no-knock warrant, they’re gonna be watching you through your walls, and they’re gonna pump you full of lead or drag you off to a FEMA Civilian Labor Camp to pay off the National Debt.
Don’t believe me? You just sit back and watch the show. These tyrants are going full bore.
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