Well Done: CDC Warns Of The Zombie Apocalypse
from the brains dept
It's probably not all that exciting to blog for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) blog. It's probably not always easy to get attention from your everyday reader. So, kudos to the CDC for having a bit of a sense of humor in figuring out a good way to get its message on emergency preparedness out to folks who might never otherwise be compelled to look at the blog. It had Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan explain to people how to prepare for (and hopefully survive) the Zombie Apocalypse: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. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency.And, from there it goes into general disaster preparedness, at times relating it back to the impending zombie invasion. We do plenty of complaining about bad government actions around here, but I say kudos for not releasing just a totally bland (it does get a bit dry in the middle) disaster preparedness blog post, but instead, for coming up with a good way to get the info out there that might actually spread (in a good way...).
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Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on May 19th, 2011 @ 4:27am
The rest of the world who does have a gene or two of humor understand that pure dry text isn't the way to deliver these kinds of stories, as they don't generate headlines.
THIS however did. And it got people to at least read the article, which might help them get prepared for a real outbreak.
"Oh my god, did the CDC really talk about the zombie apocalypse, L.O.L." *Facebooked* or *Twittered*.
This is 101 on how to get your message out. Use a sprinkle of humor.
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Anyone who relies on a trusted source without validating what they read through multiple sources and verifying with the source as fact needs to be fitted with a warning label that says "Warning: I do not have a brain, and if you eat the contents of my head, you will get sick and die...even if you are a Zombie." They also open themselves up to a number of dangers, including social engineering and phishing attacks.
I thought it was well done, and even though I have an emergency plan, it got me thinking that I should probably sit down and update it since it is a couple years old. I also need to go through my emergency supplies and make sure they are still good. Thus, at least for me, I realized the humor and it had its intended effect.
I agree with Mike and the others here..."Well done!"
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And then you go on to defend against it.
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On the other hand, you do have a point. As human engineering creates things that are more fool-proof, nature creates bigger and bigger fools. So far, nature is winning and thank you for proving it yet again.
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You must work for the government...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0zUkVEq3wA
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Re_Y our_Brains
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*a-HEM*WE interrupt thios post to announce that the T-virus has been developped by Google and is currently on its way tot he CDC for further analysis.
IN other news, Google was bought out by the mysterious Umbrella corporation.
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The first rule is Cardio.
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Zombie Awareness Month
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Let's put the grey matter to good use.
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http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2915/femazombies1lrg.jpg
http://imageshack.us/m/6/1751/femazombies2lrg.jpg
but since FEMA and DHS don't appear to have a sense of humor, I guess we'll never see what we just saw... at least not from them.
P.S. As for anyone out there who sees this pamphlet and thinks this is "REAL", I'm certain they would need no help in making up their own misguided reality regardless. I'm sure most of them have already seen this video (some people actually believe it's real, read the youtube comments),:
(Classified) Bill Defends Against Flesh-Eating (Classified)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWfKdKWJEkM
and what the CDC says or does matters little to them at this point.
Another example, look at this persons reason for their "Application to Make and Register a Firearm" in the U.S.
http://imageshack.us/m/705/8193/applicationtomakeandreg.jpg
(Yes, it was "Approved" by the U.S. Government)
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Honestly my take on the whole preparedness issue (if there actually is one) is that we should do completely away with it, and safety as well for that matter. I think G Carlin had something with his "safety" monologue. Less safety, less stupid people to worry about, I believe he went as far as suggesting that the government should encourage playing with blasting caps (or something like that) Smart people would just know better, stupid people would go get some explosives to play with and there ya go Smart people percentage of the population goes up. Of course there would be some collateral damage, but when isn't there in a government run program?
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You start life with two bags. One is empty, the other is full. The empty bag is your experience. The full one is your luck.
The idea is to fill the bag of experience before your bag of luck is empty!
A lot of safety labels are ridiculous, true (I've seen on a bag of peanuts "May contain nuts") but preparedness? No one's born thinking of everything they may need if they have to bug out from where they are; hell, most people in the USA hadn't given it more than a moment's thought until 9-11, and those memories are fading fast.
Idiocracy isn't a documentary.
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And, from there"
Nobody read the rest of it, including you.
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But that said I'd go with the bit about the First Aid supplies or the "Never Fear – CDC is Ready" section where they mention what the CDC would do and that that one of their goals includes "how patients can best be treated".
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No offensive[sic] taken. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Go foment false indignation somewhere else chucklefuck. And maybe learn to use a single period at the end of your semi literate sentences.
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king of idiots
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best training
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St. Louis is ahead of the curve on this.
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It's "Centers"
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> of the agency is "Centers for Disease Control".
And you made an even more common mistake. The correct name is actually "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention".
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Weapons?
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"Life", even undead life, is still "life". "Liberty", who among us has the right to tell zombies where they can go, and what they can do. "Pursuit of Happiness", if it makes zombies feel good by eating living brains, more power to em'.
Personally, I think the facts of the situation are that the politicians are not wanting to "accidentally" piss off another large group of people, who have proven they are already registered and willing to vote. It would finally explain all those dead people who still vote in elections across the country, If only the living were gullible enough to believe in zombies.
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