The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging citizens to be prepared for a potential Zombie Apocalypse. I’m not kidding.
The CDC recommends that each one of us has the following ready just in case, “to get you through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp.”
Water (1 gallon per person per day)
Food (stock up on non-perishable items that you eat regularly)
Medications (this includes prescription and non-prescription meds)
Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.)
Sanitation and Hygiene (household bleach, soap, towels, etc.)
Clothing and Bedding (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets)
Important documents (copies of your driver’s license, passport, and birth certificate to name a few)
First Aid supplies (although the CDC acknowledges that you are a goner if a zombie bites you).
The CDC also recommends that you have an emergency plan in place, such as an evacuation route:
“Plan your evacuation route. When zombies are hungry they won’t stop until they get food (i.e., brains), which means you need to get out of town fast!”
What does the CDC define as zombies? The CDC says, “Harvard psychiatrist Steven Schlozman wrote a (fictional) medical paper on the zombies …. and refers to the condition as Ataxic Neurodegenerative Satiety Deficiency Syndrome caused by an infectious agent. The Zombie Survival Guide identifies the cause of zombies as a virus called solanum.”
Did you catch that little word “fictional?”
You didn’t seriously think that the CDC was well, serious about zombies, did you? Of course not. But clever people that they are, the CDC is taking advantage of the current fascination of zombies in popular culture and using it to reinforce the idea that we all need an emergency kit and emergency plan in place for natural disasters, such as hurricanes, that are all too real.
To learn more about the CDC’s advice on a Zombie Apocalypse, as well as how to prepare for a real emergency, visit the CDC website. http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
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