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Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse

Categories: Zombies May 16th, 2011 11:48 am ET - Ali S. Khan
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Walking Dead fans, check out our latest post: http://go.usa.gov/Q4J There are all kinds of emergencies out there that w e can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. Thats right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now , but w hen it happens youll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe youll even learn a thing or tw o about how to prepare for a real emergency. A Brief History of Zombies W eve all seen at least one movie about flesh-eating zombies taking over (my personal favorite is Resident Evil ), but w here do zombies come from and w hy do they love eating brains so much? The w ord zombie comes from Haitian and New Orleans voodoo origins. Although its meaning has changed slightly over the years, it refers to a human corpse mysteriously reanimated to serve the undead. Through ancient voodoo and folk-lore traditions, show s like the W alking Dead w ere born. In movies, show s, and literature, zombies are often depicted as being created by an infectious virus, w hich is passed on via bites and contact w ith bodily fluids. Harvard psychiatrist Steven Schlozman w rote a (fictional) medical paper on the zombies presented in Night of the Living Dead 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. Other zombie origins show n in films include radiation from a destroyed NASA Venus probe (as in Night of the Living Dead ), as w ell as mutations of existing conditions such as prions , mad-cow disease , measles and rabies .
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The rise of zombies in pop culture has given credence to the idea that a zombie apocalypse could happen. In such a scenario zombies w ould take over entire countries, roaming city streets eating anything living that got in their w ay. The proliferation of this idea has led many people to w onder How do I prepare for a zombie apocalypse? W ell, w ere here to answ er that question for you, and hopefully share a few tips about preparing for real emergencies too! Better Safe than Sorry So w hat do you need to do before zombies or hurricanes or pandemics for example, actually happen? First of all, you should have an emergency kit in your house. This includes things like w ater, food, and other supplies to get you through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp (or in the event of a natural disaster, it w ill buy you some time until you are able to make your w ay to an evacuation shelter or Some of the supplies for your emergency kit utility lines are restored). Below are a few items you should include in your kit, for a full list visit the CDC Emergency page. 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)
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Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery pow ered radio, etc.) Sanitation and Hygiene (household bleach, soap, tow els, etc.) Clothing and Bedding (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets) Important documents (copies of your drivers license, passport, and birth certificate to name a few ) First Aid supplies (although youre a goner if a zombie bites you, you can use these supplies to treat basic cuts and lacerations that you might get during a tornado or hurricane) Once youve made your emergency kit, you should sit dow n w ith your family and come up w ith an emergency plan. This includes w here you w ould go and w ho you w ould call if zombies started appearing outside your door step. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake, or other emergency. 1. Identify the types of emergencies that are possible in your area. Besides a zombie apocalypse, this may include floods, tornadoes, or earthquakes. If you are unsure contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information. 2. Pick a meeting place for your family to regroup in case zombies invade your homeor your tow n evacuates because of a hurricane. Pick one place right outside your home for sudden emergencies and one place outside of your neighborhood in case you are unable to return home right aw ay. 3. Identify your emergency contacts. Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local zombie response team. Also identify an out-of-state contact that you can call during an emergency to let the rest of your family know you are ok. 4. Plan your evacuation route. W hen zombies are hungry they w ont stop until they get food (i.e., brains), w hich means you need to get out of tow n fast! Plan w here you w ould go and multiple routes you w ould take ahead of time so that the flesh eaters dont have a chance! This is also helpful w hen natural disasters strike and you have to take shelter fast. Never Fear CDC is Ready If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC w ould conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC w ould provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing w ith 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). Its likely that an investigation of this scenario w ould seek to accomplish several Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the Prepared infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. Not only w ould scientists be w orking to identify the cause and cure of the zombie outbreak, but CDC and other federal agencies w ould send medical teams and first responders to help those in affected areas (I w ill be volunteering the young nameless disease detectives for the field w ork). To learn more about w hat CDC does to prepare for and respond to emergencies of all kinds, visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/cdc/orgs_progs.asp To learn more about how you can prepare for and stay safe during an emergency visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/ Join the CDC Zombie Task Force! The CDC Foundation , a non-profit partner of CDC is offering Zombie Task Force t-shirts (click on the picture to find out more). Proceeds go to benefit disaster relief efforts and other important health programs. Get yours before theyre gone Are you prepared? Tell us Have you begun preparing for a zombie apocalypse? Or maybe you have been preparing for a more realistic threat like hurricanes or the next flu season? Tell us about w hat you are doing to prepare! Enter our video contest here: http://prepare.challenge.gov 1235 Comments - Post a Comment
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Comments listed below are posted by individuals not associated w ith CDC, unless otherw ise stated. These comments do not represent the official view s of CDC, and CDC does not guarantee that any information posted by individuals on this blog is correct, and disclaims any liability for any loss or damage resulting from reliance on any such information. Read more about our comment policy . 1. May 16, 2011 at 1:48 pm ET - Donovan Young I might suggest adding a baseball bat, preferably aluminum, to your emergency kit as w ell. It doesnt require ammunition and can be highly effective at clearing a path through hordes of zombies w hilst trying to make good your escape.
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Link to this comment 2. May 16, 2011 at 5:59 pm ET - Deadlines: New s roundup 05/16/2011 | The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse [...] long last, the CDC gets serious about the impending zombie apocalypse. (CDC Public Health Matters [...] Link to this comment 3. May 16, 2011 at 7:07 pm ET - Dont let the zombie apocalypse catch you unprepared : I See Invisible People [...] Have you begun preparing for a zombie apocalypse? Or maybe you have been preparing for a more realistic threat like hurricanes or the next flu season? The CDC can help. [...] Link to this comment 4. May 16, 2011 at 8:27 pm ET - Lisa That is soooooo aw esome!!!! Thanks, CDC. Link to this comment 5. May 16, 2011 at 8:33 pm ET - Alice Dude! So totally aw esome! Link to this comment 6. May 16, 2011 at 8:58 pm ET - Riggit I love this post! My friends and I w ere discussing the zombie apocalypse after w atching Zombieland. The discussion revolved around w hat w ould w e do and how w ould w e do it. It then daw ned on us that w hat w e w ere discussing w ould be extremely practical in real-w orld scenarios as w ell. Thats w hen w e began our journey into the w orld of prepping. I hope your article sparks many more discussions in many more homes across the country! Thanks! Link to this comment 7. May 16, 2011 at 10:18 pm ET - Deadlines: New s roundup 05/16/11 [...] long last, the CDC gets serious about the impending zombie apocalypse. (CDC Public Health Matters [...] Link to this comment 8. May 17, 2011 at 7:55 am ET - USA rustar fr zombieapokalypsen | Beneath a Steel Sky [...] Ls mer hos CDC: Preparedness 101: Zombie apocalypse. [...] Link to this comment 9. May 17, 2011 at 8:24 am ET - Les zombies arrivent ? Pas dinquitude, le CDC soccupe de tout - TuezLesTous.com - Le site de la culture zombie [...] [...] Link to this comment 10. May 17, 2011 at 1:12 pm ET - CDC- Prepare for Zombie Apocalypse! | Zombiethon [...] http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombieapocalypse/ [...] Link to this comment 11. May 17, 2011 at 3:36 pm ET - Zap-tac of Zombie Apocalypse Preparations This is the stuff w e preach on a daily basis. Our goal is to prepare the masses for impending doom, w ith a smile. Being prepared for zombies is exactly that, being prepared. No, this doesnt mean w e arent crazy, but at least w ell have a fighting chance no matter w hat happens. Link to this comment 12. May 17, 2011 at 3:38 pm ET - SayUncle Preparedness and the Zombie Apocalypse [...] From The Centers for Disease Control. No, really. [...]
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Link to this comment 13. May 17, 2011 at 4:12 pm ET - The CDC and Zombies | Eyes Never Closed [...] CDC and Zombies By JP 5.56, on May 17th, 2011 W ell, this is sort of scary: The CDC has a post up about the Zombipocalypse. Some religious group says Rapture happens on May 21st. Does Rapture include zombies? I better go [...] Link to this comment 14. May 17, 2011 at 4:44 pm ET - Nedra W einreich I love that you covered the issue this w ay! You might interested in a group called Zombie Squad that is centered around exactly this idea -using the coming zombie apocalypse to get people interested in general emergency preparedness. I did an interview and profile w ith the group on my blog a w hile ago. Link to this comment 15. May 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm ET - Trevor Using the zombie apocalypse is a fun w ay to get people thinking about the basics of being prepared for an emergency. W hile I have yet to meet a zombie, I have been through a couple of pow er outages. Link to this comment 16. May 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm ET - Bo A zombie apocalypse? Is this for real? My tax dollars funding CDC nonsense? W hats next, Preparedness 102 Mall Ninjas Unite? Give me a break. Link to this comment 17. May 17, 2011 at 5:33 pm ET - Zombie Preparedness Article from the CDC ZombAlert [...] [...] Link to this comment 18. May 17, 2011 at 6:48 pm ET - Cynyr Finally, government spending I can support! Link to this comment 19. May 17, 2011 at 7:10 pm ET - W ilson This is how rear admirals get to spend their time at the CDC? W riting garbage about a zombie apocalypse? QUIT W ASTING MY MONEY! Link to this comment 20. May 17, 2011 at 7:16 pm ET - Drew Only thing Ive got to say is, double tap, baby. Link to this comment 21. May 17, 2011 at 7:29 pm ET - CDC and the Zombie Apocalypse [...] and the Zombie Apocalypse CDC is on the ball on this one Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse They really need to spend some time talking about proper shot placement and caliber choice but [...] Link to this comment 22. May 17, 2011 at 7:45 pm ET - Being prepared | Square Holes [...] about time the CDC finally started taking this threat [...] Link to this comment 23. May 17, 2011 at 8:06 pm ET - DrSpEd As a doctor, I applaud the CDCs recognition of the potential danger a Zombie Apocalypse presents. This is a great first step in the development of a National Emergency Response Plan and I encourage the CDC to continue to develop and refine a comprehensive Zombie Apocalypse Response Plan! Good w ork & Keep up the fight!
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Link to this comment 24. May 17, 2011 at 9:24 pm ET - Tim McCormack One important point that is left out of many survival kit discussions is medicine expiration. A bottle of Ibuprofen indicates *w hen* it expires, but not *how * it expires. If I take expired pills of a given medication, w ill it hurt me or just not be effective? Evacuation packs are not updated frequently, and prescription medications cannot alw ays be hoarded so there needs to be a w ay for people to figure out w hat expired meds are safe to take. Link to this comment 25. May 17, 2011 at 9:34 pm ET - Sunyaku The virus is solanum not selenium. Selenium is an element. Auto-correct fail. Link to this comment 26. May 17, 2011 at 10:43 pm ET - nodnarB How could you forget a firearm from an emergency kit? Link to this comment 27. May 17, 2011 at 11:02 pm ET - Karl Really? I have to be the one to point out that selenium table and solanum is the zombie virus? Link to this comment 28. May 17, 2011 at 11:27 pm ET - Eric Daily Add Cricket bat to list. Change plan to: 1) Go round mums. 2) Grab Liz. 3) Head over to the W inchester. 4) Have a cold pint. 5) W ait for this w hole thing to blow over. How s that for a slice of fried gold? Link to this comment 29. May 17, 2011 at 11:54 pm ET - JC Forgot the guns. Major caliber for preference, but a few thousand rounds through a .22 should stop a f for all your semi-auto clean-up problems!air sized horde. Dont forget spare clips (for bolt action rifles or M1 Garands and Magazines Link to this comment 30. May 18, 2011 at 12:06 am ET - Jennifer this post makes me feel patriotic- like someone up there actually has an ear to the population, even if they are just hearing a joke. much appreciated, CDC! Link to this comment 31. May 18, 2011 at 1:04 am ET - matt Thank you, if it takes Zombies to get the general public aw are of disaster preparedness maybe you (the CDC/FEMA) should use them in public service announcement spots during prime time. Also though im sure that the Men and W omen at the CDC are hard w orking Doctors and researchers and general all around medical gurus im not too sure the cure rate you guys have is so high maybe 2 or 3 in 50 years or so and besides everyone know s the only real cure for a Zombie is a bullet, or something into the brain matter Link to this comment 32. May 18, 2011 at 3:08 am ET - Joshua This makes me so happy inside that the CDC is finally preparing for this! I love this article, Is it alright if w e post something about this on our zombie w ebsite? Zombie Informer Also is it alright if w e can use the badge you guys have? Thanks and keep up the good w ork! Link to this comment is an element in the periodic
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33. May 18, 2011 at 5:44 am ET - [Avian Flu Diary] The CDC And The Zombie Apocalypse | Influenza Virus Mashup [...] Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse [...] Link to this comment 34. May 18, 2011 at 6:10 am ET - Leigh Anne fantastic! granted, zombies may be unlikely, but some viral rabies-like disease that causes similar symptoms is not all that far-fetched. Ive been needing to get an emergency supply closet started. Maybe Ill start adding an item or tw o on my grocery list every w eek. Thank you, CDC for a list to get started w ith. Link to this comment 35. May 18, 2011 at 6:15 am ET - McKenna the largest problem w ith this list is it doesn\t mention anything to defend yourself, i\m sorry to say but before you get your hands on all the \living essentials\ you\ll need to get your hands on W eapons, both ammunition consuming and non, I.E. baseball bats, golf clubs, ect. I w ould strongly recommend both a rifle and a pistol for both long range and close range. Vehicles are also an essential, trucks preferably diesel that lasts the longest and is the least commonly used, and pedal bikes for those involved in your escape plan. One of the other biggest things to remember is you\re on your ow n unless you have a preplanned group of people involved, this could mean a friend, family, and/or both. Another is a refuge a camp in the middle of no w here that a stock pile of ammunition and \living essentials\ w ould be located. Link to this comment 36. May 18, 2011 at 8:35 am ET - Blog Administrator Joshua, yes feel free to use the badge thats w hat its there for! And please, spread the w ord! Thanks for reading. Link to this comment 37. May 18, 2011 at 8:57 am ET - Scott M It really depends on the zombies. If theyre Romero/Brooks, slow , lumbering zombies, a baseball bat w ill w ork just fine. Not so if theyre the Zack Snyder fast zombies. Running zombies change everything. Link to this comment 38. May 18, 2011 at 9:07 am ET - Emergency preparedness and zombies. | Dum Spiro Spero [...] [...] Link to this comment 39. May 18, 2011 at 9:13 am ET - Julie B. This might just actually spur me to make that emergency kid. CDC, you are made of aw esome. Link to this comment 40. May 18, 2011 at 9:17 am ET - Julie B. Guess Ill stick to making an emergency kiT, since Ive already made the emergency kid. Link to this comment 41. May 18, 2011 at 9:57 am ET - Karen aka ReadyMom Yes. W e are a prepping household. W e also send our college students to school prepared w ith a Tw o-w eek Emergency Food Box, A Flu Kit/Medical Kit and a 72 hour Kit is in each vehicle. For High School graduation, w e are now giving a Medical Kit and a Tool bag as gifts. Link to this comment 42. May 18, 2011 at 10:05 am ET - ReadyMom A Card Catalog of resources to help the public get educated about being prepared for emergencies of all types: http://w w w .EmergencyHomePreparation.org Link to this comment
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43. May 18, 2011 at 11:28 am ET - harvey sw eetness.. all those yrs if reading.now if the cdc w ould just have practice drills in my area that w ould make my day. love you cdc people.. Link to this comment 44. May 18, 2011 at 12:06 pm ET - W itchdoctor W as this w ritten on your dime or mine? Link to this comment 45. May 18, 2011 at 12:25 pm ET - Bill M Not to be picky, but any w ay you can begin investigating BEFORE zombies actually are roaming the streets? Might cut dow n on a few problems Link to this comment 46. May 18, 2011 at 1:33 pm ET - Alison This is genius. Probably also appealing to a subset of the population that had never before thought of making an emergency kit. Aw esome. Link to this comment 47. May 18, 2011 at 1:35 pm ET - Ender W iggin human corpse mysteriously reanimated to serve the undead Im not sure I trust someone w ho doesnt do research. this person doesnt know anything about folklore, classic (or Romero), or modern zombies. Only the Return of the Living Dead (John A Russos breed) eat brains. Link to this comment 48. May 18, 2011 at 1:44 pm ET - brhau Seriously, guys. Everyone know s that the refugee camp is the LAST place you w ant to go in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Hasnt experience taught us anything? Link to this comment 49. May 18, 2011 at 4:07 pm ET - Andre Blackman This is hilariously aw esome and very w ell thought out. Have to spread this around! Link to this comment 50. May 18, 2011 at 5:54 pm ET - james Dear CDC, If the popularity of this cute little article is enough to overload your servers, then w hat w ill happen w hen a real emergency occurs and ppl cannot access your w ebsite for information. It looks like you are under prepared yourself. Please fix that as soon as possible. Link to this comment 51. May 18, 2011 at 7:24 pm ET - Beatbox @mckenna You w ould be better off w ith a shotgun rather than a rifle w hen fighting zombies. Link to this comment 52. May 18, 2011 at 7:48 pm ET - crashemt W hile I am a huge zombie fan, and w ell prepared for disaster, I must ask In a time w hen the Federal Government has a $14.3 Trillion debt, and cannot control spending, can you please post exactly how much government employee and/or contractor time w as used to create this entertaining but w asteful page (including planning and approval), and how much it costs us (the taxpayer) in IT Services and support on expensive, secured government equipment to maintain such pages on a annual basis? Its not that I dont think that you did a great jobs, and I thank you for the laughs. I just w ant to know how much these moments cost us. Link to this comment
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53. May 18, 2011 at 7:50 pm ET - KJ And to address the issue of fighting off the living dead: The Zombie Combat Club Link to this comment 54. May 18, 2011 at 9:19 pm ET - Tneve Elbirroh I have bad new s, it is too late. Unfortunately all one has to do is look at Congress and the RNC and see that the Zombie apocalypse has already started. The CDC should have acted sooner to prevent this travesty of nature, my only recourse is a small hut in the valley in the Himalayan range w here I can w ait this out then w ork to repopulate the earth. Link to this comment 55. May 18, 2011 at 10:10 pm ET - Chris Ayers The Zombie Preparedness book is already out! : http://w w w .randomhouse.com/crow n/zombiesurvivalguide/index2.html The Zombie Survival Guide Max Brooks about as in depth as you can get! Link to this comment 56. May 18, 2011 at 11:24 pm ET - BecomingCrunchy Oh CDC, I am impressed. Pure. Genius. Link to this comment 57. May 18, 2011 at 11:56 pm ET - Zombie Training W e at Zombie Training have been training for years. I give the CDC a B+ for effort how ever. But for the real deal check us out, w e w ill educate your brain, not eat it. http://w w w .zombietraining.com Link to this comment 58. May 19, 2011 at 12:52 am ET - CW You forgot to mention the necessary Kevlar body suit. Link to this comment 59. May 19, 2011 at 3:04 am ET - Jashaw a This is a great step tow ards defeating zombies as a potential threat. If every household w ould have these supplies, they could hold out longer. There is a lot of good resources on the internet too about protection from zombies. I dont think any of them carry the same w eight as the CDC though. Zombie Blog Keep up the good w ork CDC, you are aw esome! Link to this comment 60. May 19, 2011 at 3:07 am ET - Fred Does this mean that the Fema camps that are being prepared for us w ill be safe from the Zombies? So all of my supplies that I have been storing for years are w orthless maybe I w ill just buy an AK47 and rig it w ith a pow ersaw just in case. Or hell maybe if I take all the vaccines that merck is trying to inforce and become a zombieyou know w hat they say if you cant beatem join em. Oh, and Dont look behind you right now Link to this comment 61. May 19, 2011 at 3:11 am ET - Fred Does this mean that the Fema camps that are being prepared for us w ill be safe from the Zombies? So does this mean all of my supplies that I have been storing for years are w orthlessmaybe I w ill just buy an AK47 and rig it w ith a pow ersaw just in case. Or hell maybe if I take all the vaccines that merck is trying to inforce I w ill become a zombieyou know w hat they say if you cant beatem join em. Oh, and Dont look behind you right now Link to this comment 62. May 19, 2011 at 3:12 am ET - CDC : Preparedness 101 : Zombie Apocalypse ? [...] on how to prepare for the Zombie apocalypse. The Centers For Disease Control or CDC post Preparedness 101 : Zombie Apocalypse it came out on Monday and has been gaining media traction since. Dave Daigle, a CDC [...] Link to this comment
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63. May 19, 2011 at 3:16 am ET - Zombie If you w ant to learn to survive the undead horde enroll in ZombieSchool.org \s online courses. Link to this comment 64. May 19, 2011 at 3:27 am ET - CDC has a plan for zombie apocalypse [...] Apocalypse Survival Guide, yet left out crucial information for a zombie target demographic. Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse officially has everything w e need to know about preparedness in the event of a zombie virus [...] Link to this comment 65. May 19, 2011 at 3:31 am ET - Mary Hienzsch Is it true the CDC w ill shoot people per protocol w ho are deemed infected if they dont follow directions and get in line? Link to this comment 66. May 19, 2011 at 3:33 am ET - Fishticon84 Bats are good because they dont run out of ammunition but machetes are much cheaper and can remove heads. Link to this comment 67. May 19, 2011 at 3:37 am ET - Annazoe Kudos CDC, w ay to make us pay attention. Im also gonna have to second Beatbox Link to this comment 68. May 19, 2011 at 3:47 am ET - AdvocatusDiaboli W hat about w eapons? Shouldnt I get a chain saw or something? Link to this comment 69. May 19, 2011 at 3:57 am ET - zeptimius @Bo Your tax dollars paid for w hat might have been the most successful campaign for emergency preparedness aw areness in US history, bringing dow n the CDC server. Money w ell spent Id say. Also, Id like to see if you still scoff w hen the zombie hordes are closing in on you. Link to this comment 70. May 19, 2011 at 4:17 am ET - SteveFromIndy The stuffy, over serious, CDC; has a sense of humor? Given the choice, I w ould have believed in a Zombie Apocalypse first! Link to this comment 71. May 19, 2011 at 4:27 am ET - Chad The corpus of w ork on Zombie Apocali is abundantly clear: effective preparation requires extensive w eaponry and large structures that lend themselves to rapid fortification (such as a mall or other large building). Perhaps USAMRIID can offer a companion publication to this guide? (given, of course, their access to tanks) Link to this comment 72. May 19, 2011 at 4:32 am ET - CDC w arns Americans to prepare for zombie apocalypse (really) | W ichita Observer [...] a May 16th blog entry on the CDC.gov w ebsite (http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthma), author Ali S. Khan asks the question, W here do zombies come from and w hy do they love [...] Link to this comment 73. May 19, 2011 at 4:49 am ET - Kris Kringle Seriously though, thanks CDC for having a sense of humor on an otherw ise important subject. Its good to know bureaucrats in DC arent all w alking around like a bunch of w ellzombies. Link to this comment
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74. May 19, 2011 at 5:03 am ET - W TF Of The Day | Black & Right [...] by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse. And w hile its no joke, CDC officials say its all about emergency [...] Link to this comment 75. May 19, 2011 at 5:53 am ET - Enelya Such great advice. I also think the baseball bat is a necessary addition to this kit. I do w onder if the person w ho w rote this is in need of an assistant? I w ould enjoy w orking for such a forw ard thinking and unique individual. Link to this comment 76. May 19, 2011 at 6:00 am ET - Lori Lamb Its nice to see you are finally telling people the truth about your fictional organization. You lie to the public about the dangers of vaccines, about how safe fluoride is in our w ater, you use us a human guinea pigs in your experiments and all the w hile push BIG PHARMA. Ive alw ays thought you w ere a joke, now I know it! If there are zombies it is because you created them. Link to this comment 77. May 19, 2011 at 6:04 am ET - Svlad Cjelli @Bo #16: Yes, w e all know that w riting a blog post about emergency kits takes at least 100 man hours and over 9000 tax dollars and has nothing to do w ith public health matters. Link to this comment 78. May 19, 2011 at 6:16 am ET - ResidentEvil(Fin) Are you serious? Link to this comment 79. May 19, 2011 at 6:24 am ET - Zombie Pro I just bought Juggernog, hope it helps. W ould add it to the kit. Link to this comment 80. May 19, 2011 at 6:38 am ET - arlaw The only thing more disturbing than the CDC posting this nonsense is the number of people w ho seem glad that they did. Now I know how Bush w as elected to tw o terms. Link to this comment 81. May 19, 2011 at 6:42 am ET - Over the River Now this is Government transparency w e can believe in. W hile the CDC could safely lock themselves in the basement of the CDC, they choose rather to education the American people to prepare themselves for the Zombie Apocalypse. It is forw ard thinking people like the CDC (and of course Louisville Slugger) w ho w ill ensure the continuation of the human race. My hat is off to you CDC. Job w ell done! Link to this comment 82. May 19, 2011 at 7:02 am ET - DeathSled Check out zombiehunters.com home of Zombie Squad the w orlds premier nonstationary cadaver suppression task force. Our overall goal has been to raise aw areness of not only zombie related threats but also emergency preparedness. W e urge every one to be prepared for any emergency and to alw ays have a plan. I personally have a room stocked and ready for the zombie apocalypse. I keep everything from w ater and non-perishable foods (mre\s really aren\t bad if you get used to them) to various melee and ranged projectile w eapons. W hether or not you believe in zombies and the threat they pose this article stresses the importance or emergency preparedness w hich everyone should take very seriously. Link to this comment 83. May 19, 2011 at 7:10 am ET - BagPipes CDC You just made government cool again. Applause for having the courage to actually do something creative to draw interest to an important subject, disaster preparedness. W ell Done! My favorite Zombie survival tip from Max Brooks First
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ascend the staircase, then destroy it. Link to this comment 84. May 19, 2011 at 7:44 am ET - TZH I w ould like to thank the CDC, especially Rear Admiral Khan for this message. Preparedness is a serious matter, and so are zombies. W hat matters is that more people w ill be thinking about protecting their families in a pro-active manner. stay vigilant! Link to this comment 85. May 19, 2011 at 7:55 am ET - pollytickle1 Everytime you read the phrase Zombie Apocalypse you should insert the w ords the CDC refuses to say: Radiation Apocalypse. Link to this comment 86. May 19, 2011 at 8:07 am ET - JokesOnYou Add the CDC to the list of ridiculous government/control organizations that must be ignored. Link to this comment 87. May 19, 2011 at 8:08 am ET - Brandon Adams As a 17 year old boy, this article really appeals to me. Not only w ere ya able to get your message out for GENERAL preparedness, you w ere able to appeal to a generation about zombie preparedness. You guys did a great job. Keep up the good w ork. Btw , w e all know w hat \isolation and quarantine\ mean. Everyone in major cities, evacuate immediately! haha Link to this comment 88. May 19, 2011 at 8:38 am ET - SolarPow ered This. Is. EPIC! W IN!!! Link to this comment 89. May 19, 2011 at 8:40 am ET - Mike I never understand w hy in all of these disaster preps no one in the government ever recommends including a basic firearm. Katrina w itht he loot gangs and rogue police officers is a prime example. Link to this comment 90. May 19, 2011 at 8:45 am ET - Sheepdog Justice In all seriousness, if people have the means to prepare for an uncertain future, and they dont do it, then they are going to be kicking themselves. It is a psychological term called Normalcy Bias that these people suffer from. Faced w ith all the evidence, people w ould rather keep w atching American Idol and Entertainment Tonight, then face the fact that natural disasters can and do happen. I dont w orry about things, because I prepare. Link to this comment 91. May 19, 2011 at 9:09 am ET - discretevisitor I cant believe it. They failed to mention firearms and amunition. Thats the basics w hen you leave any location for new surroundings. Link to this comment 92. May 19, 2011 at 10:31 am ET - Illume Eltanin (Pam W agner) W hile this is all good basic information, the University of Florida officially posted their preparedness exercise a couple of years ago. It has since been removed from the official site, but it is still available in pdf form from one of their departments: ZOMBIE ATTACK: Disaster Preparedness Simulation Exercise #5 (DR5) Link to this comment 93. May 19, 2011 at 10:35 am ET - Joe in Kalispell, MT
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W hat a great w ay to reach more people about emergency preparedness! Seriously, you do need some sort of survival knife/saw /hatchet. A utility knife is just too w eak. Our 72 hour kits includes a small hatchet, saw and a knife. Link to this comment 94. May 19, 2011 at 11:15 am ET - Blog Administrator James, thanks for reading! W e have definitely been battling w ith server issues, but w e do w ant to point out that the blogs are on a different server than our main CDC pages so in the event of a real emergency w e w ouldnt be dealing w ith a system overload. W hile w e sort out current issues w eve loaded the blog onto a temporary page, pass this URL along: http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp Thanks for the comment. Link to this comment 95. May 19, 2011 at 11:44 am ET - Frag316 Sorry, that kit is an epic fail. Theres nothing in it to deal w ith zombies w ho attack you. Nor is there anything in it to seal the house. Theyve also encouraged people to gather outside of their home in the event of a zombie apocalypse. This is a Bad Idea . If there are zombies in your house, there are zombies outside. You have few er options for a good zombie defense outside of a structure. They also dont identify good spots to use as rally points or evacuation centers. Or even good spots to hole up for a few days to get your stuff together. Youre also going to w ant a get out of dodge (GOOD) bag, as w ell as a GOOD plan (identify a rally point for those w ho are part of your zombie survival group) and supplies to keep your vehicle running so you can get out of dodge. The Zombie Survival Guide isnt bad, but theres some bad strategy in it, and it does nothing to address the breakdow n of societal order during the zombie apocalypse. Link to this comment 96. May 19, 2011 at 11:57 am ET - Dantelle Val My husband alw ays told me I w asnt ready for a zombie apocalypse. Now I w ill be able to get ready. lol. Thanks. W ay to make emergency preparedness an interesting topic. Link to this comment 97. May 19, 2011 at 12:17 pm ET - Shelabella I think this is an excellent campaign for the CDC to breathe life back into disaster preparedness. I love the zombie theme & think its timely, unique, and has plenty of shock factor to make it memorable and highly effective. The levity behind this is something that w ill interest my teenage boyssomething that is so hard to do in this day and age(unless your a pixel, perhaps). Anyw ay, I really like this campaign, because it presents a disaster in a manner that I can actually entice my family into discussion; and it w ill provide some assistance for any potential disaster as w ell. Aw esome job! Link to this comment 98. May 19, 2011 at 12:18 pm ET - Shelabella I think this is an excellent campaign for the CDC to breathe life back into disaster preparedness. I love the zombie theme & think its timely, unique, and has plenty of shock factor to make it memorable and highly effective. The levity behind this is something that w ill interest my teenage boyssomething that is so hard to do in this day and age(unless your a pixel, perhaps). Anyw ay, I really like this campaign, because it presents a disaster in a manner that I can actually entice my family into discussion; and it w ill provide some assistance for any potential disaster as w ell. Aw esome job! Link to this comment 99. May 19, 2011 at 12:43 pm ET - Burpy Turtle W orthless w ithout a recommendation for a means of self defense. Does the CDC think that those mindless zombies w ith a taste for living brains are going to leave everybody alone just because they are carrying a bag w ith a gallon of w ater and a couple of sandw iches in it? Are zombies going to meekly scratch at the door and w ait for somebody to come out to check the mailbox? And are the cops really going to respond w ithin a reasonable amount of time w hen the zombies are chew ing on your children? Link to this comment
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100. May 19, 2011 at 1:15 pm ET - Brian W hat a w aste of our tax dollars. Its a shame that the childishness of the Obama administration has even infiltrated the CDC. Link to this comment 101. May 19, 2011 at 3:06 pm ET - Solego I notice quite a few people posting about the usefulness of a baseball bat in the event of a zombie apocalypse. If you read the Zombie Survival Guide, it explains w ith gruesome detail exactly w hat happens to the guy w ith the baseball bat. It w asnt pretty and now theres a zombie w ith a baseball bat. In all seriousness, though, I think the biggest reason that w eapons w erent addressed in this particular post w as largely because its designed to be an all encompassing emergency plan, not JUST for zombies. Youre not going to need a shotgun in a hurricane. You specifically. Yea, you, I see you reading this post. You definitely dont need a shotgun. Ever. But yea, general purpose emergency plan. And its a joke. Just go w ith it. Solego, Zombie Outbreak Response Team (ZORT) Member #42. Helena, MT. Link to this comment 102. May 20, 2011 at 11:49 am ET - alex so this is saying that there could posibly be a zombie apocalypse Link to this comment 103. May 20, 2011 at 6:06 pm ET - Ryan Tarpley To those posting that this is a w aste of tax dollars I can only say that you yourself are a w aste of tax dollars w ith your incredible idiocy. Articles like this draw attention from a generation that w ould normally not consider emergency preparedness. W hile I personally am a member of such a generation, the state I live in (Florida) makes it abundantly clear that emergency preparedness is not something that should be taken lightly. W hile this article is somew hat light-hearted, it draw s proper attention by a demographic that w ould not normally think of such preparedness techniques. I certainly hope those making statements like this are purely trolls sent over by Fox New s as otherw ise, you are imbeciles. An article on preparedness w ithout the w ord zombie w ould not attract the public eye as much as one that w ould. I, for one, have never even been to the CDC w ebsite before today and this exact article lead me here, further proving my point and allow ing me to respond to your unw anted criticisms. And to those saying w eapons over essentials, it does not matter if you have a gun to fire or bat to sw ing if you dont have the strength to lift them due to muscle fatigue from dehydration or starvation. In a zombie-like scenario, bunkering is the best strategy for the common person to survive given an adequate stash of supplies. Obviously, the standard, non-couponing household w ill have a limited supply of up to a month (not considering fresh w ater) but a much longer supply is needed to allow for basic zombie degradation (depending on region and population density). W eapons are more likely needed against pillaging neighbors than from unw anted advances by the undead. Normally a strong offense is the best defense but in a case of being extremely outnumbered, this is definitely not the best motto. Link to this comment 104. May 23, 2011 at 8:04 pm ET - Felicia Salais I thought this to be a culturally relevant and FUN w ay to express the importance of emergency preparedness. Obviously, zombies are not real (yet) but the effect of disaster on infrastructure is very real. A good w ay to get an idea of how life might be in the event of a w idespread disaster is to look at how survivors in zombie horror movies w ell.. survive. Their first concern is often a safe haven shelter. Then going up Maslow s Hierarchy, they w ould likely seek food and w ater, health, and eventually reconnection w ith civilzation. This is not much different if at all than those displaced by natural disaster or affected by w idespread disease. For those of you w orried about government spending, this blog w as going to be w ritten regardless of w hether or not Dr. Khan chose to use zombie apocalypse as an analogy for natural disaster/pandemic. The fact that you think this blog costs extra demonstrates that you have probably not been to the blog before, w hich has been in existence for quite some time now . CDC asked Dr. Khan to make the topic of this blog about emergency preparedness and he did just that. Fortunately for YOU, he decided to make it FUN and not boring. A blog that normally gets 3,000 hits over a period of w eeks as received 50,000 hits in a matter of days. Lets quit making this a matter of politics and make it a matter of public health aw areness and emergency preparedness, w hich is exactly w hat it is. Link to this comment 105. May 25, 2011 at 11:48 pm ET - w oofus Does the CDC normally w ork alongside religious professionals such as priests, ministers, and rabbis? It might be useful, in case of a zombie apocalypse, to determine w hether some form of holy w ater or exorcism might have any effect, or w hether thats just vampires.
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Link to this comment 106. May 26, 2011 at 12:26 am ET - David E Ali, the real question is how does a resiliency framew ork hold up in the zombie attack? In this post self-sufficiency remains an important component of the resilience framew ork, but how does the rest of the resilience framew ork hold up in a zombie apocalypse. Link to this comment 107. May 26, 2011 at 1:11 am ET - sickly fellow everyone should get the zombie survival guild. 2 key things, 1. if you run up stairs destroy the stairs, and 2. sw ords dont jam or run out of bullets. Link to this comment 108. May 26, 2011 at 2:09 am ET - jeff olskey FIRST, THIS IS A W ASTE OF MONEY, IT CANT BE JUSTIFIED!!!!!!!! SECOND, IM AN RN AND HAVE USED THE CDCS SITE NUMEROUS TIMES HOW CAN MY PTS W ITH AN ALTERED MENTAL STATUS OR LOW IQ USE YOR SITE FOR BASIC INFO.. THIRD, I SERIOUSLY QUESTION SOMEONES INTEGRITY AT THE CDC """you are not a govt agency FOR COMIC RELIEF FINALLY, I GAVE MY EMAIL SOMEONE PLEASE ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THIS W ASTE OF MONEY,GOVERNMENT RESOURCES, AND MY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 109. May 26, 2011 at 8:27 am ET - Bob Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha Link to this comment 110. May 26, 2011 at 9:40 am ET - RoboCoppage I agree w ith the CDC that being prepared for an emergancy is top priorty, but w hat i dont think anyone relizes is how real this could be. so many zombie movies and books, its only a matter of time till somebody creates such a virus that w ill make the zombie apocalyose more than just a hollyw ood blockbuster idea. W e all must be prepared for natural disaters but i believe the undead w alking the earth w ill be a glorious day for us zombie hunters. Link to this comment 111. May 26, 2011 at 11:45 am ET - Jeff How do I find out about my Local Zombie Responce team? If I dont have one how do I start one? Link to this comment 112. May 26, 2011 at 2:35 pm ET - Gnarlyfoot W ell done CDC. Dont w orry about the critics complaining about tax money and such Theyre already zombies. If I may suggest: 1. Dont go out at night. 2. Try to avoid crow ded areas. 3. Try not to draw attention. Hooray for the MIW (men in w hite)! Thanks again CDC. Link to this comment 113. May 26, 2011 at 2:38 pm ET - CDCs Zombie Attack Plan The Daily Repost [...] learn more about the CDCs emergency plan visit: http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombieapocalypse/ Geekery, Misc, [...] Link to this comment 114. May 26, 2011 at 3:08 pm ET - HealthExecNew s.com Blog Archive CDC releases guide to prepare for the zombie apocalypse [...] the guide also contains useful info on how to prepare for other emergencies, such as hurricanes, floods, pandemics and other more [...] Link to this comment 115. May 26, 2011 at 3:35 pm ET - Adam jones
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W ell friends I am sad to say that there is noone to talk about w ith this subject Its depressing w hen the ones closest to you say that you look like a fool for something such as this to happen W ell all I can say is that I w ill be ready if and w hen this does happen Link to this comment 116. May 26, 2011 at 4:03 pm ET - cheapskate w ith my taxes Kudos CDC! A large part of your function is advertising and education to increase the public aw areness. This particular advertising scheme w as pure genius. You cant buy the kind of buzz generated across the Net and media by this innovative approach. THANK YOU for leveraging my tax dollars. (Also for helping me plan to survive the zombies) Link to this comment 117. May 26, 2011 at 4:05 pm ET - Miguel Hahahahahaha this is real? Omg! Link to this comment 118. May 26, 2011 at 7:11 pm ET - maya mcfunnypants Dont forget to add salt to your emergency zombie kit. Helps fend off the zombies, and makes your food tasty! Link to this comment 119. May 26, 2011 at 7:27 pm ET - miyshael this is not cool stop being stupid and get prepared of this and also buy a bat just in case. Link to this comment 120. May 26, 2011 at 7:27 pm ET - Juan Torres Gomez none Link to this comment 121. May 26, 2011 at 8:53 pm ET - Zombie Slayer I have a ditch bag, w ith the fix all for just about every possible scenario I could think of. I have divvied it betw een my primary bag, and a secondary scout bag, w hich is light w eight. I have means of protection for my companions and I, too. I w ould hate to see it happen, but I w ould survive; guaranteed. Link to this comment 122. May 26, 2011 at 10:53 pm ET - Marissa W hat a great idea! W ould have never looked up an article about emergancy preparation had it not been approached this w ay. Love it and glad to know how to get prepared! Thank you! Link to this comment 123. May 26, 2011 at 11:12 pm ET - Sw eet Lou lol. So many kids today really get hyped up for teh zombie appocalypse Yeah ill admit that running around killing zombies w ithout having to w orry about going to prison sounds alright to me to at first anyw ay. But w hat happens w hen you run out of, say, toilet paper or tooth paste and theres no one to make more. Think of all the little things, you enjoy and take for granted. Now w ould you really enjoy it w hen youve gotten sick of the reality of zombies The w orld w ould literally stink like rotting flesh. Another thing is that zombies w ouldnt be the only thing you have to look out for. There w ould be roving bands of living thinking humans w hom, w ithout the threat of law , w ould be more than happy to rape and kill you just to take w hat you have, and to enjoy w hatever sick tw isted fantasy they cook up on the spot. Suddenly A Zombie Appocalypse doesnt sound so Aw some. Link to this comment 124. May 27, 2011 at 12:22 am ET - lovingit kudos to the cdc!! I think it w as a W ONDERFUL idea by you doing this! Its just like everything else out there, you have to be unique and CREATIVE to get your POINT accross!! AND YOU W ANT IT TO GET ACCROSS TO ALL AGE GROUPS!! And apparently
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Link to this comment 125. May 27, 2011 at 5:57 am ET - Charlie Boucher W hat is this? have you lost your mind? zombies? this on a cdc site. your fucking crazy. Link to this comment 126. May 27, 2011 at 6:23 am ET - Jason LMFAO Link to this comment 127. May 27, 2011 at 7:59 am ET - Concerned I love the idea of linking preparedness w ith current pop culture and getting the message out through social media. I think that most folks w ill take the humor in it to prepare their ow n family plan. How ever, I am really disturbed by the photo used on the opening tag to me, the photo depicts a an ultra paranoid person w ho some may construe as over-thinking and having delusional thoughts about preparedness. This photo may also lead view ers to leap to the conclusion that folks w ith phobias and delusions are the ones w ho may take preparedness seriously. I w as also disturbed by the photo show ing the dirty fingernails, w hich again led me to think that the person in the image w asnt grounded in reality, or taking care of themselves. I dont believe this is the type of image CDC should be promoting w hen w e promote healthy people through preparedness and prevention. I am also concerned that there may be some negative feedback from the religious community w ho may give the Agency negative feedback by the linking of Zombies to preparedness. Many religions associtate Zombies to Satanic w orship, and this linkage may relfect somew hat badly on the Agency. I hope it doesnt in the long run, because I can see the fun in it for the younger generation w ho loves this type of pop culture association. Please consider changing the main photo on the tag to something that folks w ouldnt associate w ith paranoid or delusional thoughts or self-neglect. Thanks. Link to this comment 128. May 27, 2011 at 9:59 am ET - Matt The first thing you need is a suit of armor so if you had to you could fist fight your w ay out Link to this comment 129. May 27, 2011 at 10:20 am ET - Christine But you forgot to mention for preparation for a real zombie apocalypse, w e have to be armed to the teeth! But its probably not very responsible of the CDC to encourage w eaponizing the United States citizens Link to this comment 130. May 27, 2011 at 10:47 am ET - Frank Rabey One essential omission from the CDCs w riteup: There are few better protections in the event of a zed infestation than an original Real Deal Brazil recycled-tarp, the same incomparable headw ear seen atop zombie-killer-king W oody Harrelsons ow n noggin throughout the 2009 hit film Zombieland. The hats heavy tarp is tough to bite through, especially for lumbering members of the mindless, brains-crazed undead. So make sure your ow n emergency kit isnt sorely lacking in this most-fundamental of protections because once the zombies rise up from their new ly gaping graves, online mail-order may be a bit limited. Act now , w hile youre still alive enough to manage it Link to this comment 131. May 27, 2011 at 10:54 am ET - purplejim8 ok, a few things i w anna clarify: 1. Sanitation and Hygiene W hy bother? Youll be running all lover the place trying to escape, w hy care about how clean your teeth or hair is? (sure the tow els w ill come in handy if you get zombie brains splattered all over you after bashing them w ith a baseball bat) 2. Clothing and Bedding W hy w ould you need clothing? just w ear the stuff on your back, if you need clothing, just break into an abandoned clothing store and grab some more duds. 3. Important Documents Dont bother w ith all this stuff, its a zombie apocalypse, the first thing youll be thinking is getting out of there alive, just take w hatever you got in your w allet and book it. (Drivers license, ID Badge, credit card, etc.) also, you left out one thing: w ell, there you go, a correct list of w hat to take w ith you and how to defend yourself
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in a Zombie apocalypse. Hope this helps you all. Link to this comment 132. May 27, 2011 at 11:09 am ET - zach Now i think that the CDC has gone crazy. If someone is dead that means their body organs stop functioning and the brain controls everything you do and the heart provides the blood for the brain to function correctly and if if the heart stops then the brain stops and can not be made functional again because no blood means that your body cant do anything. Zombies are pure fiction, the dead cant rise and chase us because the bodies have probably decayed and w hen you die you DIE and nothing can bring you back. Now that is fact and zombies are fiction.Its common sense. Link to this comment 133. May 27, 2011 at 12:22 pm ET - raboof This campaign w asnt just an amusing w ay to advertise disaster preparedness. It w as a test of the CDC servers, w hich could w ell have failed if this had been a real emergency. I w ould hope that CDC has learned something from this and taken steps to support sudden and massive traffic spikes. Link to this comment 134. May 27, 2011 at 1:12 pm ET - Summer!!! - ScienceClass411.com [...] did it! W e survived another year! Thank you students for making it a great [...] Link to this comment 135. May 27, 2011 at 1:31 pm ET - Blog Administrator Thanks for reading our blog and posting a comment. W e did learn a lot about our blog servers during this campaign, how ever w e w ould like to note that: Blogs.cdc.gov, w hich is CDCs blog server, is located on a server outside of our primary W ebsite. CDCs primary W eb servers that house CDCs health information, outbreak information and emergency information are protected by a caching service that allow s our servers to handle dramatic increases in traffic. CDC is prepared to handle large volumes of W eb traffic that may result in public health emergency. Rest assured that during a real emergency CDC.gov w ould be ready. Thanks again! Link to this comment 136. May 27, 2011 at 5:42 pm ET - 2012 ends Great Information! The CDC is on the right track w ith this campaign It brought a lot of aw areness to an important subject W hoever thought it up should get a raise!!! Link to this comment 137. May 27, 2011 at 10:40 pm ET - Rick The existence of the tact taken in w riting this blog proves one thing: The zombie apocolypse is already here, and the brain-dead have already been re-animated at the CDC. Link to this comment 138. May 27, 2011 at 10:51 pm ET - Molly Just have to say, the basic preparation that the CDC is giving us, is more than adequate in any fall dow n of the earth. You need your basic materials just to survive and if say a tsunami hit us, w e w ould be prepared w ith the necessary supplies to survive. The CDC is only telling us w hat w e should already know and have set up for w hen the w orld is taken over by zombies or by each other. Link to this comment 139. May 27, 2011 at 11:33 pm ET - kundu w ait is this real or a joke Link to this comment 140. May 28, 2011 at 1:12 am ET - sexdoll W ow I know this w ill be so exiting so I cant w ait this to happen. Link to this comment
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141. May 28, 2011 at 12:46 am ET - Deathy5000 I have been prepared for a zombie outbreak ever since I first w atched Shaw n of the Dead. I cant tell you all of the details (confidentiality stuff) but I could share a few tips that could potentially save your life. Tip 1: As w e have learned from zombies in movies, games, and books. Zombies are attracted tow ards sound (gunshots, explosions, car alarms, etc) so my first tip is: STAY QUIET. Tip 2: Large groups w ill slow you dow n and w ill raise the chances that the disease w ill infiltrate your group and w ithin days the w hole gang w ill be undead. On the other hand w andering around by yourself in post apocalyptia w ill leave you vulnerable and lonely, w hich can be death sentences around the living dead. So tip #2? STAY IN A SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED GROUP. 4-8 people is the ideal number for survival in a Zombie scenario. But your group cant just be the first 8 people that you see, make your group before the outbreak strikes. Make sure that each individual has something to bring to the table, w hether its electronic know how , or is a dead aim. And most importantly, make sure that you get along w ell w ith each person in the group so that there is no fighting w ithin the group. Teamw ork is ESSENTIAL in a zombie outbreak. Tip 3: This is a tip that is often overlooked in zombie games/movies. HYGIENE. Keeping yourself clean w ill help fight off things like flu, the common cold, pink eye, pretty much anything that you could sick from before the zombiepocolypse you can get sick from after the zombiepocolypse. So make sure to brush your teeth, clean your clothes, and w ash behind your ears! Tip 4: You never know how long it w ill be during the zombie outbreak before you can restock supplies such as w ater, food, ammo, or medicine. So Tip 4 is STOCK UP SUPPLIES. You may need to stock up supplies for as long as 1-6 months. Running out of food, medicine, ammo, etc w ill cripple any chances you have at long term survival in a zombie apocalypse. Tip 5: W hats the w orst thing that can happen to you during a zombie outbreak? W ell other than the obvious (infection) the answ er is: depression. Depression w ill low er your immune system, cause stress, and cause you to be tired constantly. So Tip 5 is KEEP UP YOUR SPIRITS. I know that it w ould be hard to not be depressed w hen your friends and family have been turned into flesh eating zombies, but you need to try your hardest to keep up a light attitude. Those are my tips. I have more but Im starting to get tired of typing. So I hope this helps for w hen the Zombpocolypse hits. Link to this comment 142. May 28, 2011 at 3:48 am ET - big daddy beaviss I have been preparing for this day for a long time im glad others are taking it seriously lest our entire civilization be w iped out w hen they rise. My biggest concern is fresh w ater, w here to find it how to keep it drinkable and how long w ill the w ater supply be dow n if w e DO avoid armageddon at the hands of the zombie hordes. Link to this comment 143. May 28, 2011 at 8:01 am ET - IE Ries I heard about this article via an NPR All Things Considered piece and just *had* to come and look. W hat a creatively comical w ay to address a number of issues bravo! A little levity does go a long w ay, and using popular culture to facilitate thinking about preparedness w as innovative. Thanks for the article as a Florida resident, Ill be sure to pack an extra bottle of w ater in case w aves of zombies follow hurricanes and flooding! P.S. To those complaining is this for real and w asting tax dollars, PLEASE do us ALL a favour next time and read the article BEFORE you post your comment. Its very evident from your uninformed post that you did NOT even read CDCs article, w hich is REALLY about disaster preparedness, PERIOD. Spoil sports! Link to this comment 144. May 28, 2011 at 9:50 am ET - Allison I have had a zombie invasion readiness kit in my vehicle for aw hile now . Im glad this article w as posted as maybe more people w ill keep emergency supplies at handif not for a zombie apocalypse, then for more frequently occurring everyday disasters. Being stranded w ithout supplies sucks, zombies or not!!! Link to this comment 145. May 28, 2011 at 11:10 am ET - Lenricco Can I have the the movie rights please. Link to this comment 146. May 28, 2011 at 12:40 pm ET - concerned citizen1911
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glad the government is finally admitting that they created zombies and are using them for secret drug testing. although it alarms me that they released this information as it means that zombie shave escaped the secret island on w hich they w ere held Link to this comment 147. May 28, 2011 at 5:21 pm ET - PHOTOS: Light Rail Provides Gatew ay To SeaTac For Zombie Uprising : SeaTac Blog [...] Fortunately the zombie horde proved to be friendly and w ell organized this time. You can stand dow n and put aw ay your CDC-approved zombie response plan. [...] Link to this comment 148. May 28, 2011 at 5:22 pm ET - Alex Yup, too bad this is impossible, and it w ould end too quickly for anyone to even care, considering how theres nothing to control a dead body, maybe a type of rabies that makes people go insane? But not zombies, heres my explanation. Link to this comment 149. May 28, 2011 at 6:45 pm ET - Lisa Santoro I think its ridiculous that youve posted this! You have made your agency a joke. How could anyone take this seriously? I think Im more than prepared after w atching countless zombie movies. Maybe you should keep your focus on real life disasters and refrain from commenting on science fiction! Link to this comment 150. May 28, 2011 at 6:58 pm ET - crazymommy2471 U HAVE TO BE FREAKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!! W HAT IS THIS CRAP?! THE CDC DIDNT HAVE ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT. I DONT BELIEVE IT AND I NEVER W ILL! Link to this comment 151. May 29, 2011 at 2:31 pm ET - Jason The best zombie apocalypse survival guide show is the W alking Dead, and in the seasons last episode, w e saw how valiantly the CDC kept up the efforts. Good job, guys. Link to this comment 152. May 29, 2011 at 5:19 pm ET - CDC Preparedness Alert : Survive the Apocalypse [...] public. Nonetheless this is a great article and save from the CDC. You can read the article here CDC Blog Categories: [...] Link to this comment 153. May 29, 2011 at 9:18 pm ET - Herman Garcia Thank you CDC, the person in charge of this add w as thinking outside the box. It seem as if most government agencies try to avoid this type of thinking. I know your sight must have had a lot of hits, and more people are now thinking of being prepared for some type of disaster. Even if it is not a Zombie attack they might be more perpared for an earthquake or any other type of disaster. Thanks again, Herman Garcia, Captain,U.S.Forest Service Link to this comment 154. May 29, 2011 at 9:50 pm ET - Cristina W ow ! Its true w e should be ready for any natural disastersBut the Scary part is the zombiesCan it really happen? I think it w ouldnt happen if w ell humans took care of Earth more often and there w as less polution and nucleor w eapons out thereLess of the things that shouldnt be here like cars and stuff that arent healthy for the planet w e practically poison our ow n planet every yearPeople Recycle and start living a Healthy Life StyleBefore its too lateI dont w ant to be Zombie food Link to this comment 155. May 30, 2011 at 1:30 am ET - batmen in addition to zombie preparedness, w e must also prepare for suburban ninja armies and the batmenoh for goodness sake, w hy did there have to be batman platoons? Link to this comment 156. May 30, 2011 at 6:55 am ET - Lung Cancer Symptoms I am surely not too accustomed to this subject matter but I do prefer to check out
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I am surely not too accustomed to this subject matter but I do prefer to check out blogs for layout tips and intriguing topics. You honestly described a matter that I in most cases really do not care a great deal about and manufactured it highly fascinating. This is a nice blog that Ill be aw are of. I currently bookmarked it for future reference. Link to this comment 157. May 30, 2011 at 7:24 am ET - Alison It really angers me to see people complaining about there money being a w aste as it goes to places such as the CDC. Can you not read betw een the lines?! This article isnt solely for the preparedness of zombies, but this can help us in any emergency. DUH. Most people arent prepared w hen a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or even pow er outage hits. This list aids in the survival of any of those things, does it not? Its basically a friendly reminder of the w ays you can prepare yourself for ANYTHING. Stop being w hiney. And by the w ay, its up to you to procure a firearm in case of a zombie apacolypse but keep it out of your childrens hands Link to this comment 158. May 30, 2011 at 2:02 pm ET - b w ooden bats r better less w are dow n over a period of time aluminum w ill dent and w are dow n Link to this comment 159. May 30, 2011 at 3:15 pm ET - cyberjeep Let me be the first to say: Bravo! I totally agree; until I saw the w ord Zombie, I w as not interested in how to prepare for an emergency. Although w e do have plans in place (I say this loosely) w e w ould have to scramble around looking for all of our stuff! So once again, I w ill thank you for having me look at this in a totally different w ay! And be better prepared Link to this comment 160. May 30, 2011 at 6:48 pm ET - Unknow n Obviously you guys are missing the point. its not about a zombie attack. i mean in my opinion that w ould be pretty fun, but its about preparing for natural disasters as they mention like every other sentence. So as someone said before its a w ay to attract peoples attention and aw areness of w hat to do if a natural disaster happens. The most common ones that CDC mentioned w ere hurricanes and tornadoes. And about w asting money i dont really know w hat your talking about any person w ith any common sense could w rite this, all it takes is a little of time. so dont w orry your tax dollars are safe. But if some disease ever came to infect people on earth creating any sort of zombie like apocalypse, i w ould recommend reading The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. It provides some really helpful information w hich can also be used for natural disasters. One thing that they forgot to mention w as a portable generator or portable propane gas oven, this is very helpful for cooking canned food or disinfecting w ater w hen your on the move. One more thing STAY AW AY FROM PITTSBURGH! for some reason people w ould all come to pittsburgh just because george romero lives there Link to this comment 161. May 31, 2011 at 1:02 am ET - Zombie Apocalypse addressed by CDC [...] intentions obvious w ith constant references to other types of disaster situations. Read the article right here. Category: Uncategorized | | No Comments The end is near in a couple [...] Link to this comment 162. May 31, 2011 at 7:03 am ET - Ted The Zombies have asked that w e all refrain from using the Z w ord. It has very negative connotations and feel it hurts there cause. Link to this comment 163. May 31, 2011 at 11:48 am ET - Bew are the Dead - 2SecondsFaster.com [...] month, the CDC let us know how to deal w ith a Zombie attack. They claimed it w as just a fun w ay to grab peoples attention. I believed them. [...] Link to this comment 164. May 31, 2011 at 1:18 pm ET - Andrew S
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I think this is aw esome, using humor to actually teach something. If it can w ork in the class room w hy cant it w ork for a government agency. to all you critics limber up and grow a sence of humor Thanks CDC Link to this comment 165. May 31, 2011 at 2:44 pm ET - Keime Is there any scientific or factual evidence that could possibly explain how a zombie apocalypse or w hy a zombie apocalypse might occur. This w hole article w ill just send people panicking over something they shouldnt be w orrying about, but rather w orry about something much more real and possible such as a tornado, earthquake, or any other kind of probable natural disaster. I dont believe in the typical Hollyw ood zombie, and until given factual and solid scientific evidence explaining how and w hy this w ould occur, I refuse to acknow ledge this as a valid w arning, but rather a frivolous blog post that w ill only stoke the fire of zombie fanatics and believers. W hile I respect their opinions, as they are entitled believe w hatever they may w ant to, scientifically based or not, it is a bit annoying w hen the CDC posts something that lacks proper support on a logical and scientific field. Link to this comment 166. May 31, 2011 at 3:43 pm ET - Jason Most zombies dont eat brains they eat the liveing flesh not brains Link to this comment 167. May 31, 2011 at 3:48 pm ET - Christina S I sayuseful information Link to this comment 168. May 31, 2011 at 4:01 pm ET - CHAVA-ZOMBIE-KILLA Zombies dont just eat brains a true master of zombie know it all w ould know that. I cant believe there are still folks out there that believe that just because they are zombies they automatically just go for the brain, because really they go for w hatever they can sink their teeth into. W hats next your also going to say that they also go around screaming BRAINS, BRAINS! W hy dont you go and get up to date on your zombie info because god know s you reallly need it. Link to this comment 169. May 31, 2011 at 4:50 pm ET - Army Doc I think w e should refrain from bashing the folks w ho ask things like Is this for real? or How many of MY tax dollars w ere w asted? Clearly these unfortunate individuals are lacking a functioning sense of humor (w hether they w ere born that w ay, or w hether the deficiency w as acquired through some tragic accident). Can you imagine going through life w ithout the ability to discern and enjoy all things funny? W hat small, sad lives they must lead! I feel sorry for them. They deserve our pity. Link to this comment 170. May 31, 2011 at 5:27 pm ET - Deborah Scott I loudly applaud your approach! I have been screaming/teaching out of the box thinking to improve the culture w ith infection prevention to give the information that is needed to those w ho normally avoid the subject and the people w ho are associated w ith it. It w orks! My hat off to you! Link to this comment 171. May 31, 2011 at 7:34 pm ET - CANNON Is the CDC stupid!? Telling people to w orry about having their papers ready to present to the government, but leaving the most important thing out of post-disaster survival? W hich w ould be having a means to defend yourself from looters, government soldiers (post martial law , as in hurricane katrina) trying to force you to concentrated locations to be under their control, and of course zombies. If there is any such disaster similar to the one described above, my first thing in the list of my survival kit is my AK . The survival kit above looks like something some girl-scout or gay feminist w ould have, not a true survivalist. Guns are good in all disasters not only for defense from looters and other enemies, but good for hunting and putting food on the table. I think the reason they left out guns, is because it is typical of the U.S. government to be anti-American and against our rights, they dont like the idea of us being armed. Link to this comment 172. May 31, 2011 at 9:19 pm ET - Nathan thanks CDC!
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hey, is this serious?? Im not north america Im in Brazil, and CDC w arning for a zombie attack seems too metaphorical for me not to say a real JOKE, or even TOTAL FAKE Is zombies just a fiction or american centres of technology have developed chemicals for turning humans into monsters? Link to this comment 173. May 31, 2011 at 9:45 pm ET - AlisonRose Great piece. My only suggestion is that in the history section, you should give a shoutout not only to The W alking Dead (as a previous commenter did) but to The Strain Trilogy by Guillermo Pans Labyrinth del Toro and Chuck The Tow n Hogan. First tw o of the books (The Strain and The Fall) are already outthird one arrives this October. The heroes are epidemiologists from the CDCw oot! Give yourselves a hand! Oh, and reminding us about general emergency preparedness? Thats cool, too. Link to this comment 174. May 31, 2011 at 10:15 pm ET - Survivor lol and alll my friends w ere liketheres no zmbies! the got. w ould know ! w ell now they do, dont look so crazy now do i? most people w orry if they left the stove on, i w orry about the zombie apocalypse (>.<) Link to this comment 175. May 31, 2011 at 11:12 pm ET - Sissy W hat about animals I have five horses and five dogs to think about and I aint never leaving them even if I had to die in the process! Link to this comment 176. June 1, 2011 at 8:23 am ET - Traveling Incognito | Zombie Survival Crew [...] trip began right on the heels of the CDC releasing their Zombie Apocalypse survival guide on their blog. Little did I know exactly how influential this thing w ould be. Every single TV I [...] Link to this comment 177. June 1, 2011 at 4:43 pm ET - Dave G For all of you people complaining about the government spending money on zombies, you are missing the point. The idea is to get the attention of people w ho w ould otherw ise not prepare for REAL, ACTUAL emergencies. By getting the attention of people and getting them to seriously think about an emergency kit, this is going to save lives and SAVE YOU MONEY. Got it? Link to this comment 178. June 1, 2011 at 5:05 pm ET - Ber Great job CDC!! Link to this comment 179. June 1, 2011 at 5:40 pm ET - John Doesnt our ignorant government have anything else to w orry about?? Typical bureaucratic bull. Get a real f&#&$#* job Link to this comment 180. June 1, 2011 at 6:43 pm ET - TJM add Cricket bat to the list. really effective! Link to this comment 181. June 1, 2011 at 6:55 pm ET - P. Johnson Using the threat of a zombie apocalypse is a clever w ay to help people understand how to prepare for a disaster. Unlike a single event, being a natural disaster, w idespread illness, chemical or biological w eapons atack, a zombie apocalypse forces people to see emergency preparedness from a more global standpoint. In any survival situation you must have food, w ater, shelter & protection. How ever, if a zombie apocalypse w ere to occur, you w ould not only have to have the supplies to survive but w ould also have to have the ability to protect the supplies & your family. Most likely
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you w ould need to have enough supplies to allow yourself to be self contained for a minimum of 3 months & then have a plan for either how to procure, make, grow or produce your ow n supplies. Regardless of your take on zombies, this is a great w ay to look at emergency preparedness & survival. Kudos to the CDC! Link to this comment 182. June 1, 2011 at 9:45 pm ET - anime w imgs mom People really.stop complaining about the cdc w asting your money.Bush did plenty of that w ay before this article w as w ritten. As a mom w ith 2 teens that love the zombie culture, have just attended their first zombie w alk in Boston and are both playing left for dead right now this blog article is perfecti read it to them w hile they w ere w aiting for a next level in the game to load and then read them the funny commentsthey LOVED it and it immediately prompted a discussion on w hat w e w ould do if an emergency happened and w hat w e need to have in the house to survive not only a zombie invasion but ANY emergency! GREAT JOB ON PULLING IN THEIR GENERATION! Ive never visited until now and its because my sister told me that someone told her this article w as hereand im gonna tell. Others and my kids have already texted their friendsso how can it be a bed thing?? Look at how many people w ill take being prepared more seriously. Link to this comment 183. June 1, 2011 at 10:10 pm ET - Seth Franke W hat a great idea! I love it: 221 years is never too late for the US government to learn that humor is an effective communication tool! Link to this comment 184. June 1, 2011 at 11:17 pm ET - Elliot B Im already ahead of u cdc!! Link to this comment 185. June 1, 2011 at 11:53 pm ET - ZDude blaaarrrggghh Link to this comment 186. June 2, 2011 at 8:58 am ET - cameron spellman okay w hat if zombies over run the w orld and the CDC has no plan for that w hat then hmmmm. ?????? Link to this comment 187. June 2, 2011 at 10:35 am ET - An Aside | Emerald Sunshine [...] I really w ish w e had chickens for at least fresh eggs. As is, though, w ed have to live off a vegetarian lifestyle. Im really grateful that w e preserve the spoils from our garden and have stocks and stashes. Unless theres a zombie apocalypse, in w hich case, w e dont have any stores. But w e do h [...] Link to this comment 188. June 2, 2011 at 2:20 pm ET - PRAIRIE DOG And to think this is the same organization that banned prairie dogs as pets back in 2003. Sad, VERY SAD! Link to this comment 189. June 2, 2011 at 3:07 pm ET - Monster Mac To Bo, w ho w as bitching about his tax dollars at w orkfirst I doubt you have a job so dont w orry about your tax dollars second I thought it w as a great w ay to get the idea of making home emergency kits out to everyone including horror geeks. Link to this comment 190. June 2, 2011 at 9:16 pm ET - Rich Bravo to the creators of a disaster preparedness guide that w ill not only be read w ith enthusiasm, it w ill be forw arded and shared in the social netw orks Link to this comment
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191. June 2, 2011 at 9:44 pm ET - Josue Sanchez You guys do realize the cdc only did this to raise natural disaster aw areness. They discovered that after after the w ord zombie appeared on tw itter the audience spiked. Unfortunately, for sometime, they w ere so successful that the page crashed and w ere rendered ineffective. Link to this comment 192. June 3, 2011 at 2:55 am ET - jay Even thou you joke about this subject be aw are of the problems around us. not everyone is smart as you can see. but in fact in the 1940s the Russan govt. did devop. a toxin that could do as this blog said. Study your history my friends. Link to this comment 193. June 3, 2011 at 3:11 am ET - Steve i see everything from ppl hating this to people quoting funny movies. the event how ever unlikly you may think it is, should be taken seriously. the key to survival in this situation or any other is being prepared. may i suggest max brooks book the zombie survival guidestart there. Link to this comment 194. June 3, 2011 at 7:37 am ET - RunCMD Im taking this as it is. A w arning of a Zombie Apocalypse!!!! Its coming and I dont care w hich one of you is standing in front of me all zombied out! I w ill end you as fast as any other zombie! Link to this comment 195. June 3, 2011 at 9:58 am ET - Blog Administrator Thanks for the question Sissy. Pets are an important part of your emergency plan. Make sure to include food and w ater for your animals w hen putting together your emergency kit (and any additional supplies like medicine or toys). W hen planning your evacuation route, you should make alternate housing arrangements for your pets in advance, since pet-friendly shelters may not be available during the emergency period. Identifying pet boarding facilities that are located along your evacuation route and outside of the danger zone are important steps to ensuring your pets w ill have a safe place to go. W hen evacuation orders are issued, you should call the boarder to ensure that they have availability. Heres a useful checklist for your pets on Ready.gov , FEMAs w ebsite for emergency preparedness. Thanks for reading! Link to this comment 196. June 3, 2011 at 6:27 pm ET - Nick W est Id like to know w hy everyone thinks that theyd be trying to survive. W ith the likely percentage of infection across the land in all the scenarios w e imagine, theres a 99% chance that youll be a zombie too!! w hat makes you think that it couldnt happen to me? w hy w ould you ASSUME that youll be fighting them? chances are youll be stumbling and moaning as w ell. have fun. ill try to. im at least gonna be a fashionable zombie. Ill w ear a hat or something. Link to this comment 197. June 3, 2011 at 6:40 pm ET - amber W ell intersting, w hats the CDC not telling us ???? My emergency kit is already made though. Link to this comment 198. June 3, 2011 at 7:10 pm ET - Tommygunemt1 First, I think that some of these people w ho are upset that taxpayer dollars are funding this are just angry, hostle individuals w ho probably are the rich and cant see the purpose behind this w hole thing. Now , I w ork in EMS in CA., so w e here understand Emergency Preparedness in the form of floods, earthquakes, and fires. But, w e as a people cant underestimate the fact that people do have disease that w alk among us, and this could be a true situation. No matter w hat it is, although Zombies might be a stretch (you notice Im not saying there is no w ay that this could happen), w e still need to be prepared for any disaster. Use your common sences. If someone w alks up to you, looks like death w armed over, your not going to stick around and find out if they are dead, your going to kill it and run. Just like a flood. If there is w arnings that your house is going to float aw ay, you
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better get your stuff and leave. CDC is going to find out about any diseases that is going on and help the population. This w hole thing is to let people know to be prepared. So just do it. Thank you CDC. Link to this comment 199. June 3, 2011 at 10:14 pm ET - charley Really people? really? This is the Most outrageous thing i have ever heard.good grief,really?I am saying this as i am sucking in air and rolling my eyes around.unbeleivably the most stupidous thing I have ever heard and these are grow n people saying this. ..let me just sayif this does happen it IS satans demons that are th zombies and all Gods children have been called to heavenget a life !! Link to this comment 200. June 3, 2011 at 10:33 pm ET - Kimberly B I absolutely loved this post! Im one of those people w ho believe that anything is possible in this day and age, including a zombie apocalypse! The tips you provided are great and Im going to start getting my emergency kit together asap. Im going to also add, per commenter Donovan Young, an aluminum baseball bat to my kit as w ell. Cause w e all know to get aw ay you might have to take some zombies out! Link to this comment 201. June 4, 2011 at 12:17 am ET - testimus Thanks to CDC for this useful article, (although some stupid ppl w ould just laugh and make fun of it ) i think one vital item is missing in the emergency kit, and that is Portable w ater purification tool,(w orking on battery, w ith ultra-violet effect w hich disinfects w ater and prepares it for drinking ) also if the bag, be a Solar Pow er Charger Bag, w ould be very good, since it can supply enough charge for our electric stuff (radio, cellphone, torch, .) durig daytime sunshine. thanks again for your super article Link to this comment 202. June 4, 2011 at 1:35 am ET - how ard w ell zombies are a little far fetched but look at 1918 flu , people scared to go out of there homes . but w ho know s ???? a lot of strange thing are happening now i w ould hide in the basement first for a few days w ith food an w ater an others thing said here but not only a am fm radio but a tw o w ay cb radio an a small tv w ith batterys cell phone s might not w ork but keep both dont forget lights an matches an candles an can openers non electric propane stove camping gear sleeping bags an gloves an rope and nails an w ood to borad up w indow s if a zombies should get thu an some gas cans full of gas somew here you can get to it an extra set of keys to a car no time to hot w ire a car if a zombie is at the door , or the cdc say lets go !!! now !!!! Link to this comment 203. June 4, 2011 at 3:47 am ET - looneytune i really feel sorry for all of the morons w ho keep asking how much it cost the taxpayers to make this article because the entire goal of the article is to address emergency preparedness in general. kind of a focus w ith all of the tornadoes, floods, and other natural disasters happening on a regular lately. get a sense of humor guys Link to this comment 204. June 4, 2011 at 4:04 am ET - hi but be real. i highly doubt that anyone w ouldnt know w hat to do in a zombie outbreak. alot of people discuss it as entertainment. Link to this comment 205. June 4, 2011 at 7:31 am ET - fatboy the goverment has been the evil undead for years now . now that w e may have a zombie invasion maybe more people w ill see this and finally put some one in charge w ho can actually do something for the country. but all they w ant to do is tax us to death,reallytheydont w ant our brains, just our money. Link to this comment 206. June 4, 2011 at 10:05 am ET - Erin
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Very w ell w ritten. W hat a genius w ay to get people interested! Other government agencies need to take note that this is exactly how you get potentially boring but extremely important information out to the masses. I honestly cant believe some people are taking this at face value and completely missing the point that this is the CDCs w ay of getting peoples attention about disaster preparedness. Got your attention, no? But please, w hile the rest of us are being vigilant and preparing for any number of possible emergency situations, you go on and keep complaining about w here your tax dollars are going. Thats w hat matters, after all. Link to this comment 207. June 4, 2011 at 10:38 am ET - Tom I think this is a great idea. Although I see tax dollars being spent like Bo said in his post, I how ever see it being spent in a good w ay. And to be honest, I did see a bunch on Ninjas hanging out at our local mall last w eek. Link to this comment 208. June 4, 2011 at 10:45 am ET - phillip ok guys i highly dout that this w ill really is going to happen. but if it did it w ould be soooooo aw some Link to this comment 209. June 4, 2011 at 10:53 am ET - bob Really guys??? zobie invasion??? W ow . Link to this comment 210. June 4, 2011 at 11:50 am ET - DANNY i really w anna know w here i can get cdc publications like posters and handouts for this subjectfor me and some of my friends to have Link to this comment 211. June 4, 2011 at 1:31 pm ET - Jason Charles Reichenbach, Esq. I w ish the CDC w ould politely & publically recognize the reasonable necessity of citizens being sufficiently armed so that they may better protect their precious & limited emergency supplies from those w ho w ould dispossess them of same & likew ise increase the victims chances of survival during serious disasters such as the zombie apocalypse the CDC posits here. For w ithout w eapons the unarmed victims are easy prey for the armed predators w ho w ill be equally, if not more so due to lack of adequate forethought & preparation, as desperate to survive as the typical American family of four. Link to this comment 212. June 4, 2011 at 2:11 pm ET - Bernard Every one the CDC w ill try so w ill other agencies. But no use all w ould be over run, they w ould have to leave lavatories and camps, w e have hope. But w e have no hope on other but are selfs and the people w ho r w ith us. Link to this comment 213. June 5, 2011 at 12:45 am ET - Martin I w asent sure about zumbies but yes I allw ays prepare w ith food in cans w atter, medicine and tools like lamps radios cell phones, and not just me but allw ay try to tell my family to be in case of an emergency for any kind of dessaster. Link to this comment 214. June 5, 2011 at 7:58 am ET - JD Are you guys seriously a GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION?!?!? W as the site hacked? I cant believe this is w hat the government w astes its time on! ZOMBIES?!?!?!? really? I mean, people cant come back from the dead! And, if it w ere a disease, it w ould be immediately quarantined upon notice by paramedics. I hope w hoever w rote this w as fired! Link to this comment 215. June 5, 2011 at 3:24 pm ET - Realtruth I forgot! Thanks CDC Its about time a government agency told the truth. Even though you had to do it in w hat others call a silly scenario or a w aste of taxpayer money.
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I thought it w as brilliant using a Hollyw ood Zombie scenario since so many are brainw ashed w ith Hollyw ood these days. Just another sad truth about our w orld today Link to this comment 216. June 5, 2011 at 3:44 pm ET - realtruth I should have been a fiction w riter huh? I w onder if I could get a job on the scifi netw ork? Heres another scenario. The Earth falls out of orbit because of a huge meteor storm from the breakup of a distant planet and its just enough trama to our belt to cause severe storms and solar tsunamis. This creates panic because the tsunamis shut off all electrical pow er in the w orld. They cause further devastation because crops die and people start starving. All life in the oceans is w iped out from the poison that w as grow ing on the broken planet and that starts stinking all over the w orld big time. Causing disease and pestilence. People start looking at each other as food. Thus the Zombie scenario again. Not as elaborate as my first scenario but another good example of w hat could happen to make a zombie scenario a reality. Link to this comment 217. June 5, 2011 at 9:37 pm ET - Louise Great Job, CDC! Link to this comment 218. June 5, 2011 at 9:57 pm ET - Susan S. Anderson Its nice to know that w hile the CDC has done virtually nothing about my illness, Chronic Fatigue Immune Disfunction Syndrome, and millions are suffering, they are fully prepared for a zombie attack. and have the time to w rite an indepth article about it on my tax dollars. W ay to go guys. Great PR to restore your tarnished credibility. ( NOT!) Link to this comment 219. June 6, 2011 at 12:12 am ET - Tw izzm People needs to realize this is to get younger crow ds to prepare for an emergency, if you notice every bullet point says like a hurricane or like some other natural disaster. Link to this comment 220. June 6, 2011 at 11:38 am ET - pie 22 cool im ready for the zombies!!! Link to this comment 221. June 6, 2011 at 2:10 pm ET - Nick you all say youre gonna be prepared for a zombie apocalypse. Other disasters you can, but not zombies. no matter w hat, people w ould never be truly ready for the trauma caused by seeing a friend or family member, someone you love w ith eyes clouded over and w ounds you know they didnt survive moving tow ards you. it w ould be hard to kill(or re-kill) something w earing their skin. there is only so much the human mind can take before breaking, and if it doesnt get you immediately it w ill get you eventually. if it starts either kill yourself (cow ardly in most cases but respectable here) or, in a futile attempt, fight to the last. and if you do try to get out (still respectable) then stay out of large groups, people can be liabilities, and if you must i say 2 at least, 4 max. people can be liabilities because sometimes they can be more dangerous then a zombie, the line betw een sanity and madness is thin. Link to this comment 222. June 6, 2011 at 3:56 pm ET - Debra Its SYFY! Hollyw ood is getting ready to start filming W orld W ar Z now . I am sure that movie w ill be a w elath of information! Link to this comment 223. June 7, 2011 at 1:15 am ET - prozombie I had no idea the cdc w ebsite could be so much fun!!! Link to this comment
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224. June 7, 2011 at 1:19 am ET - emma w ow , I love this, it is w onderful to know w hat to do if zombies happen. Link to this comment 225. June 7, 2011 at 1:41 am ET - rick w ell i read many of the comments some people do not get that the CDC is just using this as a main-stream media w ay of informing people.. i myself just love seeing ZOMBIE APC. on the CDC w ebsite.. thx.. Link to this comment 226. June 7, 2011 at 1:50 am ET - jano Ignore the naysayers. they dont get it. I have a 19 year old son. W e are in California, w aiting for the big one. I could not get him- or his friends- interested in the Earthquake kit until now . Bravo! More! More! Link to this comment 227. June 7, 2011 at 10:21 am ET - Chuck Hagi I beleive for starters, everyone should w atch Zombieland. It puts out some good useful pointers. Next, the outcome of there actually being a zombie apocalypse is unprobable, sadly i do say so. I w ish there could be one. W e w ill see w hat w e can do about this Link to this comment 228. June 7, 2011 at 10:44 am ET - Robert Im ready for zombie emergency, as long as they dont all break into the thriller I havent mastered those moves yet Link to this comment 229. June 7, 2011 at 2:11 pm ET - K I dont suppose the CDC has gotten T-shirts printed up yet? Link to this comment 230. June 7, 2011 at 2:54 pm ET - Rina Seriously, all of you people on the thread complaining about the CDC w asting tax dollars on making a Zombie Apocalypse Prepardness Guide dont get the actual reason they posted it. Given w hat happened in Katrina, Japan, and more recently, dow n South, people are usually caught unaw ares by Nature and all her fury and dont know how to keep themselves alive until help arrives. All of this is just basic emergency survival know -how that the average American can use to protect themselves against REAL emergencies. The use of Zombies is a w ay to garner attention from the public w ho w ould probably ignore this if it w ere a typical hurricane or earthquake survival guide and it is going to save lives, and taxpayer money, in the end w hen more people read this and follow these basic steps. Please stop being so ignorant and just be happy that someone in the government has at least a sense of humor. Link to this comment 231. June 7, 2011 at 5:29 pm ET - Zachary Snow I have been practicing for a zombie apocolypse, as in (routes, safe havens, safety packs, w eapons, and advantage points.) I have a group together called NZRS ro (Nevada Zombie Response Squad) W e w ill take them all dow n! Link to this comment 232. June 7, 2011 at 9:19 pm ET - zimily i cant believe anyone w ould think of this article as a w aste of government money. This might be the only w ay to get lazy, media-crazed teenagers such as myself to think about being prepared for a disaster. in other w ords, DOW N W ITH THE ZOMBIEHATERS!! Link to this comment 233. June 8, 2011 at 10:25 am ET - JM OK! Can the CDC Post a Preparedness plan for the Total Collapse of the Dollar? Should w e be part of a co-op farm outside the city in order to afford food?? W ill a year of food be enough?
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Link to this comment 234. June 8, 2011 at 12:58 pm ET - Feather OK, I get the w hole emergency plan and its value. But seriously ZOMBIE?! I felt my intellect declining the more I read. As a member of a disaster response team, I take this matter more seriously then the majority of you gamers and movie gurus. W hats next, a vampire apocolypse?! W hat a w aste of tax dollarsplease tell me there isnt a doctor in the w orld that w ould endorse or research the possibility of this stupid event of ever occurring. As if the CDC has nothing better to address than impossible and fictional events. On the otherhand, it looks as if, I may be w rongthere are mindless ZOMBIES reading and believing this garbage! Glad my fellow Americans have their priorities straight, no w onder w e are going dow n the tubes!!!! AND GEEZEI get it, you hate Republicans, stop using every media opportunity to make it politics.PSSSST ITS NOT REAL! Link to this comment 235. June 8, 2011 at 1:09 pm ET - OrderedChaos It took some guts, not to mention BRAINNNNSSSSSS , for the CDC to approach disaster preparedness is such a fun w ay. Kudos, CDC, for devising a clever w ay of bringing attention to a topic most people dont w ant to think about! Link to this comment 236. June 8, 2011 at 1:58 pm ET - Toni .G DUDE I am so ready for a zombie attack. I think it is cool other than all your friends and family and possibly even you dying. Most people think it w ill never happen, but guess w hat people it may not happen in your life time but it w ill happen sometime. IF YOU W ANT TO LEARN TO SURVIVE DURING A ZOMBIE ATTACK OR EPIDEMIC THEN GO OUT AND BUY THE BOOK THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM THE LIVING DEAD IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED. THE BOOK IS BY MAX BROOKS. Link to this comment 237. June 8, 2011 at 3:00 pm ET - Kathy Johnson Brilliant! W hat a w onderful application of social marketing to encourage preparedness among individuals w ho might not have actually considered it prior to the article. Public Health discussions are now taking place among entirely new populations, including youth, gamers, and others. By framing the discussion in a manner that appeals to this group, important information is delivered, understood and acted upon. As an added bonus, my children now think my pursuit of a DrPH is actually cool. Thanks, CDC!! I only w ish Id thought of this first!!! Link to this comment 238. June 8, 2011 at 9:49 pm ET - Jon Now think it throu all those people that are just doing this because its the only thing they know , i mean come on a zombie apocolypse?? HA mabey in your dreams but if its true then all i can say is dont be foolish cause they are people w ith souls so every one that you kill spends all eternity in HELL.do you w ant to be one of them,, to spend eternity in HELL i mean come on you know .just think about it. Link to this comment 239. June 8, 2011 at 10:03 pm ET - JumpUp12 My health teacher just assigned a brochure on safety to make. I think I just found my topic. Link to this comment 240. June 9, 2011 at 7:06 am ET - Anonymouse HA! And this Zombie thing is probly set up by them. and there probly make a disease that does somthing to the body almost exactly how w e know zombies. -_Link to this comment 241. June 9, 2011 at 2:25 pm ET - DShake Great Job CDC and all the people that actually read the article and gave it this much thought. I ran out of time to read all 200+ posts on this discussion, so I am sorry if I am repeating this, but if you w ant to add one more thing to your Zombie Kit, dont forget pet food, leashes and/ or carriers. The last thing anyone w ants to do w hen they are on the run from zombies or a tornado, is leave the furry ones behind. I read a story about a boxer (dog) that the family couldnt find during one of the tornado rampages
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about a boxer (dog) that the family couldnt find during one of the tornado rampages over the last w eek. The family survived in the basement, and by the grace of God the pup w as back w ithout a scratch the next day. But how aw eful is that to know your dog is out there by himself during a tornado? I cant stand the thought of this happening to any of my pets. So I w ill be stocking on the Beneful and along w ith the ramen noodles, and figuring out a backup plan for w here they can stay if the zombie stuff really hits the fan. Thanks again CDC. Link to this comment 242. June 9, 2011 at 5:19 pm ET - Janet it is obvious to me the nay sayers did not read the entire post! I am proud of the CDC for their creativeness in getting out some very useful information in a format w hich draw s people in and keeps their attention Bravo!!! Link to this comment 243. June 10, 2011 at 2:46 am ET - A.J W ow . Zombies hey. I love zombie movies and all that stuf, but w hen it realy happens no one w il be ready becous w e neva faced anything like that before. Remember that zombies w ont be the only thing that w e gona have to w arry about w hen the zombie invasion happens, there could be sychos to. Lets hope the CDC did this post for natural disasters and not something they did and trying to prepare everyone for their mistakes!!!!! Link to this comment 244. June 10, 2011 at 2:52 am ET - Leslie This is the best ever. Im going to get my pack ready. Link to this comment 245. June 10, 2011 at 9:33 am ET - Marsha I have been planning my ow n course of action since I saw Night of the Living Dead years ago and it scared the beejezus out of me. Your list missed good running shoes, cell phone, lighter, keep your vehicle in good w orking order (never less than half a tank of gas ever) and make sure to bring the pets! Last thing w e need is zombie Fido or Kitty.pet carriers, w ater, food, blanket for them too. Link to this comment 246. June 10, 2011 at 2:02 pm ET - Alannah i w ould like to suggest that you use the cheat codes. you can find them on any gamer site Link to this comment 247. June 10, 2011 at 10:23 pm ET - ChubbyD Sorry to say this but all you guys are either gonna die or be completely unprepared w hen the apocalypse comes. None of you have any idea w hat you are talking about. Most of you are just gonna go to the nearest gun store NEW S FLASH all you need are these three books (The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, The Zombie Combat Manual by Roger MA, U.S. Army Zombie Combat Skills by The Department Of The Army) and either a safe place to survive in or a plan of how you can get to a safe place to survive. Link to this comment 248. June 10, 2011 at 10:27 pm ET - ChubbyD Nick is actually the only person here w ho gets it. Link to this comment 249. June 10, 2011 at 10:56 pm ET - hester first do something good w ith tax dallors and second consult w ith a zombie person like me. you could put stay in/on a safe place like a roof w ith zombies or flooding. since you are vainly trying to compare a zombie outbreak w ith natural disasters. Do something more productive w ith your time and our tax dallors. Link to this comment 250. June 11, 2011 at 10:12 am ET - Charles Are these people actually SERIOUS?! I mean aside from the motto that fear sells and trying to push their zombie survival
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kit, does anyone REALLY believe this spill? Just w hen you think they cant sink any low er, THEY DO.. Geez, they tought us in the Army that some of these symptoms actually CAN be caused by a nuclear bomb/radiation, but a zombie apocalypse? cmon! Link to this comment 251. June 11, 2011 at 10:44 am ET - mike yes im prepared for an out breck i have my bug out bag ready Link to this comment 252. June 11, 2011 at 9:41 pm ET - Oliveira Great job guys! Im from Brazil, I w as w ondering A zombie apocalypse, w ould be very good for the w orld, because w hould be a chance to w e back to a zero point. Link to this comment 253. June 13, 2011 at 2:36 am ET - Leicester City Is Not Ready For the Zombie Apocalypse | Popular Events [...] If the council is to be believed, Leicester City is NOT prepared for a potential zombie attack. In fact, its doubtful many places are, because, frankly, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, er, a zombie apocalypse outbreak. Maybe the city council in question could consult the CDC [...] Link to this comment 254. June 13, 2011 at 10:40 am ET - Kathy Anything creative enough to get people thinking about disaster planning is money w ell spent. Ive responded to numerous disasters and am alw ays shocked at how w oefully unprepared folks w ere. Ive also w orked on many disaster preparedness projects and have w itnessed the total apathy that the general public has about disaster planning. Congratuations CDC for thinking outside the box. Link to this comment 255. June 13, 2011 at 11:01 am ET - Zombie Preparedness | AntiMatter Collective [...] The city council of Leicester, UK has been forced to admit that they are unprepared for the event of a zombie uprising. Fortunately, our CDC here at home in the States has recently addressed the concern. [...] Link to this comment 256. June 13, 2011 at 12:44 pm ET - kaz this isnt w asting money. the cdc is putting a nice spin on emergency preperation for people. it sure got your attention though. Link to this comment 257. June 13, 2011 at 4:55 pm ET - Cindy Aw esome tactic to promote aw areness kudos CDC. Link to this comment 258. June 13, 2011 at 5:54 pm ET - Tyler Time to dust off the crow bar and stock up on Spam. Not saying that the zombie apocalypse is going to happen but if it did, in a w eird frightened sort of w ay, Id be excited. Link to this comment 259. June 14, 2011 at 12:40 am ET - Rob Please stop w asting my tax money, CDC, and instead direct your energies tow ards vaccine safety. Link to this comment 260. June 14, 2011 at 12:57 am ET - sharon I KNOW PEOPLE THING THIS IS W IERD BUT I W ANT TO SAY THANK YOU MY KIDS READ ABOUT THE ZOMBIE THING AND REALLY PAID ATTETION TO OUR FAMILY PLANS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A FUN W AY TO TEACK THEM Link to this comment
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261. June 14, 2011 at 11:14 am ET - james that is so stupid :I Link to this comment 262. June 14, 2011 at 11:51 am ET - Laura This is a fun and inventive w ay to get a new group involved in emergency preparedness. Great idea! Link to this comment 263. June 14, 2011 at 2:36 pm ET - J Great communications tool. A bit of humor to get peoples attention, but still sharing solid information. Congratulations to the CDC for coming up w ith a creative w ay to get some solid information out into the w orld and to start getting younger generations thinking about preparedness for an emergency. Congratulations on a unique and attention getting campaign. Link to this comment 264. June 14, 2011 at 3:57 pm ET - C This is NOT a w aste of money!!!Excellent job guys!!! W ay to get the w ord out on being prepared for a disaster. Thanks, my zombie plan and kit is in place and w ill forw ard this as w ell. KUDOS to the CDC!!!!! Link to this comment 265. June 14, 2011 at 5:21 pm ET - Sara- Louise W olfe i love it! Link to this comment 266. June 14, 2011 at 5:46 pm ET - Kelly Beauchamp I am retired from the Army and Current Army Civilian Employee and w e have been preparing for the w orst since I can remember. You got to be ready for anything, Zombies, Anthrax, terrorist. As for the the kit that CDC listed, too basic. Spend the money on quality flashlights, radios, medical kits. backpacks, tents, stoves, etc. W hen you look to purchasing equipment, ask yourself Can I bet my life on this gear. Speaking of Gear, you can have all the best equipment in the w orld, but if you dont have a w orkable plan, its useless. Get ready now , tomorrow might be too late. (I also have bets on the Aliens w ill get you before the zombies do!) Link to this comment 267. June 14, 2011 at 5:57 pm ET - cole stone I my self have a Zombie Survival kit and basic natural disaster kit in my home my zombie survival kit consists of non-perishable foods such as spaghetti os beans and that sort of stuff basic first aid kit and a more advance first aid kit about 6 gallons of w ater sleeping bags basic fire materials lighter matches fire steel and striker 3 knives a utility knife SOG knife and a day to day use pocket knife duct tape gasoline a generator and other basic tools such as hammer w rench etc my food is enough to last for 6 months mostly being cooked by a camping stove my fortified location is my basement 7 foot thick w alls 5 foot think floor all concrete it takes a w ooden door and a steel door to get in plus a flight of stairs and the steel door is locked by three dead bolts and a chain Link to this comment 268. June 14, 2011 at 9:41 pm ET - torshikt I w atched the show the w alking dead last w eekend w ith a friend by the w ay it w as pretty fun you guys should check it out . Link to this comment 269. June 15, 2011 at 2:02 am ET - Radia I w ould suggest chain mail. Zombies cant bite through chain mail, they only have teeth. I could go on as I have thought quite a bit about zombie apocalypses happening but. You know . I dont w ant to. Link to this comment 270. June 15, 2011 at 7:29 am ET - MRW 81 I note that the zombies dont eat each other. How about some make-up so you can look like a zombie?
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No need for a gun or bat to make your escape. Escape to w here? W e are all going to die anyw ay. May as w ell go out happy. Link to this comment 271. June 16, 2011 at 9:13 pm ET - tom Millions of Americans are Zombies already, taking meds that are not needed. W ake up. Link to this comment 272. June 17, 2011 at 1:06 am ET - Tom W hen there is no more room in hell, the dead shell w alk the earth. I can see that the first ones to turn are the same ones that think that its a w aste of money to do w hat it takes to get people to get prepared for emergencies. Link to this comment 273. June 17, 2011 at 2:03 am ET - Takeda Yeah the CDC can joke about a Zombie out break, but they cant do anything about the rise of the machines! Terminator, minus the time travel is w ay more possible than a Zombie attack, so tell me w hat the CDC is going to do about that. Oh dont get me w rong liberalism is proof of Zombies, but get real! Link to this comment 274. June 17, 2011 at 3:34 am ET - Charlie Hi, I live in Australia and w e dont really have a CDC or anything like that here, let alone one based anyw here near w here I live but my dad has this huge old Nissan Datson Patrol w hich is basically a truck and is absolutely perfect for a zombie invasion because it has seats that w e put in the back, is the most durable thing around, seats about 7, 9 if your pushing it and 14 if you utilize the floor space and it is just plain aw esome. My friends and I have this w hole zombie invasion evasion plan sorted out and I can reach all the pedals of the car at 52 tall and being the shortest, w e should be all good I am about to forw ard the url to all my friends but I think that it great that a government body somew here on earth is finally starting to take the threat of a zombie invasion seriously because I seriously hate scary movies and a zombie invasion w ould be the most terrifying thing on the planet! Ta! Link to this comment 275. June 19, 2011 at 12:38 pm ET - Kevin Nice to see that a government organization that has one of the most serious of jobs, can show that their people and have some fun once in a w hile. And the preparedness kit they describe really is a good emergency preparedness kit in general. Good job! PS on the other hand though: Is there something they know that w e dont? Link to this comment 276. June 19, 2011 at 1:16 pm ET - sara imagine if there w as a real zombie virus Link to this comment 277. June 20, 2011 at 3:41 pm ET - Trav W est How could the CDC have missed the impact of AMCs The W alking Dead, w hich is set in Atlanta (CDCs home)? Some scenes involved the CDC. Link to this comment 278. June 20, 2011 at 7:52 pm ET - Anne Bauman w here can I get printed copies of your excellent ads/images? Link to this comment 279. June 20, 2011 at 8:27 pm ET - David Ive been ready for the Zombie Apocalypse for years.It w ill happen hopefully not in our life time though. It even says in the bible that the dead w ill rise from there graves. So if the CDC is backing it up along w ith bible it has to be true.The best place to start you preperation is the nearest army surplus store,they w ill have every thing you need. Make sure that everyone in caravan/Family,Friends know s how to drive a big rig or a
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big old school bus. Next stop a super w almart and take all that you need remember dont be greedy there w ill be others that need rations. But if push comes to shove you and your ow n come first.Then youll need a home depot gather as much w ould ,sheet metal,batteries,flash lights tools,generators,flood lights,pvc,coper,metal pipeing and concrete.Then hold up in an industrial like w herehouse structure too prepare for the jurney but dont hold up to long .I complety left this out sorry your going to need to hit up a gas station right after taking your school bus/rig. Link to this comment 280. June 20, 2011 at 8:43 pm ET - Chris Your supply list is very good and has helped me w ith my plan. My plan is to round up about 20 people head to W al-mart baricade evry entrance w ith shelfs and anything else heavy. Make a farm on the roof for an unlimeded supply od food and use w eapons from the hunting section and finally use large buckets/ bens to catch rain w ater to drink. If anyone else has any ideas how do make my plan better pleas let me know . Link to this comment 281. June 21, 2011 at 12:13 am ET - partick me and my friends commonly disscuse this and have allready planned w at to do Link to this comment 282. June 21, 2011 at 12:29 am ET - patrick 1 more thing to all these ppl saying its a w aste of money, you never now w at could happen w ith all these new diseises going around and bio w arfare and stuff so stuff it thank you CDC even tho i kno yall could have put moore stupp for the safty kit Link to this comment 283. June 21, 2011 at 12:57 am ET - Brad OMG, theres a zombie on my law n! Link to this comment 284. June 21, 2011 at 1:38 pm ET - Clay even if the CDC did help they w ould need military support so shouldnt the military also be prepard for this as w ell? Link to this comment 285. June 21, 2011 at 1:43 pm ET - ????? to post # 266 u play to much plants vs zombies bro lol Link to this comment 286. June 21, 2011 at 3:34 pm ET - Lee Man oh man, Theres Zombies in Las Vegas they have blue hair and frequent casinos. Link to this comment 287. June 21, 2011 at 5:27 pm ET - Appealing to the Masses W hat a great w ay to get younger generations to pay attention to the importance of emergency preparedness! Federal funding w ell spent. Cudos to all involved. Link to this comment 288. June 22, 2011 at 9:16 am ET - peezy w hy/how w ould the CDC conduct an investigation for the infection? and how w ill the zombies be are they like old school zombies (slow , brainless) or new schoool (fast, slow ly gaining know ledge/memories)? w ill animals be a part of their food chain? w ill zombies have an urge for our flesh or brains? w here w ill the infection start? I NEED ANSW ERS PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 289. June 22, 2011 at 9:20 am ET - Peezy Chris (20 Jun 11 at 843 pm ET) you need to w atch more movies man too many people die in places like w al-mart yeah its ok to drop in and get supplies but thats it you need to find a more secure location and make sure you can fortify Link to this comment
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290. June 22, 2011 at 12:53 pm ET - trevmom This is genius, if you w ant to educate the under 30 crow d about emergency preparedness this w ill do it! Genius!! Link to this comment 291. June 22, 2011 at 5:30 pm ET - Ron I w as pretty entertained by this, until I w ondered how many tax dollars w ere w asted in the preparation of this article. I envision a project manager, a task force, dry-erase boards, spreadsheets aw esome use of government time and taxpayer funds! Link to this comment 292. June 22, 2011 at 10:26 pm ET - Donovan Ruckman i have prepared ive found a w w II fallout shelter stocked it w ith extra food ammo and supplies and first aid cousns in the air force got a humvee and a conected riot proof garage above the shelter it houses 14 below w ith free space and 10 above saftley w ith animal food also a ventalation shaft and w ater purification installed lavratories and hygine equipment riot gear and non perisable food w ith a renew able w ater source and a w ind turbine and gas and bike pow ered generators i 20 people can survive here for 10 years or more also w ith extra upstars storage mabey even longer. Link to this comment 293. June 22, 2011 at 11:12 pm ET - ultra peezy the infection has got to be flow n in i expect w e w ill need cages at airports this w ill be one of the answ ers for curing the w orld w ide financial crisis greece has a long history of zombies gong back 100s of years they can lead the w orld in detection and surveillance!!! Link to this comment 294. June 23, 2011 at 2:44 am ET - zimily imagine if terrorists used zombies as a form of bio-w arfare. w ed be screw ed unless w e all had one of these kits. SO GO MAKE ONE! I DONT NEED YOUR ZOMBIE BUTT TRYING TO EAT ME! Link to this comment 295. June 23, 2011 at 10:19 am ET - Jason Really good one!!w ell done ;_) Link to this comment 296. June 23, 2011 at 10:50 am ET - Planned Parenthood Just w ear a condom. The CDC w ill love you. Link to this comment 297. June 23, 2011 at 11:18 am ET - Blog Administrator Thanks for youre comment Ron. W e hope you enjoyed the article and understand the importance of being prepared for any emergency, especially real ones like hurricanes, floods, or tornados. In response to your comment, w e actually didnt spend any additional money on this campaign. W e used existing staff, resources, and communication channels. W e are really proud of the number of people w e reached on a shoestring budget. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more from Public Health Matters! Link to this comment 298. June 23, 2011 at 4:03 pm ET - DARIAN i CAN,T W AIT TILL THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Link to this comment 299. June 24, 2011 at 7:54 am ET - james W ow , i love how the CDC trys to dow n play the fact that tere are Zombies. I am sure they are a bi product of some government testing gone w rong. Link to this comment 300. June 24, 2011 at 2:05 pm ET - Marcus Beecher
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A GOOD (Get Out Of Dodge) bag is a must have at all times. This is a 48 hour survival kit listed in this article, and contains everything you MUST have to survive 48 hours on foot. Make one in a large backpacking bag and keep it in your garage. I include a lightw eight tent w ith mine Link to this comment 301. June 24, 2011 at 3:54 pm ET - mike gilmore i believe ,in a real long term disaster there w ill be the unprepared persons,evil persons,injured or infected persons.desperation is a motivation to kill for comfort.one should prepare for real monsters.you read about them everyday in the papers.police only act after a crime,too late for the dead. Link to this comment 302. June 24, 2011 at 8:19 pm ET - hank w ell i guess that the cdc dont read the new s but 2 real zombie attacks 1 oklahoma and 1 new orleans sad part is that it w as caused by drugs .meth Link to this comment 303. June 25, 2011 at 10:39 am ET - Danielle This is absolutely an EPIC post! Definitely sharing. My parents thought I w as crazy fro reading The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Thinking I am totally insane for even considering a Zombie Apocalypse as a possibility. Hey Man.. I w ould rather be prepared. If it doesnt hapen, great! If it does, Im prepared. And guess w ho w ill be calling me once zombies are knocking dow n their door. Thats right my parents. And just w ith this post goes to show , its possible. Even the CDC thinks so. Thanks so much CDC! For show ing the judgemental unbelievers, it is possible for a Zombie Infestation. Link to this comment 304. June 25, 2011 at 3:17 pm ET - Hossinator Listen people. This is about DISASTER preparedness. For all of you morons w ho are complaining that the government is w asting money on this, please read it. This is about natural disasters. They are using the zombie angle to get people reading. If people prepare for a zombie outbreak and, oh I dont know , a FLOOD occurs, guess w hat?, they have an emergency kit!!!!!!!!!!! Im not a an of the current administration but KUDOS to you good folks at the CDC. Dont let some narrow minded people stop you from your good w ork!!! Link to this comment 305. June 26, 2011 at 12:22 am ET - Anchorite Just substitute bird flu for zombie apocalypse and this is a very good article. I for one have never gone to a CDC page and read anything except travel advisories until this, so it captured my interest. The bird flu of 1918 (aka Spanish flu) killed more people than W W I, so it is still a real danger. Thank you CDC for still looking out for us. Link to this comment 306. June 26, 2011 at 4:22 am ET - TheNonIdiot Nice little posting, how ever: Most likely if there w as a Zombie outbreak you are looking more tow ards Night of the living dead, Shaun of the Dead and Last of the living Zombies, they w ould be slow moving because of muscle deterioration and loss of a lot of mental capacity including movement. So IF there ever w as a zombie outbreak, rather than going to a shellter or camp w here IF the infected did get inside, they w ould most likely cause an outbreak inside, its actually best to w ait inside a place you are familiar w ith, that is safe for at least the first tw o w eeks, because there w ould be no blood circulation eventually the zombies bodies w ould have an advance level of decomposition and start to deteriorate w hich w ould effect their movement more and cause them to be much slow er, w hich w ould be easier to deal w ith. Now , in the event its a natural disaster, fallow all the things CDC has said, if its a zombie outbreak Do your research =) Link to this comment 307. June 26, 2011 at 7:47 pm ET - Inexistent User W hat if there w ere to be a virus spread genetically that activated in the 10th year or any year of life, so nobody could prepare for it? W ed be screw ed. Link to this comment 308. June 26, 2011 at 11:38 pm ET - Glaux
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I think this is a very COST EFFECTIVE w ay of communicating emergency preparedness! Kudos! To everyone complaining about W ASTED GOVERNMENT MONEY, how else w ould you suggest the CDC get basic emergency preparedness info out to the public? W hen w as the last time you got so many hits on your blog? If a fraction of the hipsters w ho check out this page actually put together emergency kits, and a fraction of them actually have a reason to use them, thats still lives saved and maybe a few less people requiring expensive emergency assistance. An ounce of prevention is w orth a pound of TAX DOLLARS SAVED (and also lives saved, if that matters at all). BIG THANKS to everyone w orking in the field of public health! Link to this comment 309. June 27, 2011 at 5:56 pm ET - Jacob Jacob is w illing to help w ith any outbreak Link to this comment 310. June 27, 2011 at 6:50 pm ET - DALALEAH This is frieken BEAUTIFUL, i got teary eyed w hen i read it. Hilarious. very good w ay to get disaster info out there. Good job CDC. Link to this comment 311. June 28, 2011 at 12:04 am ET - W alker You have got to be kidding me. Really! And w e cant even help those w hos homes are being taken aw ay by hurricanes, floods and tornadoes. No one know s w hen the end of time w ill be. An all pow erful being w ould never let the little guy know w hen the final day is coming. W hy w ould He let you prepare. You might as w ell sit and suffer thinking you are going to be tortured by zombies and w aste you money in the resession on your zombie kit because your zombies w ill be your family, friends and neighbors coming to kill, steal and distroy w hat you do have after the rapture does come and the antichrist is the one controlling everything left in the w orld. W hat you eat, do, say, buy. W hat a crock! Blah Link to this comment 312. June 28, 2011 at 3:08 am ET - kberly Dont you mean vaccine zombies??? Dont you people have someone to go inject a bunch of toxins into? oh but that w ould be one w ay to start a zombie apocolypse especially since you have identified the virus. I am sure you people just suck! Link to this comment 313. June 29, 2011 at 12:42 pm ET - Ed Amazing, just before finding this post I had made a game out of making a survival kit w ith the family. The one w e had need to be updated and refreshed. The kids loved the post. Thanx for the humor but for the real w orld common sense. Link to this comment 314. June 29, 2011 at 3:54 pm ET - zombieexpert very clever how you named the article zombies so people w ould read it even though it is all about hurricanes. but all the same i have my zombie survival kit in my bacement Link to this comment 315. June 29, 2011 at 9:59 pm ET - Shamus Andrek The CDC shouldnt just focus on an investigation or quarantine in the event of any epidemic or bio-hazard situation because many people w ill lose faith in the government w hen they arent evacuated. Evacuation in any bio-hazard situation should be immediate. Link to this comment 316. June 30, 2011 at 11:58 am ET - Keith My w ife still does not believe. Im going to miss her. Link to this comment 317. July 1, 2011 at 12:04 pm ET - alliyah aaahhh !. :O this is so aw esome . My friend w ants to be a proffesional zombie killer w hen she grow s up . ! (:
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Link to this comment 318. July 2, 2011 at 2:27 am ET - Justin I am prepared for the zombie apocolypse. Link to this comment 319. July 2, 2011 at 3:37 am ET - C-Dog ZOMBIES W OULD NEVER HAPPEN, think about the human body, since zombies are dead, they have no heart beat, no blood or oxygen is going to the brain, how w ould the brain functionw hy w ould have to shot the zombie in the head and destroy the brain, the brain is already destroyed. a zombie brain w ould be a puddle of goo and if there w as some how a w ay for zombies to still live after the brain shut dow n, you could simply hide out for a year, the bodies w ould fall apartif that dont w ork, move to the yukon, the zombies w ould never make it, they w ould be frozen soild.If a zombie bite a polar bear and it becomes a zombpolbear then i guess your Link to this comment 320. July 3, 2011 at 3:38 pm ET - W ills Anyone w ho w ants a great training course for themselves and their family shoot us an email. Doesnt matter if youre preparing for zombies or economic collapse, you need to start preparing now . Link to this comment 321. July 3, 2011 at 8:56 pm ET - Josh If ever I have heard a reason to arm all the citizens of the USA this w ould be the reason. Link to this comment 322. July 3, 2011 at 11:03 pm ET - Mark The CDC is w orking on an vaccine to innoculate select important people w hen this outbreak happens. Ask yourself w hy they w ould need an vaccine if there w as no virus? And w hy w as the vaccine not mentioned in this article? W ell they made the zombie virus and they are w orking on the vaccine in a top secret lab but the scientists have not been successful yet. So there w ill not be a zombie outbreak until they have the vaccine. Dont say you w erent w arned. Link to this comment 323. July 4, 2011 at 4:04 am ET - Marilyn For all you people out there talking about how w e are w asting our tax money on talking about zombies- live a little! The CDC obviously isnt serious about the zombies, they w ant to bring attention to the real problem- emergency (such as earthquakes and tornados) aw areness. And for all you idiots out there freaking out about how there really w ill be an apocolypse- get a life. Seriously lay off, if you w anna be prepared then cool but stop stuffing your opinions dow n the throat of others. This is coming from a 16 year old girl, and I make more sense than all of you paranoid people. Thanks. Link to this comment 324. July 4, 2011 at 1:18 pm ET - Zombeekillah Aw esome Link to this comment 325. July 4, 2011 at 2:18 pm ET - Zach w ait w ait w ait. the government is gonna try to handle this situation???? oh crap. w ell W ERE BONED!!!!! Link to this comment 326. July 4, 2011 at 7:03 pm ET - Rachel Brilliant campaign. Definitely reaching a segment of the population that w ould otherw ise not EVER care to read anything like this . Brilliant. Link to this comment 327. July 4, 2011 at 8:03 pm ET - OldMother
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I w ould love to know how many people have actually read this post that w ould not have bothered w ith a normal post Finally the CDC is providing to the level of a missed audience Do you know how many times I have had to explain and interpret emergency w arnings to functionally illiterate individuals? The only problem w ith this post is that there is going to be SOMEONE SOMEW HERE w ho is going to believe that The X-files have discovered the Zombie plot is real and comming our w ay [#289 June 26, 2011 at 7:47 pm ET - Inexistent User :W hat if there w ere to be a virus spread genetically that activated in the 10th year or any year of life, so nobody could prepare for it?*****] *****I actually think it is there w e just are not paying attention to it yet. Ignorance w ill be the leveler of the playing field. Link to this comment 328. July 4, 2011 at 9:57 pm ET - me dryfood, meds and things are all ready to go. Link to this comment 329. July 5, 2011 at 6:14 am ET - kberly my comment is still w aiting modernation is this conformed enough? Or are you going to deny me this comment also? Link to this comment 330. July 5, 2011 at 3:12 pm ET - John The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. It is complete protection from the living dead. Prepare now .. Link to this comment 331. July 5, 2011 at 4:44 pm ET - Krystle This is the most aw esome post you all have EVER put out. Link to this comment 332. July 5, 2011 at 4:58 pm ET - Chiefleast Slick PR campaign to catch peoples attention! Id say the CDC just educated a host of unsuspecting tw entysomethings searching Nazi Apocalypse on Google. Link to this comment 333. July 7, 2011 at 2:54 am ET - ZRTGA This is aw esome! my buddies and i have talked about this happening for years now and w e have our plan near perfected for w hat w ell do if a catastrophe like this happens. all the other survival kit stuff should be a no brainer to most people. on the zombie side of things me and my team have our community protected. thanks CDC keep up the good w ork! Link to this comment 334. July 8, 2011 at 3:51 pm ET - Amber For all you people w ho think this is a w aste of money..get over it! You never know w hat w ill happen and it did not cost a lot of money to put this page up. And if there is a zombie outbreak you w ill probably get eaten first. Link to this comment 335. July 9, 2011 at 12:20 am ET - john yeah this is cool thanks cdc but i think the government should quit messing w ith stuff so this dont happen Link to this comment 336. July 9, 2011 at 7:59 pm ET - Diogo HEY!! w anna check good w ay to prepares yourself to zombies invasion? Go chec the animes Highschool of The Dead and the TV show ( dont know if it w as canceled) The W alking Dead. Learn something from them and use it in case of this happens P.S: Not joking u should rlly check tht out Link to this comment
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337. July 9, 2011 at 11:05 pm ET - Elizabeth Barr I cannot believe that you the CDC w ould actually post an emergency prepardness plan for w hat is assume a social myth Zombies. W here is the proof of this virus. This decreases one faith in the validity in the CDCs scientific research. Link to this comment 338. July 10, 2011 at 5:34 am ET - missnina Extremely pleased w ith this post. W hat an aw esome idea for informing the public w hat to do in case of an emergency, in such a fun and delightful manner. A spoonful of sugar alw ays helps the medicine go dow n. Sheer marketing genius! I w ill be posting this on facebook, I think alot of my friends w ill get a kick out of it. You should really make a printable (.pdf) poster, this w ould be great for my cubicle the [header] graphic artw ork is just great!
Link to this comment 339. July 10, 2011 at 6:31 am ET - devin zombies are no w orry they w ould most likely be to slow the epidemic w ould end as quick as it started Link to this comment 340. July 10, 2011 at 1:28 pm ET - savana 1. find a blunt object 2. ration your food 3. find high ground 4. learn how to grow your ow n food 5. learn how to clean your w ater 6. get a mountain bike and oozz for your tires ( they go w here cars and trucks cant) 7. dont try and save anyone unless u really cant let them die 8. keep going 9. remember w hat your fighting for 10. keep a change of socks and a second pair of clothes w ith u Link to this comment 341. July 10, 2011 at 2:41 pm ET - Dark Knight Rises new s You broke dow n the topic pretty w ell; really w ell w ritten! Link to this comment 342. July 11, 2011 at 10:01 am ET - Odette Allen This w as a brilliant idea. Im making an emergency kit today and do I remember to look for the CDC site? No. Do I remember the article about Zombie Apocalypse? YES! Link to this comment 343. July 11, 2011 at 10:28 am ET - savana If u are into this look up max brooks he is a author Link to this comment 344. July 11, 2011 at 8:34 pm ET - How ard Chipper ha me and my friends strted talking about w hat w e w ould do if this ever happend. w e w ould stockpile food Link to this comment 345. July 12, 2011 at 8:15 pm ET - Las Vegas Perfect w ork you have done, this site is really cool w ith w onderful information. Link to this comment 346. July 13, 2011 at 4:39 pm ET - gadge foutch for those complaining about there tax dollars being w asted cuz they believe its imposibble ur a idiot cdc did a great job on this and i dont believe they w asted a ton of cash to w rite a simple article on solanum virus i believe w arning the public of potential saftey hazards is important including this one u must alw ays be prepared even in this instance they w ould not post it if it is not a potential threat and w hile im running from u
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cuz ur a flesh eating freak that cant take advice ill be laughing at ur ignorance Link to this comment 347. July 13, 2011 at 6:33 pm ET - Leann W ith Obamas issued w arning on Tuesday w hen he said social security payments and veterans checks, among other payments, could be at risk if negotiators dont reach a deal to raise the debt limit above $14.3 trillion by Aug. 2., W e could indeed be facing a Zombie Apocalypse. Think of it, w ithout necessary funds needed to sustain food, medicines, & shelter the number of people w ho w ould be in the streets, homeless, jobless, sick, hungry, crazed. Link to this comment 348. July 13, 2011 at 9:55 pm ET - grrr Im actually a zombie w riting this post right now . Link to this comment 349. July 14, 2011 at 4:11 am ET - Hillbilly Bill w tf dudes??? Link to this comment 350. July 14, 2011 at 10:16 am ET - Allison, RN Brilliant and entertaining w ay to bring attention to such an important issue. Nice job! And a shoutout to my fellow Zombie Response Team members! Link to this comment 351. July 14, 2011 at 10:27 am ET - Heinrich Hller Is this a joke? Do you Americans really beleave in this? And you guys w onder w hy no body takes you serious! Greetings from Europe Link to this comment 352. July 14, 2011 at 1:51 pm ET - Charles W atch learned a lot from blogs.cdc.gov Link to this comment 353. July 14, 2011 at 3:01 pm ET - Emerson W arw ick If a zombir bites you on the arm, can you cut off your limb and thus be saved from the infection ? Link to this comment 354. July 14, 2011 at 3:31 pm ET - NEKTUR now i know w hy Im being taxed 34% by the federal gv Link to this comment 355. July 14, 2011 at 10:18 pm ET - Jayda Im sorry. Zombies arent real they are like dinosaurs, They lived and died, or they are just a myth. But w onderful report IF it ever happened. Link to this comment 356. July 15, 2011 at 4:18 pm ET - Judy I love it.. It made me look harder and I usually dont read the comments. For those that are upset that preparedness is being address this w ay GET OVER IT this is a great w ay to get to people, especially young people, to really look at w hat they need. If you look around you see Zombies all over the place at least talk about the impending zombie apocalypse. Good job!! Link to this comment 357. July 15, 2011 at 4:34 pm ET - dalton w illett this is so funny I w ill totally use this during a zombie apocalypse hilarious! Link to this comment
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358. July 15, 2011 at 11:01 pm ET - AK Girl This w as a very w ell thought out idea. W hat a fun w ay to get people thinking about real disaster preparation. I can see by some of the comments that are negative some people did not read it before replying. First of all, the CDC is not funded by your tax dollars people but if it w as you should be proud. Think of all the people w ho w ill read this thinking its a joke then realize they do need to be more prepared for natural disasters or anything that could come up. Young people even, the age group mostly joking about zombies all the time could use this information to save their life if there w as an earthquake or I dont know maybe if a nuclear pow er plant started having meltdow ns Thank you for this blog, very w ell done. Link to this comment 359. July 16, 2011 at 6:17 pm ET - Ron W hat happens to the rescue plan if all the CDC folks become Zombies? W ith w hat is going on in DC these days, it appears that there are already a bunch of Zombies in Congress and the W hite House.so a take over of the CDC is not too much of a stretch. Link to this comment 360. July 16, 2011 at 10:34 pm ET - 2ndchildhood If you meet by the mailbox, the zombies w ill get you for sure!!!! Link to this comment 361. July 16, 2011 at 10:41 pm ET - 2ndchildhood @ Heinrich Holler W hen the zombies come for youdont expect the USA to save you. Link to this comment 362. July 17, 2011 at 11:19 am ET - Glenn Please put a disclaimer on this article that this is not true. My son suffers from paranoia and is extremely disturbed that w hat is w ritten is actually real. I dont mind the fun of such an article, but it can be very disturbing for those w ho suffer from this disorder. Please amend this article to show that is fake. Regards, Glenn Link to this comment 363. July 17, 2011 at 2:06 pm ET - A zombies are real (look outside every friday night) . Link to this comment 364. July 18, 2011 at 1:50 pm ET - Nikki You have got to be kidding me. Zombies??? Really?? W ow I never thought Id see the day. This is ridiculous! The CDC has been w atching w ay too many cheesy old horror flicks. Give me a break. Link to this comment 365. July 18, 2011 at 4:47 pm ET - Zombie17 all the people complaining about our tax dollars w riting this article, need to lighten up. All the advice in this article can be applied to ANY diasater situation. Thats w hy they didnt include w eapons in their survival kit. Now back to zombies, I w ould also include some kevlar gloves(and even sleeves if you can afford them) so you dont have to w orry about getting bit on the hand. Link to this comment 366. July 18, 2011 at 10:44 pm ET - Dylan W hite my plan, to melt car parts and other metal, and combined w ith a thick rubber suit, create something like spartan or ODST type armor like from the halo series, as id like to see a zombie bite though an arm covered in a couple pounds of metal Link to this comment 367. July 19, 2011 at 12:15 am ET - Keith Turber This truly answ ered my dilemma, thank you!
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Link to this comment 368. July 19, 2011 at 11:17 pm ET - Zombie feast administrator Great w ork CDC. W e especially commned the idea of evacuees agreeing on meeting places. Link to this comment 369. July 20, 2011 at 4:12 pm ET - RPD76 The reason they dont have get a gun on the list is because this is actually a list of things to do in the event of a real emergency ie natural disaster or terrorist attack. They dont w ant armed scared americans roaming the streets or show ing up to red cross sites w ith rifles and shot guns lol. Link to this comment 370. July 20, 2011 at 8:51 pm ET - luna if zombies really attacked the w orld that could prove the w orld is screw ed royally! Link to this comment 371. July 20, 2011 at 8:55 pm ET - karin hart this could make purple monkeys and talking elephants cause my giraffe is already mocking me at my w indow !! my life w ould be more fun then it already is cause my cousin is chuck Norris. Link to this comment 372. July 20, 2011 at 8:57 pm ET - luna my cousin w ould star the zombie invasion and the w orld w ill show how screw ed it really is. Link to this comment 373. July 21, 2011 at 1:37 am ET - Noah Really, people? Lighten up w ith your retard comments like umg guyz this iz w azting r munnyz. I mean really, since w hen does it cost ANY money W HATSOEVER to post on a blog? Never. Its idiot tightw ads like you that make this country hell for the rest of us. Lighten up. Link to this comment 374. July 21, 2011 at 2:24 am ET - Steven Keck This is w onderful. Now if only w e could find a fun and innovative w ay to stress the importance of reading comprehension, so that the poor souls w ho have been upset by this blog post w ill have some hope of someday getting this joke. Or any joke for that matter. Or if w e could just get them to stop bragging about how they dont understand w hats going on around them, as if abject stupidity w as the noblest of virtues Link to this comment 375. July 21, 2011 at 4:05 am ET - Marcos Schelling Your w ebsite is extremely great carry on the w ork! Link to this comment 376. July 21, 2011 at 9:57 pm ET - DR. FERNANDO VALENCIA Psychiatriest u.c.l.a I AM IMPRESSED NO T W ITH CDC BUT W ITH US AND HOW W E HAVE DEVELOPED A ZOMBIE ALERT ? DONT GET ME W RONG I LOVE ZOMBIE FLICKS AND IM TERRYFIED THAT THIS MIGTH REALLY HAPPEN SO IM PREPARING AT THIS MOMENT MY ZOMBIE KIT . YOU HAVE CONVINCED ME . Link to this comment 377. July 22, 2011 at 2:45 am ET - Bryton Decker this doesnt make any sense y w ould u have the cops or fire department or something like thts # they w ould have probabaly have left tow n ive thought about w at i w ould do if a zombie apocalypse happened for years so if it really happened i w ould be ready and i no it its very complicated plan but not really Link to this comment
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378. July 22, 2011 at 8:29 am ET - M W ay to go CDC ! Thumbs up for the marketing genius! For the negative complainers, the CDC really got their bang for the buck on this tw ist. It is the same basic disaster preparedness information that the CDC has been making available to the public, but w ith some tongue in cheek humor added to make it a little more enjoyable and get the public attention. In trying to get people to read the information available, this zombie tw ist hit the jackpot. In all seriousness, the preparedness information contained is valid useful information. Read it. Understand it. Use it. You w ill not be sorry. Note: I am in no w ay connected w ith the CDC. Link to this comment 379. July 22, 2011 at 4:47 pm ET - TheyreComing Aw esome post! Zombie apocalypse? W e can handle it! The trailer for the second season of The W alking Dead just premiered at Comic-Con and I KNOW all you zombie-enthusiasts w ill eat this up! Cant W AIT for the new season!!! Link to this comment 380. July 22, 2011 at 7:35 pm ET - gumby32 Some garlic and a silver cross might also come in handy just in case. Link to this comment 381. July 22, 2011 at 8:02 pm ET - gumby32 The emergency preparedness kits should also be useful during the next Rapture scheduled for this October and the cataclysm associated w ith the end of the Mayan calendar in December 2012. Start preparing now before its too late! Link to this comment 382. July 23, 2011 at 6:25 pm ET - Danielle I think that youll need to see a psychiatrist Link to this comment 383. July 23, 2011 at 11:15 pm ET - dyangomartinez i really think that if a zombie apocalypse does happen i know that w ould be one crazy thing to really get your mind around it and react to it, w hen it comes to something that crazy i really think there is chemicals that could be launch into out atmosphere and gives the population some kind of w eird sickness and such thing could cause the humanity population to actually turn out to be like zombies running around w aiting to get a piece of your flesh and rip it apart but if does happen i hope that the C.D.C does act fast to something so critical and crazy as something like this i w ould survive to the fullest Link to this comment 384. July 24, 2011 at 4:33 pm ET - ****** w hen i heard about this i flipped out and made an entire emergency kit and i carry it around every w ere i know all about zombies so i know good true movies are zombie land. Link to this comment 385. July 24, 2011 at 6:19 pm ET - Bill Sanitation is an important factor to keep in mind since public w ater supplies might not be operational during an extended pow er outage. If w ater pumps cant move the w ater our indoor plumbing quickly stops w orking. Link to this comment 386. July 24, 2011 at 9:03 pm ET - Patricia Springstead RN MS It w ould be real nice if you w ould educate people on Morgellons disease as I have had to bear alot of the brunt for your lack of education and non disclosure of the studies performed at Kaiser permanente. Thousands are suffering and this really does not humor me. You may also w ant to stop asking people for their psychiatric problem in the Oils spill also. I w rote to Joe Biden and your head of the CDC sent a tepid response to me that there is no danger in the spill and no danger in the dispersants. I think you might w ant to have a chat w ith the people because w e are slammed w ith blood levels of people
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w ith hexane, benzine, mercury, 2 and 3 Methylpentane above the 95 Quintile, Issocatane and now Cesium 99 this is nothing to be ignored. People are very ill all over the coast of the Gulf and this is not National New s. I guess these w orkers and humans are delusional like Morgellons patients. The lack of help from the CDC I find appaling and OSHA should have made BP have respirators manditory. This is a horrific lack of oversight and compassion on the part of the CDC and yes w hile the w orld is aw ash in Environmental Armegeddon you put out an article that you think is cute. Thanks, there is a real appocolypse coming if w e dump one more chemical in that gulf or spray one more barrel of CORE-EXIT in that Gulf. Trisha Springstead RN MS Link to this comment 387. July 25, 2011 at 4:55 pm ET - Bryan Bicycles w ould be essential for getting around fossil fuels w ould definitely run out in an Apocalypse situation. Motorcycle jump suits w ould provide decent armor as they can stay intact after an accident it w ould be hard for teeth or nails to get through. Brick w alls w ould make a decent defense. Definitely invest in solar panels for electricity main pow er grids w ould probably go dow n. Link to this comment 388. July 25, 2011 at 5:35 pm ET - ninelives ok listen me not cdc i have the idea to learn how to survive in front of this apocalyps PLAY BLACK OPS IN THE SOMBIE MODE .. HAHAHA XD Link to this comment 389. July 25, 2011 at 9:42 pm ET - RICK A PETERS TO: CDC REF: ZOMBIE PREPAREDNESS I THOUGHT THE ARTICLE ON ZOMBIE PREPAREDNESS W AS VERY INTERESTING, AND IF I W OULDNT ALREADY HAVE AN EMERGENCY KIT AVAILABLE, THE ARTICLE W OULD HAVE MADE ME MAKE ONE. IF THIS IS W HAT IT TAKES TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THEIR SAFETY THAN IM ALL FOR IT. DONT W ORRY, IM NOT ONE W HOSE W ORRIED SO MUCH ABOUT THE COST AS MUCH AS THE RESULT. GOOD JOB! Link to this comment 390. July 27, 2011 at 10:18 am ET - Matt Cosner W ere in the midst of the biggest budget crisis experienced by our nation in our lifetimes, and this is how public servants chose to spend their time (and by extension our tax resources?) I w onder how many GS-15s it took to put this together. I cant w ait to tell the W ashington Post about this. Link to this comment 391. July 27, 2011 at 1:36 pm ET - Jeff This is an old article. I read it a couple months ago. I have seen this apocalypse coming. They w ill be here soon. Is it 2012? I do not know at all. All I know is that this has happened before, but it w asnt an apocalypse. Link to this comment 392. July 27, 2011 at 1:39 pm ET - Jeff I agree w ith Dylan. Dylan, remember, it has to be flexible, and it shouldnt have any holes that zombies can get their hands into! Link to this comment 393. July 27, 2011 at 7:05 pm ET - josh i did not know this w ill happen im soo scared out of my mind. if this happens then.. + Link to this comment 394. July 27, 2011 at 7:12 pm ET - Josh gonzales this cant happen. Link to this comment 395. July 27, 2011 at 11:33 pm ET - scott
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395. July 27, 2011 at 11:33 pm ET - scott i w ill be going to w all mart you can close thoes big metal gates they have canned goode generators firearms and ammunition batteries meds camping and cooking supplies ( grills) climb to the roof after it is locked dow n all doors and have 360 degree security you could last there untill the w ater ran out ( bottles) Link to this comment 396. July 28, 2011 at 12:39 am ET - Thomas I find this article interesting and i find that the people w ho do find this article helpful to be understanding of being prepared for w hatever happens and find those w ho dont like this article to please stop adding rude comments. You are closed minded and ignorant of the possibilities that could happen, nothing is w ritten in stone and its aggravating w hen people post rude remark, if you dont like it then quit reading it and go search for basic safety precautions for disasters w ithin your area. Expect the best, prepare for the w orst Link to this comment 397. July 28, 2011 at 12:52 am ET - Nelley I am fully prepared but w hat badge are you guys talking about Link to this comment 398. July 28, 2011 at 2:49 am ET - JHS This w as a w ell thought out w ay to get people prepared for natural disasters. I know many people w alk around care free thinking nothing can happen and everything w ill be provided by the government, w ell w e seen how that w orked out after a few hurricanes. Having w orked in law enforcement for over 16 years I can tell you most people are not prepared for even a small disaster and rely on the police and fire to take care of everything. Each citizen should take a little self responsibility and put a kit together w ith all the items listed by the CDC and Ready.gov. That w ay if a family should have to shelter in place until help arrives they can be prepared and sustain some safety and health and not tax the system should help be slow to get there. Zombies are a good example to get everyone prepared for a disaster, it makes the idea of being prepared fun and get your entire family involved. I applaud the CDC for using this idea to get Americans prepared should a disaster befall their community. Thanks CDC for a w onderful w ay to get people ready for any emergency. Im sure there w ere several critics that did not like the idea that voiced their opinion on this forum. But it surely got their attention and likely may save their life one day for making them read something they probably never w ould have. Good Job! Link to this comment 399. July 28, 2011 at 10:55 am ET - Blog Administrator Matt, Thanks for reading and for your blog comment. As w e have mentioned previously this blog incurred no additional costs to the government. W e used existing staff and resources and feel that it has completed our mission of informing the public about important public health preparedness messages. Thanks! Link to this comment 400. July 28, 2011 at 5:44 pm ET - Donna W hat a fun, creative w ay to teach kids (and Adults) about emergency response kits! My boys now have taken interest in our 72 hr kit, w here it is, and w hat is in it. Government money w ell spent! Link to this comment 401. July 30, 2011 at 11:59 am ET - Basicload To all of you First Responders, National Guard, and Federal Military, Remember that your zombie emergency plan for your family should not be contingent upon you. You are going to be up to your neck in undead, infected, or more than likely just plain stupid people that refused to listen to w arnings. Unfortunately that means that your family w ill be on their ow n. It sucks but its the life that w e have chosen. SO, make sure your kit is sorted out, your family know s w here it is and how to use it,
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and you have a plan to communicate w ith them and/or find them if the situation becomes so dire that you choose to abandon your post screaming every man for themselves! Most important is to teach them how to survive w ithout you and the importance of proper mindset. If you are the Alpha male of your house hold, then most likely you have shielded them, provided for them, and protected them their w hole lives. Its time to teach them to protect and provide for themselves. You are going to have a horrible job of holding society together and preventing anarchy, the least that you can do for yourself is make sure you KNOW that your family is going to be OK, so you can focus on your job and your responsibilities to the greater good. Link to this comment 402. July 30, 2011 at 1:45 pm ET - james i say, bring em, this country is in a ressesition and zompoc w ould be the perfect thing to 1: population controll(survival of the prepared) 2: open up ALOT of job opprotunities after the outbreak and 3: zompoc w ould be a hell of alot more fun than sitting around at a 9-5 job or online doing job apps for jobs that dont exist by the time they are seen anyw ay Link to this comment 403. August 1, 2011 at 1:01 pm ET - Hannah Brow n Love this so much!!! Its about time !!! W e should be prepared for any and all emergencies!! Link to this comment 404. August 2, 2011 at 1:17 am ET - Nicole I havent started yet so I need more time Link to this comment 405. August 2, 2011 at 5:17 am ET - Your pathetic.. You people that commet on things such as this w ith negative comments are just pathetic. In the opening paragraph it says this is for example. This blog is to help prepare for other emegencies, to give oneself an idea of w hat to do/get during any emergency. Link to this comment 406. August 3, 2011 at 6:26 am ET - batul i am not afraid of them anymore Link to this comment 407. August 3, 2011 at 6:28 am ET - bonny hey zoombies lets see w at happens after this? just w ait and w atch Link to this comment 408. August 3, 2011 at 10:36 am ET - Gavin McClelland Thanks, the Zombie angle got even our adult children interested in Dads obsession to be prepared for hurricanes, pow er outage glitches, pandemic influenza of huge proportions and even ZOMBIEs w hich w as not on my radar until now ! Amusing angle that w orked as intended! Thanks.from an obsessively protective dad and granddad! Link to this comment 409. August 3, 2011 at 2:10 pm ET - Mr. Clean A. Did our tax dollars go to this tripe? B. This all comes from the organization that for years has been at the forefront of taking our 2d amendment rights from us. Zombie defense can only be accomplished through application of accurately directed objects via kinetic energy as a function of the ejection of lead from a metal tube caused by a gaseous explosion. live perpetrators often require 2 to the chest, one to the head, guaranteed to make them dead Zombies how ever require one to the head just to ensure theyre really dead Link to this comment
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410. August 3, 2011 at 5:45 pm ET - George Bradbury Im currently w riting my ow n zombie survival strategy and w ill post a link here w hen finished. I agree w ith the saferooms, preferably having air vents, plants, heavy doors and no w indow s. How ever, there needs to be a service that allow s areas to coordinate saferooms so that there is alw ays a saferoom w ithin a 2-3 hour w alking distance of another saferoom. Also, large, strategic bridges should be destroyed and ferries be offered in place so that zombies w ould be better isolated to land masses. Thats just my 2 cents though. Link to this comment 411. August 4, 2011 at 3:20 am ET - Zimmer Frankfurt Thanks for sharing valuable information about master Link to this comment 412. August 4, 2011 at 9:06 pm ET - James N. W ow , 372 posts! This blog article must have been read by thousands of people after it w ent viral. Ill bet a normal blog article on disaster preparedness w ould not have achieved even one tenth as many posts and reads. Kudos to the genius w ho dreamed this up! Link to this comment 413. August 5, 2011 at 12:11 pm ET - Lyn As someone w ho has been preparing (prepping) for a long time and has CERT training I think this is great! For those of you w ho think this is real/ stupid/ a w aste of money , you all w ill clearly be the first ones to turn zombie . This isnt political folks ,both liberals and right w ingers are in the prepper movement so get over it. Great job getting young people to take preparedness seriously CDC! Its a joke people , laugh every few years, it should release your sphincter and make you hate a little less. Link to this comment 414. August 8, 2011 at 5:01 pm ET - Scumgrief This is fantastic, being that I typically put out FEMA/CDC pamplets on preparing for any and all emergency issues for the people w ho come into my office(somew here not too far north of NYC itself) I applaud this. Its a w onderful w ay of getting kids and adults to think about how to protect life and property. Link to this comment 415. August 8, 2011 at 11:44 pm ET - TC LMAOBut then ya never know , this might be exactly the best w ay to w arn people if there REALLY is a Zombie bug! Link to this comment 416. August 9, 2011 at 2:42 pm ET - Sacramento Survival I am pretty much prepared because I listen to The Survival Podcast, The Urban Survival Podcast, and the Chip Monk Family Preparedness Podcast. They have helped me be ready for all eventualities. Mostly thanks to The Survival Podcast and Jack Spirko. Thanks Jack! And thanks to my Dad w ho raised me w ith a survival mindset. Link to this comment 417. August 10, 2011 at 7:14 am ET - hiit Ive been reading a lot about this subject lately and i learned a little more from reading this, thanks for the post. Link to this comment 418. August 10, 2011 at 6:10 pm ET - Dave Cole Bravo! w ell done to w hoever came up w ith this as a w ay to get people to read about being prepared. (and an even bigger w ell done to their supervisor w ho had the guts to green-light the idea) Link to this comment
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419. August 11, 2011 at 2:47 am ET - Apt Frankfurt Looks like your site is getting alot of visitors. Link to this comment 420. August 11, 2011 at 5:46 pm ET - Matool (just kidding, it's Karen) BEAUTIFUL site and great info! BRAVO to the CDC for making disaster preparedness relevant to those w ho might never really get the urgent need to alw ays be prepared for a natural or (w orse) man-made disaster that lasts longer than a few hours. The closest thing I came to a disaster w as w hen the pow er w ent out (and stayed out) for over 5 1/2 days in Cincinnati in early 2008 due to unexpectedly and extremely high w inds (thank you Hurricane Ike). I w as w oefully unprepared, and so w ere all of the businesses, urgent cares and everything else in my area; the local hospitals pow er didnt return until over 3 days afterw ard. I never made that mistake again, and have quite the emergency preparedness kit, though it does lack a few things mentioned in the article (thx, CDC!), esp. re: the pet essentials. Couching your info in a zombie apocalypse scenario only makes it that much more fun (and relevant) to me. Im not a lazy teen or millennial slacker or paranoid gamer-basement dw eller Im a middle-aged attorney in a law enforcement agency (and my supervisors w ere the ones w ho sent me the link to this!). In fact, w e might be putting it in our next health and safety e-new sletter. Put it this w ay no one ever died from too much good information! W hen the zombies are at your door, youll w ish youd paid more attention to this and less to Americanfriggin-Idol! And dont forget Cardio, cardio, cardio (w /the occasional double-tap!). Keep up the fabulous w ork, CDC!! Youve made my w eek; and Im so gratified to find many compadres that think about these things as much as I do!! W heres a zombie response team I can join?? ) Link to this comment 421. August 11, 2011 at 6:36 pm ET - chris lol that w as great, I laughed and learned w hat I need to do incase of an emergency Link to this comment 422. August 11, 2011 at 10:10 pm ET - zsurviver1 i dont w ish for an event of zombies to happen but ive built as good a kit to survive as a 13 year old could and iv read zombie survival guide 3 times taking notes etc. i have a map of my state,city,country,surrounding states, safe zones,paw n shops ,super stores ,gun shops, military surplus stores,even a map of my ow n neighborhood that I drew my self i dont know if that w ill keep me alive or not but if happens ill be ready and if i dont survive than w hom ever finds my gear surely w ill if they are smart enough to w ork my gear but if they w erent than they w ouldnt be alive to find it in the fist place . Link to this comment 423. August 11, 2011 at 11:52 pm ET - Jerome Fishkin W hat a breath of fresh air! Humor in a bureaucratic post. Keep it Up!! Link to this comment 424. August 13, 2011 at 10:15 pm ET - Matool (aka Karen) BRAVO, CDC!!! W ay to make emergency preparedness fun AND relevant to a population that likely w ould not think about such an important thing (me being one of them, and Im a veteran and an attorney for a law enforcement agency!). As a species humans tend to be a reactive, rather than proactive, bunch. Therefore, they are often caught unaw ares w hen a disaster (natural or w orse, man-made) strikes. I w as in Cincinnati, OH in 2008 w hen the w inds from Hurricane Ike knocked out pow er for hundreds of square miles; in my case, over 5 1/2 days, and I w asnt rural, I w as in a heavily populated suburb of dow ntow n. EVERYONE, businesses, hospitals, fire/police stations and myself, w ere caught completely off-guard. It doesnt sound like a long time, but it truly feels like forever w hen you cant get even the most basic of essentials, like w ater and canned food, b/c all the businesses w ere shuttered until at least 3 days into the outage (obviously, the hospitals and emergency stations w ere 1st priority, then businesses, then everyone else). You couldnt drive the roads for the first 2 days at least (sparking w ires and dow ned branches w ere littering the streets). Needless to say, the traffic llights didnt w ork, so you w ere really taking your life in your hands to venture out in a vehicle. It definitely scared me into aw areness of how important it is to have the basics on hand, and in mass quantities, b/c you never know just how long youll be w /o the basics, like electric pow er. W e take so much for granted. And zombies (my favorite horror monster) are a potent reminder of the effects of societal breakdow n replace zombie w /terrorist and hopefully, you get my point. W hat if you cant get thru to 911? W hat if law and order completely collapsed? W hat if those societal buttresses w ere suddenly (maybe permanently?) yanked out from under you? Obviously, the CDC can only do its particular function in all this, but you see w here Im going. You MUST be
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prepared for something like this, b/c theres very little to stop it from happening. So thank you, CDC, you did a marvelous job of shocking the conscience of quite a few people, myself included. Keep up the fabulous w ork. PS Never forget to double-tap!! Link to this comment 425. August 14, 2011 at 12:03 am ET - pristiq for anxiety Great article w ith very interesting information. You might w ant to follow up to this topic!?! Link to this comment 426. August 16, 2011 at 11:57 am ET - S. You forgot to include an axe. Seriously. Not for zombies. For hacking through the attic to get up to the roof. A lot of flood victims drow n because the w ater rises to the attic, and they cant get up to the roof. Link to this comment 427. August 16, 2011 at 3:06 pm ET - samw ise I must say Resident Evil w as one of my best. It has a better plot than most and it more futuristic. Link to this comment 428. August 17, 2011 at 6:28 pm ET - Blueslover I w ould also recommend adding a couple of friends to your emergency rations. Preferably some that you dont particulary like so you can trip them w hen the zombies start chasing you, giving you extra time to get aw ay. Link to this comment 429. August 19, 2011 at 2:17 am ET - Como Subir la Masa Muscular Great w ebsite. W hat a fun w ay to get people thinking about real disaster preparation. I can see by some of the comments that are negative some people did not read it before replying. First of all, the CDC is not funded by your tax dollars people but if it w as you should be proud. Think of all the people w ho w ill read this thinking its a joke then realize they do need to be more prepared for natural disasters or anything that could come up. Jesus Castillo Como Subir la Masa Muscular Link to this comment 430. August 20, 2011 at 11:45 am ET - Jami I prepare by playing Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies on a daily basis lol Link to this comment 431. August 20, 2011 at 12:42 pm ET - David Carr W e are sitting here in the store and w onder w hat in the hell w as w rong w ith these slobber, sloth like fellow . Then he pushes back out onto the street and a another customer says that dude w as a zombie!. He gave us this site address and told us to read up on the zombie possibility and w hat to do if they are here. After the last customer yesterday, I believe that the if is actually an is. The zombie are here and are now populating the planet. Link to this comment 432. August 21, 2011 at 7:56 am ET - Essay Editing Service Thanks for the post. I alw ays enjoy reading your blog. Keepem coming more frequently. Best! Link to this comment 433. August 21, 2011 at 2:12 pm ET - Summer Daily Interesting view s forsure, yeah doesnt seem to far fetched either w ith all the crazy stuff they can mix up now a days in a science lab and implement it in a new energy drink or something of that nature. If that happens i plan on staying in my summer house w ith all my supplies. Link to this comment
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434. August 21, 2011 at 6:38 pm ET - George A. Romero I hope the president is aw are of this situation and is forming a committee to look into a possible vaccine to prevent this from happening. But just incase I got my kit already made. Link to this comment 435. August 22, 2011 at 8:47 pm ET - Ian Im not sure about you but if such a thing w ere to happen, more often than not a mass riot w ould break out before anyone got their heads straight on w hat to do to survive such a disaster. And if this w ere to happen, most government officials w ould treat this as someone causing a violent riot for odds reasons or even for terrorism before openly accepting that zombies are attacking. I love this article and mean no offense but this is how I w ould see us reacting. Link to this comment 436. August 23, 2011 at 8:23 am ET - Aloe Vera Gel Benefits W ellA zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario of apocalyptic literature that customarily has a science fiction/horror rationale. In a zombie apocalypse, a w idespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization.In short great postreally amazingThank you so much for sharing this amazing info Link to this comment 437. August 23, 2011 at 2:44 pm ET - zsurviver1 i think that w e all should take zombies seriously because if yo have built a zsk (zombie,survival,kit) you can use it for any situations Link to this comment 438. August 24, 2011 at 4:20 pm ET - P Smith To any and all idiots (likely all teabaggers) complaining about w asted money, think for a minute, if youre not too brain damaged. Then again, that goes w ithout saying w hen talking about such idiots. How much money did this page actually cost to produce? Lets be pessimistic and say five hours, plus the cost of gathering pictures and the time it takes to post it. How much is that? About $300? $500 total? Thats a pittance. Compare that to the w aste of programs like abstinence only sex education for w hich hundreds of millions of dollars w as spent. The product of that program w as increased STD transmission and increased teen pregnancy. W ill this zombie w arning cause disease? Cause mass panic? Cause an increase in violence and law lessness? No, none of the above. The biggest cost of this page is the cost in data transfer, the number of times it has been view ed by the public. But if the public are reading it, then that w as the point: getting people to think about disaster preparation. At the price it cost, it w as a bargain. Link to this comment 439. August 26, 2011 at 11:16 pm ET - Angel Lugo I have alw ays been a w oman w ho is not scared of anything.. not even death.. but I AM TERRIFIED of Zombies.. and not like.. I w ill cow er in the corner w hile they eat me alive terrified.. Im terrified w here if i see you have been bit.. Sorry but your gonna have to be dealt w ith, no need to sit and ponder it. I have alw ays had a fear of a zombie Apocalypse.. Religiously and Scientifically it is possible.. I remembered hearing, w hen there is no more room in hell, the dead w ill w alk the earth. Not to mention the end of the w orld apparently coming October 28, 2011. I am pretty sure w ith cataclysmic events w ill cause the release of biochemical viruss to become air borne as w ell as in our w ater supplies.. Basically I am saying I am trying to find others in my area w ho are preparing and w ho are w illing to voyage out together to look for an infection free zone. W hich I feel from movies they have hinted us that Alaska might be one of those virus free areas Anyone w ho lives in south florida or is w illing to make their w ay dow n here to help if the event ever should happen please feel free to email me at doordie954@hotmail.com I am planning a trip to stock up and start making individual backpacks w ith survival kits as w ell as survival protection per individual. =] ~Angel Link to this comment 440. August 27, 2011 at 11:01 pm ET - viola i loved this .i came across it looking for zombie info for a art project i am w orking on w ith a group at IUOMA ,Zombie Encyclopedia Project, w hose goal is to create a freely available PDF art-book for dow nload by the general public by Hallow een 2011.
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i havnt got to the survival kit ,but i did spead the last 4 hours reading the comments .some people w ere right on giving you kudos, for getting our youth active. a lot of comments from the future caretakes of this planet. and the people w ho think you w ere w asting our tax dallors probably did get as many hits as you did and w ill keep getting hits, just because its a good subject. thanks loved it Link to this comment 441. August 29, 2011 at 1:05 am ET - maryann This is amazing, it could be realistic, but w ith all these new flus and these super bugs going aroundw ho know w hat could happen.right onM Link to this comment 442. August 29, 2011 at 4:27 pm ET - Teresa good article, I like zombie movies are very good Link to this comment 443. August 29, 2011 at 6:18 pm ET - Anne I just checked this out after the earthquake and hurricane. I love this blog entry. Its great! Thanks for making disaster preparedness actually fun to read about! Link to this comment 444. August 30, 2011 at 10:09 am ET - realistic101 To be honest if anybody really believes in zombies they need to check in w ith a mental institution I mean I w atch my share of horror films but I dont actually believe it w ould happen in real life Its all a bunch of entertaining nonsense. Thats just my opinion. Peace out!!! Link to this comment 445. August 30, 2011 at 4:39 pm ET - Non ya The is so fake im not stupid!!! Link to this comment 446. August 30, 2011 at 4:42 pm ET - damian hohn w how w w w w w how w w w w i cant w ait for zombies to come at least therel be some fun in this w orld Link to this comment 447. August 30, 2011 at 10:01 pm ET - Jessica I w as never afraid of zombies have in Pelican Link to this comment 448. August 30, 2011 at 10:18 pm ET - Martha the zombie movies or series are excellent Link to this comment 449. August 31, 2011 at 10:25 am ET - CMW Zombie Apocalypse is coming to Arbutus on Oct 30, 2011. W e are having carnival games, food, music, raffles and a zombie w alk through tow n. it is all to support the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) and the Arbutus VFD. Find us on Facebook at: Zombie Apocalypse on Facebook Link to this comment 450. August 31, 2011 at 1:20 pm ET - Jerzy Stock up w ith big jars of cheap w ine. I lived thru Northridge earthquake and afterw ards, w ithout pow er, w ithout gas, w ithout w ater, for almost a w eek. Suddenly there is literally nothing to do. So, just post yourself on a coach, listen to battery operated radio, if you have one, or read a book (hey, remember? there is something like that!) and sip your burgundy. I guarantee, youll discover you never tried better w ine than this one. Id add holly w ater against zombies. Link to this comment
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451. August 31, 2011 at 9:24 pm ET - Moose i found this to be really cool, but i realize now how incredibly stupid the w orlds population is. Link to this comment 452. September 1, 2011 at 4:02 am ET - john simpson Dude, aw esome site, zombies freak me out, lol. Link to this comment 453. September 1, 2011 at 11:57 am ET - Amazing Just w hen I thought nothing w ould surprise me. ZOMBIES on CDC! Aw esome. W e only w ish that in Argentina w e had something like that Link to this comment 454. September 4, 2011 at 3:08 am ET - Ray I like movies about zombie))Ive found a useful information about them. Link to this comment 455. September 6, 2011 at 4:47 am ET - Yoli W ell In my conuntry at schoool they alw ays teach us w hat w e should take in an emergency situation, here is w hat I w ould take: * Large Size Backpack (Nylon) * Bright Bar, 12 Hour (Green) * Plastic w histle w ith cord * First Aid Kit 37 Pieces * Duct tape (Duct Tape), 50 yards (45.72 m) * Tool 14 in 1 pocket * Triple Opener, 1 pair * Radio AM / FM, Flashlight, Alarm * C-size batteries x2 * Solar Blanket * Food Rations of 2400 Calories * W ith W ater Sachets x 10 * Emergency Poncho * N95 respirator * Biohazard Bag x2 * W ork Gloves, Leather Palm * W aterproof Matches, Box of 50 * Candles Emergency Slow Burn (pack of 5) Link to this comment 456. September 6, 2011 at 7:55 am ET - Extenze Thank you so much for such an informative post you have here. You have certainly put so much efort in making your blogs. Keep it up! Link to this comment 457. September 6, 2011 at 3:04 pm ET - Kate I think its very strange, but great!) Link to this comment 458. September 7, 2011 at 7:10 am ET - Amber Absolute Oil Looks like your site is getting alot of visitors. Link to this comment 459. September 9, 2011 at 6:39 pm ET - Matt Chains, you have got to have chains to grip the pavement. After you run over a few hundred the tires start to get slippery w ith zombie slop. A good set of chains w ill solve this problem. Link to this comment 460. September 9, 2011 at 7:40 pm ET - CDCs emergency plan errr incomplete (part 2) | Zombie Survival Blog [...] Here for your convenience, the link to the CDCs preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse [...]
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Link to this comment 461. September 10, 2011 at 8:11 pm ET - Roxy For all of you that think this page is nonsense, you are obviously missing the point. Its a fun and humorous w ay to get peoples attention to make a safety kit in case of emergencies. I w ould have never read this post if it didnt involve zombies. But w ho know s Anything is possibleeven perhaps zombies :-p Link to this comment 462. September 12, 2011 at 5:24 am ET - Mindano Iha CDC know s that this w ill be cool and attractive to many young people. It is a clever and cunning w ay to sell messages. A typical sales trick! Link to this comment 463. September 12, 2011 at 2:30 pm ET - How to Survive a Zombie Attack | W allyhood [...] Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deemed this topic w orthy of attention. See their new ish w ebpage Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse here. [...] Link to this comment 464. September 13, 2011 at 9:51 am ET - Horses If I get any zombies, Ill just sick my horses on them, they are tough! I never really thought of this topic till now . Better lock up! Link to this comment 465. September 13, 2011 at 10:29 am ET - Abia The Cat W hen the AMC TV show The Walking Dead returns in October, Im sure there w ill be more pointers on how to deal w ith zombies. Its just a matter of time before someone makes zombie harnesses or roll cages and puts them to w ork going round and round w ith a live chicken in a cage attached over their heads so they can turn a w heel attached to a device like a grinding mill or small electrical generator to recharge car batteries in the trendy hybrid green cars. I know I w ould. The NO W ORK, NO FOOD rule should apply to them as w ell. W oo Hoo! Zombie pow ered cars. Link to this comment 466. September 13, 2011 at 3:41 pm ET - Jobs Of The Day: W hen The Zombie Apocalypse Comes, Youll Be A Hero - MediaJobsDaily [...] CDC is hiring a director of communications. This means that w hen the zombie apocalypse arrives, youll have a crucial role in making sure everyone is safe and unzombified. You might also [...] Link to this comment 467. September 13, 2011 at 10:06 pm ET - Machine Hello I suggest Admin can set up a forum, so that w e can talk and communicate. Nancy Link to this comment 468. September 14, 2011 at 4:33 pm ET - Even the Zombie Apocalypse Cant Escape the Pow er of Social Media | W ebProNew s [...] This tw eet resulted in the crashing of the blog due to the amount of traffic. Strangely enough, the preparedness guide makes no mention of good strategies fro the utilization of social media during the [...] Link to this comment 469. September 15, 2011 at 1:12 am ET - Dee You can alw ays get supplies suggested above, but ofcourse, you w ont get far w ith alot of w eapons!!! start collecting now ! Link to this comment 470. September 15, 2011 at 3:37 am ET - john forbes I prefer to stick to max brooks survival methods instead of these amatuer ones.
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Link to this comment 471. September 15, 2011 at 8:18 am ET - Mike So how do you stock up on prescription meds? Insurance companies w ont allow that! Link to this comment 472. September 15, 2011 at 11:35 am ET - jason I have a question for all you Nay sayers, All w ho believe this is a w aste of OUR tax dollars Do you say the same thing bout the government w asting OUR tax dollars on preparing for Alien invasions?? Cause you believe there is no such thing and believe w e are alone in this Universe? then w e really need to be spending OUR tax dollars on the ignorance in this country Believe that anything is possible. KUDOS to CDC. Link to this comment 473. September 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm ET - Even the Zombie Apocalypse Cant Escape the Pow er of Social Media | Make money online information resource. [...] blog. This tw itter resulted in a crashing of a blog due to a volume of traffic. Strangely enough, a preparedness guide creates no discuss of good strategies fro a function of amicable media during a [...] Link to this comment 474. September 15, 2011 at 3:32 pm ET - Keep Your Paw s off My Sink! | Hipster Jew [...] I know , I know . Its a shocker. Schlitz doesnt like something involving cats? It must be the apocalypse. [...] Link to this comment 475. September 15, 2011 at 4:05 pm ET - nina perez im not saying zombies are real, but in the w orld w e live in today, it seemslike i see them on the 3 train everyday in new york but really, w ith all the dieseses out there, chemical w epons, and scientest trying to act like god and clone people, you never know Link to this comment 476. September 15, 2011 at 7:31 pm ET - Trey Truth is w hen there is one, all of us posting saying w e know w hat to do, atleast 50% of us w ill probably already be infected. I plan on locking all the doors boarding up the w indow s, then barricading my garage, easy escape in a car , Id probably end up at a outdoor sports store like many of us looking for a decent w eapon and a group of people to w ork and travel w ith. Link to this comment 477. September 16, 2011 at 1:57 am ET - Deguisement Zombie are coming back for Hallow een 2011 in few days now . W atch behind your doors. Thanks for the apocalypse zombie subject. Link to this comment 478. September 16, 2011 at 8:38 am ET - Jared Lyons If a zombie apocolypse w ere to occur just remember to sever the brainstem of the zombie by any means necessary, or just smack the crap out of its head. To add to the kit maybe steel toed boots in case you are out of w eapons and there are none in sight. Or just run aw ay because zombies are very slow . Link to this comment 479. September 16, 2011 at 8:44 am ET - Jared lyons Also reading the comments made me realize how stupid society is. And w hoever said zombies are fake better check their research. W e have the capabilities of reanimating the dead and the CDC is the ones w ith the crap to do so. all of this could be a hoax but they actually have had reports of zombies in haiti from about 35 years ago. The people w ere dead and they w ere reanimated and w alking around. They w ere not the stereotypical zombie that w e see in the movies but they w ere documented as zombies. Love or hate this post and think i am a nut job if you w ant or look it up and find out for yourself. Link to this comment 480. September 16, 2011 at 9:36 am ET - Zombie
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Grraarrrr, I am a Zombie Link to this comment 481. September 16, 2011 at 3:36 pm ET - Brandon i have read this and w ill prepare for this or any other disaster i also found this really cool and funny. Link to this comment 482. September 16, 2011 at 5:57 pm ET - MIchael A face mask is alw ays good to keep the virus from spreading through the blood and landing in your mouth in case of close combat situations, Link to this comment 483. September 16, 2011 at 7:44 pm ET - lisa hahaha zomibe apocalips if w e survied it w oldent be an apocolips ahahaha Link to this comment 484. September 17, 2011 at 4:29 am ET - viagra big thanks to the author for new ) Link to this comment 485. September 17, 2011 at 6:34 am ET - Citrus Oil | Natural Citrus Oil | Citrus Essential Oil Excellent post! Link to this comment 486. September 18, 2011 at 5:40 am ET - Parlez vous anglais In a parallel universe this blog w ould be extremely hempful. Until the day that Zombie take over I know now w hat to prepare for!! Link to this comment 487. September 18, 2011 at 2:02 pm ET - Sonya Sniper W here there is the posibility of a Zombie outbreak it is unlikely that it w ill happen in the manner w e think it w ill. Preparedness is a great aspect and in many w ays this article brought to light a fun w ay to get people to prepare for any sort of disaster. I am glad it w as w ritten the w ay it w as and I am disgusted w ith people complaining over tax payers money. I mean seriously, I pay taxes, I support learning even if it is through unorthdox means. Link to this comment 488. September 18, 2011 at 5:39 pm ET - Getting Juiced the FDA, Apple Juice and Arsenic | Eye on FDA [...] you missed it, the CDC recently posted an effort to increase the need to educate the public about Preparedness 101 The Zombie Apocalypse. This entry w as posted in Current Affairs, FDA Image, Food, Safety and Risk Issues. Bookmark the [...] Link to this comment 489. September 18, 2011 at 7:20 pm ET - michael and isiah W e w ere w atching deadliest w arrior, and saw the vampires VS zombies and looked up a guide in case of a zombie apocolypse. Very helpful. If you guys could make one for vampires that w ould be good, start w orking on it. Link to this comment 490. September 19, 2011 at 5:21 pm ET - voice of reason I understand the Zombie metaphor for emergency preparedness, I think a lot of people posting here do not. Emergency preparedness is not really a joking matter. This is really just a w hat w ould you do if society collapsed and police/emergency responders could not respond scenario, based on movies and pop culture. W hat scares me more than the dead coming back to life is the threat of brain-dead people preparing for zombies, or w orse, voting. Link to this comment
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491. September 19, 2011 at 10:43 pm ET - PF Hallow een Campaign! CDC zombie stickers and info w ith the treats!! Actually, I just read the book The Great Influenza, saw the movie Contagion w ith Paltrow & Damon), and w atched the PBS Influenza 1918 episode online. W hat can I say? I got curious. I w ould take zombies over influenza any day. It w as like Voldemort by 1919 it w as that w hich should not be named. So educate the unw ashed masses about pandemics/epidemics w ith costumes, treats, themes and post the CDC badge on your facebook page for Hallow een. Zombies 1918 Influenza (W here Edw ard became a Vampire) Contagion quarenteen (for a more modern approach) Link to this comment 492. September 20, 2011 at 10:57 am ET - MADDJEROME Im ready for zombies, Im 18 now and I just got a motorcycle, I got my car license in a cheap van, a 1994 toyota hiace. I no longer use the van now so I w elded on some steel screens over the the w indow s and added a high pow er multi frequency radio and television receiver and radio transmitter luckily I have some home made katanas if things go bad. Also in the van there is a w ater purification system, a homemade extra large fuel emergency fuel tank. I n the van I used to have big subw oofers, requiring big amps requiring a big pow er supply, I ripped the subs and other sound gear out, leaving the pow er supply, 4 high output alternators and 10 deep cycle batteries. The pow er supply in that van used to pow er a sound system loud enough to be in a concert, but its more than enough for a couple radios. W ell, call it over kill, but this w as more of a fun back yard project than a zombie apocalypse, although if there ever is this kind of crisis, I w ill be w ell prepared, but for now imm putting the subw oofers back in Link to this comment 493. September 20, 2011 at 6:52 pm ET - Allyssa I HOPE THIS IS A JOKE. Because My W orst Fear Are zombies.. Link to this comment 494. September 21, 2011 at 8:35 am ET - Pankaj Saraf Hey this is really very good post. I liked it Link to this comment 495. September 21, 2011 at 4:19 pm ET - Ksserr W hat must I do if in zombie I trust, but my parents not. I cant make my medkit and protection, cause they think it doesnt exist Link to this comment 496. September 22, 2011 at 12:02 am ET - Hall infantry If it does happenlogicly it w ould be more like 28u days later, not dead ppl coming back now ay. An the disease w ork likely be a form of rabies tht has mutated an took on the appearance of H5N1 (avian) flu w ith the w ay it rapidly spreads in humans. so lets say u are immune to it, go u, all I gotta say is hope. U aint outa shape cause running is w ho u are now , yes my fellow americans I hope u take this to heart w e need PT( physical training) cause lets face it w eve been a spoiled country for years obesity is the number one health risk an w eu talk bout it like its polio.PUT THE FORK DOW N HIT THE TREADMILL AN IF UR LUCKY U MIGHT NOT GET LEFT BEHIND. Thnx for reading Link to this comment 497. September 22, 2011 at 12:31 am ET - Hall P. S. Survival kits w ill keep u alive if u think practical w en packing. Alw ays remember noise and light disapline. Use battle buddies(buddy system ) be tactical about everything u do. I cant stress this enough, in a high stress situation dont flip out an go screaming to the floor No matter if its a fire fight, or u missed placed ur keys just remember SLOW IS SMOOTH SMOOTH IS FAST. If u ever use tht Ull understand. : this is for the social peterist tht r complainin bout the cdcs concern for a zombie apocalypse. do u really believe ur taxes w ent up because of simple informational w ebsite? U can stop speaking now . I am in the US army infantry and if I w as a conservative miser I
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w ould complain about sum of the stuff they pay us to do, like play football for hours, or take naps all on ur tax dollaar$. plus its not them taking it serious its to prove they r really trying to make sure the covered EVERYTHING so the next time w hiny ppl w anna blame sumone an get sumthing for nothing like they dont already have w elfare it w ont be them getting forced into paying unlaw ful restitution Link to this comment 498. September 22, 2011 at 2:19 am ET - Josh This is just a w ay to make emergency preparation interesting! And I like it! But in the event a real zombie invasion w ould occur, I highly doubt it has time for government bureaucracy! Most likely during a zombie invasion martial law w ill be dictated so it w ould be best to have an abundance of supplies and protection in your home, and I w ould advise not leaving it until the local authorities escort you to safety! Link to this comment 499. September 22, 2011 at 10:50 am ET - Elisha Jackson w ow :) the one fear that iv had for the longest time. any time i say any thing on it people look at me like im crazy and now thire all preparing to. lol thats crazy Link to this comment 500. September 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm ET - austin royals super beast got kit just w ating for it to happen Link to this comment 501. September 22, 2011 at 4:46 pm ET - Marie this is cool i am a true believer i kind of hope this happens zombies a scary and aw some and i w ill have to w rite this stuff dow n i made a list of things that w ould be helpfull Canned foods, rope, 1 or 2 tents, w ood, nails, backpacks, sleeping bags, w eapons of some kind, w ater, compass (2 just in case one gets lost), rope saw , solar-pow ered flashlights, w ater fillter, canteens,lighters/fire starters, medical kit, duck tape, soap, and other bathroom items. f.y.i im 14 Link to this comment 502. September 24, 2011 at 8:18 pm ET - Victor hernasty If ur lookin for protection get a shark bite proof suit they sell them cheap online and if they can protect u from a shark ull be safe from zombie bites and its lite w eight unlike chain mail w hich is heavy as hell so u can maneuver easily and get aw ay w ith out getting infected by a lucky scratch Link to this comment 503. September 27, 2011 at 3:07 am ET - Kim I love this! Just too funny! W ith Hallow een coming soon its time to get ready! And if you dont w ant to be one, w hy not dress like one and hide w ithin the group as the go around doing w hatever crazy stuff zombies do? But all joking aside I think the comment by voice and reason: I understand the Zombie metaphor for emergency preparedness, I think a lot of people posting here do not. Emergency preparedness is not really a joking matter. This is really just a w hat w ould you do if society collapsed and police/emergency responders could not respond scenario, based on movies and pop culture. W hat scares me more than the dead coming back to life is the threat of brain-dead people preparing for zombies, or w orse, voting. Now they got it right.. Link to this comment 504. September 27, 2011 at 5:43 am ET - jhon mark that is so nice i really enjoy read this.. Link to this comment 505. September 27, 2011 at 9:28 am ET - w endy Some people need to lighten up! At least it got you to the site w here you can read more information that you MIGHT NEED TO KNOW . Take a deep breath and relax.. Link to this comment 506. September 27, 2011 at 9:54 am ET - JimM
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I think this is a great posting. Fun and still informative about w hat to do in general emergencies. A great w ay to connect w ith the younger crow d. This is actually good stuff. Link to this comment 507. September 27, 2011 at 11:45 am ET - David This is great! Hats off to the CDC for having a sense of humor. I truly enjoyed this thank you! Link to this comment 508. September 27, 2011 at 11:55 am ET - cough, cough.. I love how prople cant see this for w hat it is: straightforw ard preparedness info. The w ord zombie is simply to describe the starving criminal hoards w ho are going to be looting during a major disaster. By the w ay, I disagree w ith the fact that defensive (or offensive) w eapons are completely ignored. Maybe the CDC thinks its out of the scope of a minimalist preparednedd article, but I disagree. Link to this comment 509. September 27, 2011 at 3:25 pm ET - Tits McGhee I think a full body condom is appropriate for bashing zombie skullz w ith aluminum and cricket bats, thus protecting you from evil zombie bodily fluids. And..if everyone else is a zombie, w ho w ill be around to say that necrophilia is still unacceptableha ha (Dr. Evil laugh) Link to this comment 510. September 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm ET - Rick This is great. Finally, a creative w ay to get us (at least me) to read about preparing for a disaster. The real zombies are the poor souls w ho complain that this is a w aster of tax money and miss the w hole point of the article. Imagine them w hen a real disaster hitsgive me your w ater. Link to this comment 511. September 27, 2011 at 3:59 pm ET - TK I love that the threat of zombies w ill probably enlighten more people to prepare for dangerous circumstances than the threat of a hurricane or flood. Oh cdc, brilliant. So w hen something bad does happen and youre thinking oh no, w hat do I do!? you can be like w ell I do have my zombie appocolypse bag. I GUESS I could use this. Youve all just been conned into being prepared for actual threats ^O^ Link to this comment 512. September 27, 2011 at 4:05 pm ET - Jim Is it true that there a vaccine-zombie link? Just one more reason not to get vaccinated! Link to this comment 513. September 27, 2011 at 6:04 pm ET - Jim Beam Some of these comments are so dumb; Id consider their authors The W alking Dead. W hat should my kit include to survive them? Link to this comment 514. September 27, 2011 at 6:06 pm ET - PMP Is there something you guys arent telling us? Seems like there have been a lot of zombie articles from the CDC and New s stations lately lol.. Link to this comment 515. September 27, 2011 at 6:22 pm ET - Mr. W iggles Great stuff! Can these products be used in response to rabid teabaggers? I see then w andering through the streets droning on about the end of the w orld all the time. Keep up the good w ork! Link to this comment 516. September 27, 2011 at 6:28 pm ET - GABE
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The real reason for the CDC posting this is because the same tools that w ill help you survive a zombie outbreak w ill help you survive any natural disaster, epidemic or otherw ise Sh!t Hit The Fan senatio (SHTFs). Food, w ater, utility knife, radio, flashlight fire starting equipment ect. Still pretty humorous how ever. Link to this comment 517. September 27, 2011 at 6:34 pm ET - Denog All the better if this gets people to prepare for more realistic disasters such has hurricanes and tornadoes. Link to this comment 518. September 27, 2011 at 7:04 pm ET - Erik Rodriguez I have three backpacks(one for each member of my family) in my garage already packed w ith re-chargeable lights, radios, various survival equipment, MREs, first aid, and a host of other essentials including maps w ith route plans. W hen preparing this, I remembered to plan for my dog. Dont forget mans best friend w hen escaping from that throng of zombies. There are destination and route plans for contigencies such as w ildfires, tsunami, social unrest, and radiological/biological accidents. Dont forget your Iodine pills and masks. Know ing a bit of history about your area is alw ays good, w ho know s w hen that abandoned mine w ill become handy shelter in a bind. Link to this comment 519. September 27, 2011 at 8:01 pm ET - Ryan W ell i mean better safe than sorry but getting prepared for a zombie invasion is borderline crazy, cant they be focused on things like cancer and other REAL diseases, not fears caused by Hollyw ood Link to this comment 520. September 27, 2011 at 10:21 pm ET - Kaleb Ericson The zombies w ill come!!! Be prepared, have a vehicle w ith plenty of fuel first off. Keep it near your safety zone w hich you should go to FIRST thing you learn of the zombies reaching your area. Have a group of at least 5 people that you trust(w ith your life prefreferably) and stay in the safe zone w ithin the area of your safe zone w ith minimum contact w ith the outside, only have 1 access point for maximum safety(make it hard to get to w ithout help from your group). Those are the basics of w hat you need to do w hen the infection hits. If you think im crazy Good, that just means I w ill survive longer, and w ho know s. Maybe Ill kill the zombie you Link to this comment 521. September 27, 2011 at 10:34 pm ET - Zombie Man Hahahathis is so cool. I never expected a gov related blog, i.e. the CDC, to put up a post on zombies. Any w ay w hen you run out of bullets, is to get a scary zombie costume and pretend to be one of them. And if you do that, you have to remember to cover yourself w ith decaying zombie juice so that they smell your human blood..lol Link to this comment 522. September 27, 2011 at 11:53 pm ET - Bourne For those w ho comment negatively about this post, not to w orry you guys are exempt. Zombies only go after brains. Link to this comment 523. September 28, 2011 at 9:09 am ET - {NW A}KING nice Link to this comment 524. September 28, 2011 at 10:34 am ET - AJ I w ould also suggest a change of underw ear for each family member. Maybe tw o. Link to this comment 525. September 28, 2011 at 1:02 pm ET - Zombie Slayer I am sure that I w ork w ith zombies regularly.They are certainly the w alking dead as they enter in the morning, and do not perk up until around 5:00pm as they exit Link to this comment
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526. September 28, 2011 at 4:31 pm ET - John Incredible Link to this comment 527. September 28, 2011 at 11:46 pm ET - Stokes As much as I w ould love to agree w ith the idea of blending in w ith the zombies as stated by Zombie Man in post 492. I w ould strongly suggest to not cover yourself w ith zombie juice as this w ill be teaming w ith the virus and therefore you might as w ell off yourself because w ell you know w hat w ill happen!!! Link to this comment 528. September 29, 2011 at 10:30 am ET - Desantis W hat an excellent w ay to get people to prepare for real-life emergency scenarios! W hoever thought up this post should get a bonus. Its a great use of humor to get a point across. Of course, some people have missed the point; theyre probably the same ones w ho spend months planning their Hallow een fancy dress costumes but expect other people to rescue them. Link to this comment 529. September 29, 2011 at 11:35 am ET - Juna Law horn This is great! Each year, I give a little speech to the local boy scout troop on emergency preparedness and living in Florida, it is a reality more often than not. This w eb-site helped get the speech off to a rollicking start and turned it into an interactive learning opportunity. These adolescent males are more likely to put something together in their homes if they can tell their friends and families they are preparing for a Zombie attack. CDC rocks! Link to this comment 530. September 29, 2011 at 4:22 pm ET - Cloride Venticue I have been observing that some people on my steet seem peeked and are lumbering about. Is this the beggining of the end? Link to this comment 531. September 29, 2011 at 4:23 pm ET - rationalzombiethinking the sad part is a zombie (aka reanimated corpse) is a very reasonable idea scientists have been toying w ith the idea of reanimating dead tissue for a loooong time and have gotten as far as using electrical impulses to do this temporarily of course but if something like rabies mutated out of control it is very possible since rabies does affect and takes control of the brain and use things such as the classic bite to spread the contagion so yes a zombetic like outbreak is a rational idea. Link to this comment 532. September 29, 2011 at 5:31 pm ET - Andre Hicks fake it is not gonna happen only god know s Link to this comment 533. September 30, 2011 at 10:50 am ET - Oxford My house is booby trapped..But still got some finial supplies to collect thanks CDC!! Link to this comment 534. September 30, 2011 at 2:45 pm ET - viviana Play plants vs zombies! the game w ill teach u how zombies attack in many w ays Link to this comment 535. September 30, 2011 at 8:49 pm ET - J do tazers w ork on zombies? Link to this comment 536. September 30, 2011 at 9:38 pm ET - w yndkeeper I just love you CDC ! Link to this comment
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537. October 1, 2011 at 1:55 am ET - Charles Yin *faint*, I know zombie invasion could be a threat, but this is one step too much! Link to this comment 538. October 1, 2011 at 5:56 am ET - classifieds good to see a post like this from the gov! Link to this comment 539. October 1, 2011 at 6:58 am ET - Phillip Nolan Thank gaw d w e support such important research w ith our tax dollars. . .though i w ill start carrying a bat in the trunk of my car. Link to this comment 540. October 1, 2011 at 7:34 am ET - Kevin B http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombieapocalypse/#comment-3780 @Crashemt I had to link your idiotic comment btw crashemt Seriously? W ho cares how much it cost the CDC to makes this, Im sure it w asnt much and it w as as lighthearted, fun w ay to bring attention to the underlying theme of a disaster preparedness kit. Good lord, are your reading comprehension skills that low ? They must be. Anyw ays, if you w ere a huge zombie fan like you claim, then you w ouldnt have left such a nitpicking comment. Grow up. Link to this comment 541. October 1, 2011 at 8:12 am ET - Calvin Great job CDC! Very few people w ould normally read about disaster preparedness from a government w ebsite. Those w ho w ould are likely prepared anyw ay. You just got the message through to a much larger cross-section of the population. Very smart. Link to this comment 542. October 1, 2011 at 12:10 pm ET - Joe H Is the general public that stale stating about tax payers dollars w asted for this? I thought this to be a very creative w ay to use our tax dollars to alert people on how to prepare for a disaster or emergency. Also how the CDC w orks to combat these situations. Sure they may be using one of the biggest hypes in media right now , but regardless it gets the message out. The person w ho w rote it w as already getting paid for w hat they do and they did a fine job if their aim w as to get a message across about real situations using a popular (false for now ) one. Id appriciate it if more government agencies could be this creative. Ill be purchasing my zombie task force shirt to help donate some money to help out for real disasters. Link to this comment 543. October 1, 2011 at 9:57 pm ET - A look at the CDCs Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse [...] the CDC is commenting on zombies. How socially conscious of them. It seems that even the smartypants in the ridiculously [...] Link to this comment 544. October 2, 2011 at 4:13 pm ET - Josh So this kinda gets me thinking. Maybre the gov. does have some kinda virus that can make someone into something like a zombie..i am a little concerned now Link to this comment 545. October 2, 2011 at 5:29 pm ET - Stumpf lol doesnt this post tell us all something, it amuses me that even our center for disease control has taken measures to prepare us for something they say they know nothing about Link to this comment 546. October 2, 2011 at 7:24 pm ET - Zombie apocalypse: Government agency prepares a survival guide | The Zig Zagger [...] Disease Control (CDC) has all the necessity information on the case and theyve
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prepared a survival guide in case of zombie [...] Link to this comment 547. October 2, 2011 at 7:36 pm ET - Jake Dude if u get bitten by one of them ur done. if ur bitten dont go to ur kit ask someone to kill u cuz thats how they spread fast.. and dont trie to communicate to zombies they r just a virus controlling the nerves like a puppet.. and they feed allllll day and alll night Link to this comment 548. October 2, 2011 at 8:18 pm ET - Jenn This is a great w ay to get youths interested and involved in preparing for an emergency. At least they can identify an emergengy w ith zombie-apocalypse and act accordingly. Link to this comment 549. October 2, 2011 at 8:20 pm ET - Jenn This is a great w ay to get youths interested and involved in preparing for an emergency. At least they can identify an emergengy w ith zombie-apocalypse and act and react accordingly if and w hen the time comes. Link to this comment 550. October 3, 2011 at 4:52 pm ET - Tricks and Treats: Hallow een Marketing Comes to Facebook [...] in May, the Center for Disease Control put up a blog post called Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse. Using tongue-in-cheek humor, the serious, government w ebsite teaches you how to put together a [...] Link to this comment 551. October 4, 2011 at 9:07 am ET - Furrballlll I love how they left out some kind of w eapon for self defense or protection against the Zombie hord. ie a ton of guns and ammo. Anyone w ho forgets that important part of the Z plan w ill be the bait and food for the zombies so everyone else can escape Thanks for taking care of that part of my plan for me CDC. Now i dont have to sacrafice one of my friends so i can escape. Link to this comment 552. October 4, 2011 at 12:40 pm ET - Chelsea I dont think a zombie apocalypse is anyw here near our futures, how ever the the use of the zombie apocalypse to grab the attention of its readers to in a sense prepare them for any natural disaster w as a beyond brilliant idea. Just saying. Link to this comment 553. October 4, 2011 at 1:13 pm ET - comercialestetica I do not believe that any of you guys actually think zombies exist. Emergency preparedness is not really true, better get ready for the end of the w orld because w e are not taking care of it. Link to this comment 554. October 4, 2011 at 1:36 pm ET - James The people w ho are complaining that this is a w aste of government money need to go back and reread the article. Im all for eliminating government w aste, but this does not really qualify as w aste. (At least no more of a w aste than normal government spending) If you read the article carefully you w ill notice that it is cleverly disguised message general disaster preparedness. See references to hurricanes, fires, tornados etc. Come on people! Link to this comment 555. October 4, 2011 at 9:01 pm ET - zombie_girl aw esomee a zombie apocalypse even iff i dont belive in it its going to be aw esome i know ee my ruless and imma survivor for that cant w ait but if they run w ell be messed up you know w imma get my ninja sw orddsss and im 13 yrs old no liess. i go to deady middle school im an 8th grader and im preparedd
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Link to this comment 556. October 6, 2011 at 10:11 am ET - jim yea right Link to this comment 557. October 6, 2011 at 12:50 pm ET - angela i highly doubt that w ill happen juss belive in the positives Link to this comment 558. October 6, 2011 at 7:42 pm ET - Phedra I think that this a great w ay for the CDC to reach out to w ider variety of people on how to prepare themselves for a real emergency. An I also think that some of the people that have left comments about the w aste of their on w orking on this information are just making themselves sound stupid. It is quite obvious from the w ay that different types of disasters are stressed in the article that the CDC is, in fact, just using this spin to get people prepared for common emergencies. Maybe you people w ho thought more about the w hole zombie aspect should take more time to actually read and understand the information. Link to this comment 559. October 7, 2011 at 9:42 am ET - amelya this is so cool! and the survival kit info is really helpful too Link to this comment 560. October 10, 2011 at 6:46 pm ET - Rechtsschutzversicherung Preisvergleich How dy I am so excited I found your w ebsite, I really found you by accident, w hile I w as searching on Digg for something else, Anyw ays I am here now and w ould just like to say cheers for a remarkable post and a all round interesting blog (I also love the theme/design), I donit have time to read through it all at the moment but I have saved it and also added your RSS feeds, so w hen I have time I w ill be back to read a lot more, Please do keep up the excellent w ork. Link to this comment 561. October 10, 2011 at 7:12 pm ET - Shocked W ow For all of you w ho say this cant happenbetter think again Lets all w atch w hat happens as our citizens continue rising up against this government, protesting inciting civil disobedience and such They w ont beat us or shoot us..they have other plans Just my theoryTurning us into zombies doesnt sound so far fetched to me! Link to this comment 562. October 11, 2011 at 10:15 am ET - Me W hile I agree w ith the people w ho are concerned about government w aste, I disagree w ith the target. This post cost no more than a very liberal estimate thousands of dollars. If you are concerned w ith cutting government w aste look no further than your elected Congressman. Link to this comment 563. October 11, 2011 at 4:09 pm ET - george bob im preparing for w hen the koalas attack! :3 Link to this comment 564. October 12, 2011 at 2:31 pm ET - jordan The zombies are coming Link to this comment 565. October 13, 2011 at 5:46 pm ET - Vanessa Nice post dude.. I w ill also support government Link to this comment 566. October 15, 2011 at 5:02 am ET - Rene double tap.
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Link to this comment 567. October 16, 2011 at 12:40 am ET - Eric Lilienthal People take everything so literally! You nay sayers are going on the version of zombies that are portrayed in the movies w hen everyone know s that movies are an overblow n version of actual events or details or things that either can or have happened. I think a zombie apocalypse is possible but it w ouldnt be actual re animated corpses w alking around eating people but crazy, starving, violent, mentally and motor function impaired people w ho maybe have a leprosy like condition is not that far fetched and the high communicability rate in other pandemics are already a reality. Dont be naive to how real a situation like this may be especially given the radiation that is currently in our atmosphere. ~Another Zombie W arrior~ Link to this comment 568. October 16, 2011 at 10:06 am ET - Karen God, I hope this is just a parody and not really real. For real, CDC? Some of your w ritters w atch too much Resident Evil. Link to this comment 569. October 17, 2011 at 10:39 am ET - jonky the zombie apocalypse is for real and w e are preparing for it Link to this comment 570. October 17, 2011 at 11:49 am ET - short love quote Its a pity you dont have a donate button! Id w ithout a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I guess for now ill settle for book-marking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forw ard to new updates and w ill talk about this site w ith my Facebook group. Chat soon! Link to this comment 571. October 17, 2011 at 1:55 pm ET - salzombiehunter ok here is an up to date post.im not here to play games or tell jokes .inffection/outbreak has already strarted in brooklyn new york and its really happening right now as w e speak cdc must find a w ay to control this outbreak before it get w ores asap. Link to this comment 572. October 17, 2011 at 4:13 pm ET - mad max the fact of a zombie out break is irrational that fact the a zombie is a bag of rotting flesh w ould attract flies maggots animals ect. and they w ould eventually rot dow n to noting w ith no muscles to move and thus no w ay to feed and spread unless there w as a fresh group of 100 zombies made w eekly Link to this comment 573. October 18, 2011 at 12:53 am ET - Baa Zombies are already here; theyre called sheeple, and many of them are present commenting on this very article. Link to this comment 574. October 18, 2011 at 7:59 am ET - David from Providence RI Aw esome blog!!! Great w ay to get some attention to the CDC, w hat you do, and how you help people in times of crisis. Seriously, you PR person deserves a raise off of this one. Now if w e can just get the Obama Administration to support itthink Vote Zombie Zombie Democrat/Zombie Republican 2012w ould make for a pretty aw esome shirt or campaign button/bumper sticker Link to this comment 575. October 19, 2011 at 4:36 am ET - Stu Great to see the CDC finally taking this issue more seriously. If you w ant to really outlive the zombies, how ever, you are going to need backpacking equipment, and it better be if you expect to outrun the zombies. Link to this comment
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576. October 19, 2011 at 9:44 am ET - Joey Sage The last thing you w ant to do is to leave your tow n. Dont leave home unless you have to, pick a place that you know w ill be safe near by. Everyone else w ill try to leave tow n, so that w ill cause traffic jams, and w ill leave you all like sitting ducks. Basically w aiting to get eaten. Dont go w here the food is (humans.) Link to this comment 577. October 19, 2011 at 10:18 am ET - Sadie YES!!! One Day Somethings Gonna Happen, And w e have the CDC to thank for prepping us!!!! I Belive it def can happen, W hat about Dec. 12 2012??? lol Its Possible!!! But i dnt belive the CDC w ill be there for us all the w ay thoughits one man for himself right? Link to this comment 578. October 19, 2011 at 10:27 am ET - kelsie zombies are real! Run for your bunny lives :O Link to this comment 579. October 19, 2011 at 11:33 am ET - Matthew I am very happy w e have Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse, and as another person w rote I believe w e need : Preparedness Preparedness Preparedness Preparedness 101 101 101 101 : Mass ninja attack : Godzilla comes to USA : Hostile UFOs : Mass bunny insertion
But I feel these fall under the military not CDC. Great job CDC! Link to this comment 580. October 19, 2011 at 5:06 pm ET - Paul I think my manager is a zombie. He smells bad and has a blank look in his eyes like nobody is home. W hat should I do? Link to this comment 581. October 19, 2011 at 7:27 pm ET - Don W . I CANT W AIT for the conspiracy theorists to w eigh in on this one! W ERE DOOOOOOooomed! Love it Link to this comment 582. October 19, 2011 at 7:31 pm ET - Best W holesale Deals I like your site and its layout. You do a good job here; continue the fine efforts. Link to this comment 583. October 20, 2011 at 2:16 am ET - Cody M. I think some of you are missing the point here. The CDC isnt admitting that the zombie apocalypse is now a real threat, theyre using it as a w ay to get people to unknow ingly prepare for disasters that are more likely to occur. Hence the w ord real being italicized in the article. W ith all the crazy diseases out there, Im sure theres something that might cause a zombie-like outbreak, but its obvious that people w ould rather prepare for something that w ill never happen over things that happen around them daily. Link to this comment 584. October 20, 2011 at 7:10 am ET - Caverta Great information you got here. Ive been reading about this topic for one w eek now for my papers in school and thank God I found it here in your blog. I had a great time reading this. Link to this comment 585. October 20, 2011 at 7:57 pm ET - Cass I saw epsode 6 of the show the w alking dead (3) w eeks ago and ive been having nightmares ever since this just made it w orse Link to this comment
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586. October 20, 2011 at 11:16 pm ET - Nathan Quietness I know this is w ay late but,I w anna read the zombie comic and all I get is a pdf file in scripts w hen i just w anna read it!w hat do I do!??! Link to this comment 587. October 21, 2011 at 6:31 am ET - Boxing classes in Cheltenham w ell very nice post dude, i like it. Link to this comment 588. October 21, 2011 at 10:22 am ET - Brianna and Steffanie Aliens!!!! Link to this comment 589. October 22, 2011 at 3:47 am ET - scruffy daw g I feel that the zombie appocolypse w ill happen not by a dieses that kill you then brings you brings you back to life but in fact attacts the nervous system killing brain cells and erasing every sense of being civil. it w ill bring out the inner savage, so pretty much making people go crazy. Link to this comment 590. October 23, 2011 at 12:27 pm ET - Jonathan Aw esomeness. Love this. Link to this comment 591. October 23, 2011 at 12:30 pm ET - Jonathan W hatever you do.. DONT SHOOT BILL MURRAY! Link to this comment 592. October 24, 2011 at 12:56 am ET - luis galvez instead of reporting to a Red Cross chapter cant they make it official to go to costco? Link to this comment 593. October 24, 2011 at 11:32 am ET - leticia w onderful preparedness guide to have at this time of year. how ever, I w as sorely disappointed not to see this page referenced under Z in the AZ index! http://w w w .cdc.gov/az/z.html Link to this comment 594. October 24, 2011 at 4:37 pm ET - Lexi Sparrow Zombies 101: Never trust any governmental organization during zombie apocalypse. Link to this comment 595. October 24, 2011 at 7:39 pm ET - Bananas I love Zombies! Link to this comment 596. October 25, 2011 at 7:32 pm ET - Sean No, James. I think the article is w asteful, having read it. The undead are entertainment, disaster preparedness is not- or at least shouldnt be. I understand the idea of the article by Khan w as to be fun but I just dont believe that w e should blur a serious viral outbreak w ith Hollyw ood horror movies w hen giving real emergency guidelines to people w ho really need it. Should Ali Khan do the next one on foreign vampires, and how to survive being attacked likened to an Ebola virus outbreak in a third w orld country w ith risk of it spreading here? See? One subject is fun, the other just isnt. Link to this comment
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597. October 25, 2011 at 9:25 pm ET - mickey This is aw esome but they obviously arent serious they are just trying to find a more enticing w ay to prepare people for a more imminent disaster lol Link to this comment 598. October 25, 2011 at 10:32 pm ET - zombiefan87 MAN , I CANT W AIT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN!IM ALREADY!!!!BRING IT ON!!!! Link to this comment 599. October 25, 2011 at 10:34 pm ET - Jeffrey Sac Just to let all of you non-believers out there know . This w ill happen! That is exactly w hy the US Government has posted this w ebsite! If you do not believe you w ill perish! So get ready w hile you can and at least be prepared for the w orst. BELIEVE IT!!! Link to this comment 600. October 26, 2011 at 12:47 pm ET - Phil Ive been to the CDC site MAYBE once before (not my first choice of a w eb search, right?). But curiosity got the best of me and I had to see w hat CDC has to say of this dreadful matter. LO AND BEHOLD Ive picked up some more tips on safety/disaster preparedness, and that I can also point out this link to loved ones and friends !! All w rapped in an entertaining package! Its about educating ourselves MISSION ACCOMPLISHED CDC Link to this comment 601. October 26, 2011 at 7:41 pm ET - brandy zombies go for flesh, not brains. its a w ell know n fact for any person educated in the w orld of zombie know ledge. therefore you i.e. is false. Link to this comment 602. October 26, 2011 at 8:39 pm ET - Landon Elisar How You Know thats really going to happen, Im A Christian Person So I Dont Believe in that fake stuff Link to this comment 603. October 26, 2011 at 9:32 pm ET - Mark Is it really going to happen? Is it even possible? Some say No, but as the above article mentions i rekon its coming so to have your survival kit ready makes sense. You should also learn survival skills for most major disasters. It is especially poiniant here in Thailand at the moment w here the flooding just seems to get w orse and w orse and the rain never seems to stop. W e have all ready ran out of most essentials like bread and w ater is now getting pretty expensive. Anyw ay thanks for the tips, and keep an eye on Bangkok, w e might need you very, very soon! thanks Mark Link to this comment 604. October 27, 2011 at 6:54 am ET - Officer Friendly For all of you complaining about how much this cost YOU, get your panties out of your crack. Its a funny w ay of getting you prepared for ANY type of natural or unnatural disaster. The Government w astes tax payer money on much dumber things. The ones complaining w ill be the FIRST ones crying about the Governments lack of response if such a crisis did develop. Also, this ISNT so far fetched as they DO have the biological means of turning this into a realitydo a little research. Bravo CDC! Link to this comment 605. October 27, 2011 at 10:33 am ET - w ichata columbus think you guys are really taking this to serious and if it does happen all of us w ill die nobodys going to live you cant be the resident evil girl
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Link to this comment 606. October 27, 2011 at 7:28 pm ET - steven mandzik Armor, lots of armor! W hatever is stronger that teeth or nails. Steve 1X57 Link to this comment 607. October 27, 2011 at 9:00 pm ET - Justin They sleep during the day. They aw aken at night. They are among us, and yet not quite fully human. Its a ZOMBIE! No, w ait, .. its a BABY! Huh? A Babys First Book of Zombies is a title for young children and their parents w hich playfully explores the parallels betw een babies and zombies and the process by w hich parents slow ly become zombies during their first year of parenthood. By alternating betw een scenes w hich are very silly and scenes that are just a little bit creepy, young children can begin to learn the joys of incorporating monsters into their imaginary w orlds. Come visit our Kickstarter campaign at http://w w w .kickstarter.com/projects/1002297760/a-babys-first-book-of-zombies Link to this comment 608. October 27, 2011 at 11:12 pm ET - ralf in homestead personally id invest in a couple w ell made machetes and a hunting crossbow w ith plenty of bolts. Link to this comment 609. October 28, 2011 at 3:22 am ET - pankaj saraf Nice Post. Thanks for sharing information. Link to this comment 610. October 28, 2011 at 6:52 am ET - Clearlycrystal Im glad I found your blog and this information, it is a good idea to have a place planned for w here the family w ill meet just in case something happens. I w ill be mentioning this to the family soon. Thx. Link to this comment 611. October 28, 2011 at 9:43 am ET - Your mom!! i love this Hurry CDC release sumthing so this can happen already im ready to fight some damn zombies! lol Link to this comment 612. October 28, 2011 at 10:02 am ET - justin sean. i do believe you are ignorant to this matter. Of course it w ont be zombies but a virus similar to the creature. There are already rage viruses in 3rd w orld countries cause innocent citizens to become infected and filled w ith hunger and rage going ravenous on the village. there have been reports. this is a potent threat and i do think people should take this serious. w ith the technology w e have today and all the research our government does not tell is is going on there is possiblity that a virus has already been constructed. no im not one of those paranoid freaks. im a 17 year old teenager w ho lives in a tiny ass tow n called deltona. i do how ever have a fascination w ith these creatures. i have researched this for the past 2 years and have found evidence that a zombie apocalypse is possible. w ether or not you believe there is no reason you shouldnt prepare for this just in case. like great mind have said before i shall say it again. Nothing is impossible w e do have scientists already looking into these zombies. not just in america but in japan, korea, and even russia. again. this is a potent threat that i believe should be taken serious. (and if you w ant to survive, get a damn boat.) zombies cant sw im T.T Link to this comment 613. October 28, 2011 at 10:05 am ET - justin oh btw . if you w ant a real guide on how to survive this potent threat. buy w orld w ar z. its w orth the money. trust me Link to this comment 614. October 28, 2011 at 10:15 am ET - Kyle
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614. October 28, 2011 at 10:15 am ET - Kyle LOL this is Funny!!! Link to this comment 615. October 28, 2011 at 12:54 pm ET - ME hey. the zombie apocalypse is real. peace Link to this comment 616. October 28, 2011 at 4:33 pm ET - ambrose Stapleton I thought this w as hilarious and creative w hat a better w ay to get some very needed info out to people w ho w ould otherw ise never read it. Its sad to think that people believe in Zombies and w ould be concerned about an imaginary threat as opposed to a real one like a Hurricaine or a terror attack. Good job CDC Link to this comment 617. October 28, 2011 at 5:13 pm ET - Tamara Am I the only one w orried about Yales use of the Rabies virus to kill cancer? http://w w w .realclearscience.com/2011/08/30/rabieslike_virus_kills_childhood_cancers_242841.html . This is totally how every zombie movie starts Link to this comment 618. October 29, 2011 at 1:34 am ET - keith j. ackermann Here are a few more scenarios you might consider: - rampaging genetically re-created T-Rex (a la Jurassic Park) - Extraterrestrial invasion - planetary collision - w orldw ide financial collapse caused by incompetent greedy investment banks (forget it; too unlikely) - nuclear w ar caused by blithering idiot in W hite House using w rong phone to order pizza - Tea Party presidential candidate w inning election - Eton College alumnus becoming British Prime Minister (Oh no, already happened, aaaaiiiiiieeeeee!!!!!!) Link to this comment 619. October 29, 2011 at 9:43 am ET - Keith Cornell I thought the comic w as entertaining and educational. I have printed the preparedness guide for future reference. I feel that the CDC is alw ays looking out for all of us and our families. Link to this comment 620. October 29, 2011 at 1:08 pm ET - Joe Strout Thank you for this helpful preparedness advice. I w ould like to suggest that it also pays to educate yourself about the best tactics to take ahead of time, so that in an emergency, w hen you have little time to think, you w ill make smart choices. Link to this comment 621. October 30, 2011 at 2:53 am ET - Me Too I love zombies! They taste great w ith BBQ sauce! Mmmmmmm.. Link to this comment 622. October 30, 2011 at 5:33 am ET - Kizzie A Zombie doesnt need to eat your brains to kill you, If he carries a deadly infectious virus thats w hat w ill eat you alive. But if you have to, destroy its brain and get running! (thats the only w ay to kill a Zombie I hear) Believe it or not this is all new s to me and I thank you for the Informative info! Link to this comment 623. October 30, 2011 at 8:43 pm ET - luv-w ordpress W e just w atched Zombieland last w eek. Somebody w as thinking w hen this approach w as chosen! Great w ay to get the message across! Link to this comment
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624. October 30, 2011 at 10:23 pm ET - carpe.noctum.pixie Congratulations for just earning yourselves a HUGE fanbase now . W hen you start needing more funding, I suggest you make a more comprehensive list for the Zombie Apocalypse. Trust me w hen I say that there are plenty of people w illing to pay for that. Link to this comment 625. October 30, 2011 at 10:57 pm ET - Zulu jig Zombie apocalypse, giant earth quake, a meteorite the size of the moon hitting earth, or how ever it is that the w orld is gonna end. Either w ay, all I know is that Im gonna survive it, no matter how hard it w ill be, there is alw ays a w ay. And I aint ready to die! I still have lots to do in my life. Link to this comment 626. October 31, 2011 at 8:58 am ET - Calvin NBC nightly new s mentioned this post in its broadcast yesterday. I doubted it at first, but it is true. OMG. Link to this comment 627. October 31, 2011 at 10:19 am ET - Brother John I think it is time that w e see Zombies in the light of they are (or w ere) people too and initiate law s to protect the rights and dignity of Zombies. W e must not let fear run amok and become haters of things w e do not understand. Link to this comment 628. October 31, 2011 at 10:39 am ET - J3ffery Dahmer I like zombies Link to this comment 629. October 31, 2011 at 3:14 pm ET - Manuela Perez Oh please I do not think any of that from the zombies and the apocalypse. This is science fiction, and uqe humans have enough intelligence to sencivilidad and Morino anything other than this. Manuela Perez Link to this comment 630. October 31, 2011 at 4:48 pm ET - Jake Of course, I have been 4ever. Link to this comment 631. October 31, 2011 at 5:14 pm ET - Hardhitta Come visit my new forum, for anything zombie related. Make an account, start some threads, and help us grow ! Thank you. http://zombie101.forumotion.com/ Link to this comment 632. October 31, 2011 at 7:38 pm ET - Balloon Juice Be Careful Out There: Vampire Beast-W ith-Tw o-Backs Edition [...] on the CDCs Zombie-Apocalypse-Preparedness bandw agon, Planned Parenthood offer some very sage advice: Lets face it: vampires can rack up a lot of [...] Link to this comment 633. November 1, 2011 at 2:17 pm ET - Lee LAME! They do this on our money. Shameful! Link to this comment 634. November 1, 2011 at 5:07 pm ET - Taryn I honestly do believe that there is/w ill be a new disease that w ill end up taking the human race aw ay that servive the natural disasters. You think its funny. But have you heard of anyone getting sick for months straight? Thinking your over it but its not gone at all its just slow ly going to get w orse and you dont know it. That is w hy humans are getting so violent more because they get angry over something so small you w ill kill the other person, not really biting them or anything but find something else to use. I believe that the zombies w ill be the devils creation to w ipe out the rest of human race
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that w orship him. That is just my theory/opinion. I dont know w hat w ill happen w hen the w orld ends but I do know that I have so many friends w ho have horrible zombie dreams that seem so realistic and a lot of them have the same dreams together. I say be prepared for w hatever, may never know w hat w ill happen or how it w ill happen. Just be prepared for the w orst. Link to this comment 635. November 1, 2011 at 8:23 pm ET - santacruzer Is it true that the CIA, has intel that a certain govt. is w orking on bio-manipulation techniques for the mutation of existing diseases, in order to produce zombie like conditions in live subjects. Link to this comment 636. November 2, 2011 at 6:11 pm ET - Seb I have to get my emergency kit updated. Didnt see too many zombies on the 31st. Link to this comment 637. November 3, 2011 at 5:34 pm ET - Emily For those w ho are angered by this article because you think its a w aste of taxpayers money, its not about a fictional zombie apocalypse. Its about preparing for ANY emergency, fictional or not. This article seems to appeal to the younger generation and it show s them to prepare for anything, even if it is a zombie apocalypse. Imagine now how many people have accessed this article and read this? To some of our younger generation people, this could encourage us to have an Emergency kit, just because w e w ould be ready for a zombie take over. Despite the fact that they made it to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, theyd still have an emergency kit right? Exactly Link to this comment 638. November 3, 2011 at 6:23 pm ET - Bloopyhap W hich came first? chicken or the egg Link to this comment 639. November 3, 2011 at 11:03 pm ET - Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse and the FDA | Highlight HEALTH [...] Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed 14 Oct 2011. [...] Link to this comment 640. November 4, 2011 at 12:20 am ET - Enamel All this talk about over population maybe the cdc needs to make a disease to w ake up some Zombies. Think about it, sure w ould help stop all the useless murdering in the w orld. Plus all the crazy people in the w orld w ould get a chance to kill something w ithout consequences or w ould that be called RE-KILLING. Oh w ell Good luck all Link to this comment 641. November 4, 2011 at 12:57 am ET - Future Sailor Bassett Ya know many ppl are mad about their tax dollars for this but 3 things are w rong w ith that. 1. The CDC addressed that in this article so one your dumb and didnt read it. 2. This is a front to get geeks w ho know zombies are going to take over someday to read this so they make money and 3. and acctual zombie apocolips is acctually a very likely w ay for the w orld to end, more likly it w ill be an infection not zombies but rabies is the closest to zombies w e have. 28 days later is the most realistic zombie movie out there, and yes i know its an infection movie but its the closest one to real zombies and most probable. Link to this comment 642. November 4, 2011 at 1:05 am ET - Future Sailor Bassett AIRR The survival kit really doesnt cover zombies that much i noticed, its really a joke to them but maybe they really should take it more serious, if an outbreak happened, and i say outbreak not zombies, could be rabies or rage or any new virus mutation, maybe sw ine flue, then it w ould spread fast and cause chayos if the government or states didnt step in on time, W e should take this seriously cause it could end the w orld, if even 50% or even 30% of ppl w ho read it took it seriously it w ould be mission accomplished. W eapons w ill be neededGood luck to all of you w hen the shit hits the fan. Be observant, aw are, and alw ays ready. Link to this comment 643. November 4, 2011 at 9:44 am ET - the ipad tablet
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the ipad tablet Have you ever considered adding more videos to your blog posts to keep the readers more entertained? I mean I just read through the entire article of yours and it w as quite good but since Im more of a visual learner,I found that to be more helpful w ell Link to this comment 644. November 5, 2011 at 7:44 am ET - Rob OMFG are u all insane ?? zombie attack?? ccccccc Link to this comment 645. November 6, 2011 at 3:43 am ET - Jai Aw esome!!!! I alw ays thought people should be aw are of the possibility of a zombie apocalypse. BTW Bo ..dont get ahead of yourself. Its not exclusively about being prepare for zombies but being prepare for other realistic disasters. Link to this comment 646. November 6, 2011 at 4:02 pm ET - Rebecca Also remember money w ill be w orth nothing! You need a safe blace w ith no vents! They w ill smell you! Also be quiet and if you have a battery opperated radio. get ear plugs and ALOT of batteries!W ater, canned foods, including cannedf fruits! Charcole for cooking and matches out the ass!Remember Zombies go w here there are people, so, theyll seek out groceries and churches! Sorry, the lord helps them w ho help themselves! Dont get caught up w ith all that shit! Survive!!! W ell need to repopulate so keep yourself clean so w e can have healthy children!!!! Hord w eapons and ammo! Anything you can get to kill a zombie! Look in your garage Im sure there are plenty of w eapons! Remember YOU have to survive! Neighbors w honever introduced themselves dont matter!!!You get out alive, w e can make friends later! If I think of anything else Ill let you know ! W ell need a special sign so w e know w hos w ho!!! Gimme some ieas! Link to this comment 647. November 6, 2011 at 4:04 pm ET - Rebecca Also remember money w ill be w orth nothing! You need a safe blace w ith no vents! They w ill smell you! Also be quiet and if you have a battery opperated radio. get ear plugs and ALOT of batteries!W ater, canned foods, including cannedf fruits! Charcole for cooking and matches out the ass!Remember Zombies go w here there are people, so, theyll seek out groceries and churches! Sorry, the lord helps them w ho help themselves! Dont get caught up w ith all that shit! Survive!!! W ell need to repopulate so keep yourself clean so w e can have healthy children!!!! Hord w eapons and ammo! Anything you can get to kill a zombie! Look in your garage Im sure there are plenty of w eapons! Remember YOU have to survive! Neighbors w ho never introduced themselves dont matter!!!You get out alive, w e can make friends later! If I think of anything else Ill let you know ! W ell need a special sign so w e know w hos w ho!!! Gimme some ieas! Link to this comment 648. November 6, 2011 at 4:15 pm ET - Rebecca Oh I forgot! Keep your full! Gas w illbe needed to get you out of a bad situation! W eather it be a tornado, eathquake or flood!..or ZOMBIES! take extra gas in cans in your vehichle! Keep a spare tire too! Never know ! Never stop, just go go go!!! Link to this comment 649. November 6, 2011 at 10:26 pm ET - S1uDkn The CDC doesnt seem to understand just how dumb the average person is. There are people w ho actually believe that theres going to be a zombie apocalypse now . Link to this comment 650. November 7, 2011 at 7:36 pm ET - Miki I see no mention on zombie brain deactivating devices ie. guns, baseball bats, clubs, crow bars, etc. Link to this comment 651. November 8, 2011 at 12:51 am ET - Naomi I say if zombies strike is to start creating an underground safe house so you dont get eaten but if something more realistic happens then do w hat this w eb page has talked about. But also dont be all uptight and ready for disater to strike at any moment but to have it in mind and be ready. W e no matter w hat happens w ill survive!!!! Link to this comment
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652. November 9, 2011 at 4:04 pm ET - Ryan I agree w ith Naomi. Underground safehouses are key. If you cant secure a radio station, go underground! This is zombies, not rabies, no irrational fear of w ater! Thanks to the CDC for the preparedness guide! Remember how important it is to Kill the zombies! Join the conversation! Link to this comment 653. November 10, 2011 at 2:15 pm ET - Dan My suggestion for any type of disaster or preparing for zombies or a disease outbreak w ould be to first have a back pack setup w ith plenty of dry food, one of those w ater filtering bottles w ith extra filters and purification tablets as w ell as the other obvious stuff and a hand gun to defend w hat you have in the event that you need to bug out in a hurry. If you do have to bug out, get aw ay from populated ares as far as you can. Second if you are in a good defendable location stay there and dig in for as long as you can. I live on the top floor of an apartment complex 3 stories up. one steel door coming in w ith an enclosed balcony, Easily defendable. Clean w ater, Food, and Self Defence should be your top priority. Link to this comment 654. November 10, 2011 at 11:27 pm ET - Erin Haha, w e started collecting some supplies al ready, if there is a zombie apocalypse. The un zombified peoples real chance of survival depends on w hat kind of zombies they are, w ill they be able to think independently? Or w ill they be brain dead veggies? W ith they literally be w alking dead, therefore having natural enemies like the cold, bugs, and animals? Or w ill they be humans w ith sickly skin and just cannibalistic,humans being able to spot hidden doors in the floor and w ork out problems? stuff like that.. Link to this comment 655. November 11, 2011 at 12:37 pm ET - Caretaker Im pretty sure everyone is enthused about a zombie apocalypse.-enough said Link to this comment 656. November 11, 2011 at 2:33 pm ET - lew is its about time someone said something about it everyone think im crazy Link to this comment 657. November 12, 2011 at 1:24 pm ET - Ipaw nz.com Really? Zombie Invasion? Link to this comment 658. November 13, 2011 at 2:57 pm ET - Bounshen Although i find it HIGHLY possible for a zombie attack to really happen, i think this post is nothing but a w ay to actually atract more people to the site and read w hat they need to do to get prepared for an actuall disaster like hurricanes and earthquakes, so by using something that many people have an intrest in like zombies, they can (not necsisarly trick them,because preparing for any disaster is something everybody should do) but just accumilate more people to the site so more people are prepared,because its evident that disastrs are happening all over the w orld more frequently. so i dont think they are taking the zombie apocalypse seriosly, i just think they are using it to make people better prepared for ACTUAL REAL DISASTERS THAT HAPPEN NOT JUST ONCE BUT EVERYDAY AROUND THE W ORLD. so yeah reading this doesnt get me excited and tricked into thinking that this w ill really happen, because i see this post for w hat it really is. Link to this comment 659. November 13, 2011 at 7:00 pm ET - Rachel K. Sorry, I meant bow s and arrow s. my bad Link to this comment 660. November 13, 2011 at 6:59 pm ET - Rachel K. I *heart* you CDC!!!
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Link to this comment 661. November 16, 2011 at 1:07 am ET - Barbara I w ould just go around acting like a zombie! Link to this comment 662. November 16, 2011 at 2:20 am ET - Sue For the last w eek Ive actually took the w hole possiblity of a rage virus being real. I think it should be taken more serious. Like how do you kill a zombie I guess I have to w atch the movies to fnd that out. Link to this comment 663. November 16, 2011 at 11:59 am ET - Michael Daugherty Brilliant and much appreciated. Some clever people at the CDC have provided us w ith an exception to the rule that our government is populated exclusively by humorless automatons. As for the one or tw o commenters out of every fifty that disapprove: people w ho think that w ay are usually the least prepared and the first to be eaten. Link to this comment 664. November 16, 2011 at 10:07 pm ET - Joshua W imberley Nice to see that there are some in our government that have both a brain and a sense of humor! That w as quite possibly the only w ay you could have gotten me to visit the CDC w ebsite and actually read an emergency preparedness blog!! Link to this comment 665. November 17, 2011 at 8:38 am ET - Austin Cain There is a sleeper type support cell in Mississippi if you live in the USA. W e are prepared for anything, w hether its Zombies or a National Invasion. Nothing and No one w ill take over Mississippi. In the event of an Emergency you may come here w e w ill still be standing strong. Mississippi is a big state but w e w ill have a base set up in Hernando and Booneville. W e are currently scouting for four more cities, tw o in central and tw o in south Mississippi. If you know of an Average sized city that w ill be easy to find, Im interested. Link to this comment 666. November 17, 2011 at 12:02 pm ET - Randy I love the fact that even the CDC has taken advantage of the Zombie Craze to get its message of preparedness out to the masses. Good job guys. Link to this comment 667. November 18, 2011 at 1:22 am ET - justin w ell im set, i got boxes of c rations and a few guns in the house,aint non zombies touchin me Link to this comment 668. November 18, 2011 at 7:42 am ET - margaret w ow its really cool to see this movie the ZOMBIE i love w atching movie w hen i get home. thanks for sharing w ith us. Link to this comment 669. November 18, 2011 at 2:08 pm ET - Jrew ald2000 This is great. There are tons of other resources out there too. If you prepare for zombies, you are prepared for everything! My favorite site out there is ZETA it prepares you in great details for zombies and more. There are other sites out there too, but this one is funny. But at the same time, full of useful information. Link to this comment 670. November 18, 2011 at 5:20 pm ET - Ross Edelman For those w ho say a w eapon should be included in the kit, in general disaster situations, (obviously you know the article is not actually about zombies as zombies are not real) having w eapons can actually be more of a liability then a resource. First of
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all people need to be properly trained to use w eapons or else they w ill kill friends and family members by mistake. Second of all possessing w eapons could cause National Guards men to mistake you for a looter and get yourself shot. Its better to just let the looters loot your house and w ait until the National Guard arrives. If looters get w hat they w ant, they w ont harm you. Plus you can alw ays replace your material possessions once the disaster is over and you have regained all your financial losses. Link to this comment 671. November 21, 2011 at 3:19 pm ET - Leon D. Get yours before their gone Theyre gone CDC needs a proofreader. Link to this comment 672. November 21, 2011 at 6:50 pm ET - w w w .audir8forsale.com Again the basic survivor skills are presented as life saver in emergency situations. Interesting post, thanks Link to this comment 673. November 21, 2011 at 9:30 pm ET - some guy Its good CDC coverd this for other emergencies. My concern is that is the CDC trying to tell us something in one w ay but not telling us another w ay. is this other experiment gone bad that the government is covering up again Link to this comment 674. November 21, 2011 at 10:12 pm ET - jenn If you seriously thing the CDC just did this for giggles and that its a w aste of your $ you need to go back to school. This is to hook ppl for EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. Be it any type! Link to this comment 675. November 22, 2011 at 10:20 am ET - Gerald I have been longing for this day for decades!!!!! If the w orld w ere to be ending, then I pray w e go out via Zombie Apoalypse! Link to this comment 676. November 22, 2011 at 11:47 am ET - Blog Administrator Thanks for catching that Leon! Link to this comment 677. November 22, 2011 at 11:34 pm ET - sencart That is very cool, thank you CDC. Link to this comment 678. November 23, 2011 at 3:04 pm ET - Evelynn Nice article. Its realy good info for me. Thanks a lot! Link to this comment 679. November 24, 2011 at 12:07 am ET - Gregg Gilmer I have learned something from reading your article today. I appreciate your presentation and know ledge on this subject. This has given me reason to consider the points you made here and I w ill be back. Link to this comment 680. November 26, 2011 at 6:37 am ET - lok zombies are aw some on games lkie call of duty but do thay exist yes thhay do i saw one in a graveard Link to this comment 681. November 28, 2011 at 3:43 pm ET - this is a blog
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I could not think you are more right Link to this comment 682. November 28, 2011 at 10:44 pm ET - BpSitRep A USAF Major told me of a USMC training tow n w here the W alking Dead scenario is practiced for real. This Major did the course, its real. So w hy is the Corps taking this scenario real enough to spend money on such a mock set up??!! Just read that scientist in the Netherlands have modified the Bird Flucan w e say STUPID!! In the event of such an outbreak causing a W alking Dead situation, large areas had better be just cordoned off w ith large, high fences. The USN had better deploy to sea ASAP and stay aw ay from land, far aw ay until air recon can verify a safe return destination. Link to this comment 683. November 29, 2011 at 12:31 am ET - Noah Berkow itz Its so cool. very cool Thank you for that.. Link to this comment 684. November 29, 2011 at 12:50 am ET - Rita I suggest adding a facebook like button for the blog! Link to this comment 685. November 29, 2011 at 2:17 pm ET - Eli Munroe I CANT W ATE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN OMFG ITS GONNA BE GREAT!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 686. November 30, 2011 at 9:26 am ET - Person1234 those pictures are scary.i hope that this never happens.blah blahblahblahblahblah Link to this comment 687. November 30, 2011 at 11:44 am ET - Ianna Hello there. My visitors have been asking about this, do you mind if I re-print this on my blog? I w ill of course give full credit to this site, and I w ill link to you if you like. Thanks. Link to this comment 688. November 30, 2011 at 1:28 pm ET - that one guy that said that right there i just w anted to type something. Link to this comment 689. November 30, 2011 at 5:45 pm ET - josh w hen w ill it happen Link to this comment 690. December 1, 2011 at 9:42 am ET - Niks if you are being chased by a zombie jump in a river they cannot sw im Link to this comment 691. December 1, 2011 at 3:26 pm ET - John I think this is a great use of humor to get a serious point across. Great job guys. As an ex military guy, I alw ays have some spare food and w ater in my house and a bug out bag ready to go. Everyone should have one. W hether its a flu outbreak, small pox, or earth quakethat few days of food and w ater could make the difference. Great job CDC. and by the w ay. the zombies are comingoh yes they are.just not yet Also CDC.you may w ant to up your fuel supplies for your generatorsw e all saw w hat happened to your facility in the W alking Dead hahahahahaha Link to this comment 692. December 1, 2011 at 3:52 pm ET - W eight loss You w ill have to consider aspect inside an important challenge for one from all of the
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most beneficial blog sites for all of the net. I actually can suggest blogs.cdc.gov ! Link to this comment 693. December 2, 2011 at 12:53 am ET - Nick For all of you w ho did not read the entire article, it w as not about a scenario w ith a zombie apocalypse, it w as to get people to do something to prepare for a likely disaster that may face them. Also, if there really w ere a zombie apocalypse plan it w ould include a blunt object and some ranged w eapons. Link to this comment 694. December 2, 2011 at 7:36 pm ET - Zombie mmmm brains! Link to this comment 695. December 3, 2011 at 3:31 am ET - Cheyanne I think you guys should give a more realistic perspective on this, such as w hat w ould cause such a disease to spread? I think you should put up more valid information to back up w hat you have to say. Link to this comment 696. December 3, 2011 at 11:17 pm ET - cece Help Zombies are attaken AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh Link to this comment 697. December 4, 2011 at 1:01 am ET - Cort Posner The most realistic depiction of a zombie apocalypse w ould be a scenario w here a subject is infected w ith a rabies like pathogen, only much more fast acting and w ith a reduced mental function w hich makes the subject much more violent. The subject w ould also need a diminished capacity for pain and complete loss of higher brain function, or else the subject w ould not bite and attack others and the pathogen w ould not spread. In this scenario depending on w here you lived and w here the infection originated w ould determine your survival strategy. The safest place to be in a zombie infestation is obviously an area w ith no zombies and w here zombies w ould have trouble to get to. The place that makes the most sense to me w ould be an island big enough to sustain a family or small civilization. For instance if the zombie plague originated in the U.S. I w ould probably w ant to move to Australia, or at least that w ould be my first choice. How ever depending on how fast the infection spread they might shut dow n air travel, in w hich case I w ould try to find somew here closer. Since I live in Canada, probably Vancouver Island. Another strategy w ould be to go far enough north that zombies could not survive the year round cold. This w ould also w ork for the undead type zombie as they w ould freeze solid in the arctic and be unable to move. Also a bleeding half dead human w andering through the arctic w ould likely either fall into a crevasse or be eaten by polar bears.How ever that does leave the possibility of zombie polar bears w hich I dont even w ant to think about. Link to this comment 698. December 4, 2011 at 6:19 pm ET - juice diet Probably your greatest article on the net.. Link to this comment 699. December 5, 2011 at 12:23 am ET - Garrett I can see everyone needing living essentialsbut food, w ater, and medical supplies practically grow on trees in most areas. I w ould be w orrying about self-defense. I do not mean to put the CDCs help dow n, for their hearts are in the right place, How ever, they should definitely put personal safety into the equation! Link to this comment 700. December 5, 2011 at 2:32 pm ET - Joe Baran This is w hat w ill happen in 2012 Link to this comment 701. December 5, 2011 at 2:59 pm ET - Jackson Here is a hilarious video displaying some zombie survival techniques and study of
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zombies in their habitat. Most people love the music as w ell! w hat a bonus! http://w w w .youtube.com/w atch?v=9UBw oTFzXhE&feature=channel_video_title Link to this comment 702. December 6, 2011 at 12:18 am ET - formilerd Good post. Id been examining frequently this unique site using this program . pleased! Useful data especially the leftover component I keep this kind of data a great deal. I have been seeking this particular tips for decades. Kudos and finest involving fortune. Link to this comment 703. December 6, 2011 at 12:21 am ET - Ladaw n Rivali Seriously super entry to study on! Im really compelled w ith this post. Searching ahead for extra data. Link to this comment 704. December 6, 2011 at 10:16 am ET - Ryan W OW . I love this article. I dont think zombies w il come any time soon if they do become real, but natural disasters alw ays happen. Link to this comment 705. December 6, 2011 at 2:05 pm ET - Christopher if a zombie outbreak w ere to happen, you guys at CDC w ill be suspect. lol no one is as stupid as you think they are. IF a natural outbreak w ere to occur, they w ould not last more than a w eek. The heat, the cold, all the elements w ill do FAR more harm than good. zombies lose muscle control due to a body that is no longer functioning to preserve itself. Now it w ould be more about rage zombies than regular zombies. Then w e w ill definitely know that it w as a manufactured plague Link to this comment 706. December 6, 2011 at 10:35 pm ET - Ryan W hitehouse This is clever w ay to get people thinking about preparing for emergencies. I particularly liked the tricky little Zombie Apocalypse heading as an opportunity to grab the readers attention, threw in some pictures of zombie looking creatures to show a visual and capitalized on the article to take advantage of emergency preparedness tips for all emergencies. Since preparing for hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, fires etc. is virtually the same w hy not put a creative spin on the issue of making sure citizens are prepared for Zombies? I for one have now included an aluminum baseball bat to my emergency supply kit. Nice w ork! Link to this comment 707. December 7, 2011 at 12:40 am ET - harold There are all kinds of emergencies out there that w e can prepare for how amazing is it !1!1! Link to this comment 708. December 7, 2011 at 1:35 pm ET - devan if it happens then come to grand bay middle school w e provide safety and shellter Link to this comment 709. December 7, 2011 at 7:15 pm ET - Joe Street i see this a possibly the start of the zombie apocalypse, w hy give out i guide now , i belive that there preparing us for the near futre, is there somthing the govermant isnt telling us? Link to this comment 710. December 7, 2011 at 10:40 pm ET - January Tsutsui Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and w ished to say that I have truly enjoyed brow sing your blog posts. In any case I w ill be subscribing to your rss feed and I hope you w rite again soon! Link to this comment 711. December 8, 2011 at 3:03 am ET - Carmelita W innett Thank you, w onderful job! This w as the data I had to possess.
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Link to this comment 712. December 8, 2011 at 4:54 am ET - Lea Voelz That is my first-time I have visited here. I found a lot of interesting information as part of your blog. From your tons of comments w ithin your posts, I suppose Im one of many! continue the impressive w ork. Link to this comment 713. December 8, 2011 at 10:10 am ET - Blog Administrator Ianna, this content is in the public domain and can be reposted on your site. Link to this comment 714. December 9, 2011 at 4:24 pm ET - Joe i dont think many ppl realize this but the cdc isnt actually taking zombies seriously, its just there joking w ay of grabbing our attention so they prepare us for a natural disaster. I dont care w hat anyone says, a zombie apocolypse and a n atural disaster are tw o completely different scenarios and w hile they do require some of the same goods, like food and such, you w ont need a .22 during a natural disaster. And i havet read all the somments but w hoever said an aluminum bat is good for killing zombies is w rong, its bend quickly. duh. Link to this comment 715. December 9, 2011 at 5:04 pm ET - Heather P. ok so i just have one commentTOTTALLY FREAKING W ICKED DUDE! ok w ell i have more than just one comment, hehe. so w hat you should have on your supply list is a Zombie Bashing Stick. me and my friends are alw ays talking about w hat it w ould me like if/w hen the zombie apocalypse happens. once i read this i emediately show ed it to my friends and w e all agreed on how this post is going to help us w hen it does happen. all of those movies like RESIDENT EVIL are all based on one fact: zombies are going to happen sooner or later. and the cause is alw ays the same: some jacked up scientist has tried to find a cure for cancer. w ell guys, they have almost construcked a cure that has finally eliminated the deathly disease. during november the medicine that w as injected into 2,000 recipiants of cancer cured close to 1,000 of them. the only side affect w as that 50% of their bone tissue had to be taken in order to cure them. now in I am legend, w hat year did they cure cancer? and w hat year did all the cured turn into mindless flesh eating zombies? thats right, 2012. be prepared. the days of the zombie apocalypse are among us. so those of you w ho dis the CDCs post and on how you are w asting your tax money on this post, get a grip and actually pay attention to the signs around you. for these days could be your last ones, and before you knoe it, you culd be the w alking undead youselfs. Link to this comment 716. December 10, 2011 at 11:10 am ET - cration site This post couldnt be more factual. Link to this comment 717. December 10, 2011 at 8:42 pm ET - Dusty Giannavola Very good visual appeal on this internet site, Id rate it 10. Link to this comment 718. December 12, 2011 at 10:36 pm ET - Ray this w as created on the basses of the one percent rule. that rule states that if there is if an event has even a one percent chance of occurring then there must be a plan for its to deal w ith it. this does means the government takes zombies as a real treat. Link to this comment 719. December 12, 2011 at 10:38 pm ET - Ray sorry there is an error in the above. there must be a plan for the public to deal w ith it.
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Link to this comment 720. December 13, 2011 at 7:32 am ET - Mikki Zefur POSSIBLE ZOMBIE CAUSAL AGENTS: (1) Alien (demonic or underground species [elmo kin]) possession / poisoning / viral (2) PLANET-X related EMF discharges w / pole-shift considerations. ( aluminum foil / tinhat origin ) (3) HAARP ? Link to this comment 721. December 13, 2011 at 9:44 am ET - Zonalton Ford Thanks for creating a health related article. You are included some photos its so nice. Thanks Zonalton Ford Link to this comment 722. December 14, 2011 at 2:44 pm ET - sir w alter zombies arre cool, NOT!!!! Link to this comment 723. December 14, 2011 at 2:52 pm ET - Domenic That is really aw esome!!!! Link to this comment 724. December 15, 2011 at 12:25 am ET - Rose I love horror movies. One of my most favorite movies is about Zombie. Thank you for this great w riting about how to prepare for a real emergency for Zombie apocalypse. Link to this comment 725. December 15, 2011 at 5:32 am ET - James The ONLY reason I came here w as because I am w atching QUARANTINE scary movie about zombie outbreak sorta and they mention the CDC so i googled it and came here Link to this comment 726. December 16, 2011 at 11:20 am ET - Travis Further up in the comments, there w as mention of a need for information on medications and w hat happens w hen taken after they expire. I know that a study w as done by the DOD on this, as they had/have a large stockpile of medication. W here w ould the public be able to find this type of information, as far as w hat drugs just lose their potency and w hich become dangerous. Also information on the best w ay to store medications for long term storage w ould be great information. I am thrilled to see that some government agencies view being prepared for emergencies is a good thing Thanks for the inovative w ay to get this message out Link to this comment 727. December 16, 2011 at 5:07 pm ET - TK Thanks for this. I love the fact that something so dry and seemingly boring can be turned into something that motivates me to start preparing. Tax dollars w ell spent! Link to this comment 728. December 17, 2011 at 3:39 am ET - FenHarel Lol I really hope people arent being serious about a zombie issue I mean, I can imagine a disease of some type making people go crazy or something, but moving and possibly running w ithout any blood flow ing through the body and missing vital organs? Id doubt it This article doesnt mean the CDC takes the zombie thing seriously. The people saying OMG w aste of money-blah blah blah need to read and pay attention a bit also This is just saying to be prepared. Think about it If you w ere to prepare for a zombie outbreak, youd be ready for nearly everything right? Right As far as I knew , the CDC is suppose to spread aw areness of natural disasters and so on and keep people prepared, and by posting this article theyve brought quite a few people here that otherw ise w ouldnt be, and otherw ise w ouldnt be thinking about being prepared. Theyve done their job w ell w ith this, and its something I feel I can relate w ith rather than a bunch of monotone formal banter Id fall asleep reading about.
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Link to this comment 729. December 17, 2011 at 3:54 am ET - FenHarel Since i dont exactly see an edit button, I feel like ranting a bit more on here about it A friend of mine show ed me this acting all serious about it. Until I made him look it over again and notice the part You may laugh now , but w hen it happens youll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe youll even learn a thing or tw o about how to prepare for a real emergency. Having said Real w ould imply the statements before w ere to something Not real. Meaning, no Zombies are not taken seriously in this article. Sure maybe something that makes people crazy, some other more realistic form of zombies. But true corpses Nah, sorry Johnny lol. Link to this comment 730. December 17, 2011 at 1:44 pm ET - kansspelen That w as a really great article.. Link to this comment 731. December 19, 2011 at 2:02 am ET - laasi aw esome and funny zonbie:) Link to this comment 732. December 19, 2011 at 5:59 pm ET - bandar bola Thank god some bloggers can w rite. Thanks for this blog post. Link to this comment 733. December 19, 2011 at 7:58 pm ET - Nikon Coolpix S570 Thank god some bloggers can w rite. Thank you for this read. Link to this comment 734. December 20, 2011 at 12:15 pm ET - Nathan Fremin This blog is a really great w ay to get people to think ahead. Remember to get a small chainsaw for saw ing limbs in the middle of the road if you take backroads after hurricanes. Leave some gas in it for the zombies!!! Lighten up people. It cant have taken more than $15000 at most to make this comic and blog possible. If its making people think about emergency preparedness then its money w ell spent. Its certainly better than having more unprepared people huddling around shelters begging and fighting for food like.zombies. Link to this comment 735. December 20, 2011 at 5:36 pm ET - Tech-No-Phobe I have my GO BAG all set up.plenty of engergy bars, w ater and of courseAMMO for the Zombies! Link to this comment 736. December 20, 2011 at 6:08 pm ET - brick production line I dont disagree w ith this w riting! Link to this comment 737. December 20, 2011 at 9:13 pm ET - Brian McGuinness This has be a topic of extensive debate around my house. I have a n 8th grade son and a 10th grade son. of course my w ife doesnt get it at all but it a great w ay to cover the issue of dealing w ith adversity and challenges. W e w ould like to add that the preferred mode of transport, a Hummer H2. a crank up radio. lots of bottled w ater and beef-a -ronie w ill get you through the w orst of it. The key is find help, set up a team and w ork together. This is not the time to go it alone. Groups fight zombies better than lone w arriors. Link to this comment 738. December 21, 2011 at 11:08 pm ET - Joshua For those of you crying that this post is a w aste of money, it w as definitely a clever
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w ay of informing people of emergency preparedness. Do notice the kit mentioned covers many sorts of natural disasters. Plus its a small simple blog post, and the gentleman that w rote it has done a lot of w ork to help many people. Also let me say, being prepared for the most far fetched scenarios is not a bad policy. Link to this comment 739. December 22, 2011 at 2:53 pm ET - a The CDC has long been my favorite governmental agency, but this just makes them even cooler; Next, how about a discussion of the movie Contagion? Link to this comment 740. December 22, 2011 at 4:39 pm ET - Donovan Today my friends and I w ere talking about this and made are plan but not fully no dought w e w ill bring are families w ith us. My friend Justin is the leader because he know s how to w ork w ell tw ith all of us joen is the guy w ho has the heavy artilary Richard are medic w ho know s first aid and can fix our car and drive ect: gervy guns man and I the scout long distance sniper and the guy w ho know s w ere to go and how to do it right. But seriously w e w ould stick by this and try to survive if w e w ere trapped one of us w ould run if the others couldnt and let them die or help but if they couldnt they w ould run and once w e turn kill us then they w ould try to go on I w ould hope if I turned someone w ould put me dow n right there and then . Link to this comment 741. December 22, 2011 at 9:32 pm ET - clara27 I bought some extra cheerios just in case. W ho know s, maybe zombies like cheerios. Jokin aside, this has indeed made me think tw ice about being prepared, especially since I live in an earthquake zone. Link to this comment 742. December 23, 2011 at 8:46 am ET - Ryan Yes me and my family are prepared w e got a nuke cellar w ith everything in It w e got food to last us a year w e got w ater to last us tw o years w e got w eapons like guns ,ammo,knives,and blunt w eapons. Link to this comment 743. December 23, 2011 at 1:01 pm ET - Jerzy To all of you, sitting in your shelters, on cans of food, w ater bottles and batteries: Relax, enjoy Christmas time and have a happy New Year 2012! Same goes to the Zombies Link to this comment 744. December 24, 2011 at 11:51 pm ET - Night Man OMG ppl :D This is one of the most entertaining public safety discussions I have ever seen. Makes me not feel paranoid about having a emergency disaster locker in my house. Thank you CDC and thanks to all the commenters. Good read Link to this comment 745. December 24, 2011 at 11:57 pm ET - Night Man Oh and buy the w ay Brian McGuiness I think the best transportation if the streets are filled w ith zombie is a Steam roller w ith and enclosed cab of course. W ho cares how fast they are you can clear the streets till the cow s come home LoL Link to this comment 746. December 27, 2011 at 10:00 pm ET - Michelle w ow that w as great and now thanks to that w e put our ow n kit together but my three year old son does not under stand w hy w e can not put icecream in our kit. Link to this comment 747. December 28, 2011 at 12:55 am ET - abbey It is very w ise to be cautious and ready at all times. As a first aider, one family should have complete first aid kit and tools. Even if it is not about zombies or perhaps certain calamity being ready is the greatest defense. Link to this comment
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748. December 28, 2011 at 1:16 pm ET - The Zombie Slayer This is a serious matter. W hile the legend of zombies originated in some plantation somew here in the w est indies, I have found that a breakout of rabies is exactly w hat could cause the zombie apocalypse. Link to this comment 749. December 28, 2011 at 8:32 pm ET - jacob hey zombies are not real no w ay undead could come to life that is profed by sceintist dead people cant just come alive and start eating brains movie about zombies are fake they use fake blood and the zombies dont eat brains its all fake Link to this comment 750. December 29, 2011 at 1:11 pm ET - Jeffrey This. Is. So. Cool! Link to this comment 751. December 29, 2011 at 1:45 pm ET - Joe Zombie Our zombie troops are now moving into the United States. The U.S. army met us at the border but w e started launching Snickers at them and w e snuck past. Ha! Ha! Ha! Las Vegas here I come! Link to this comment 752. December 29, 2011 at 2:25 pm ET - Jerzy Getting into holiday spirit I realised w e have to correct our attitude tow ard Zombies. They are our fallen brothers and sisters. Yes, they misbehave, but maybe because they are beeing misled. But, I believe, if w e only show our good hearts and open ourselves to them, treat them w ith respect, bestow on them w arm feelings, they sure w ill change their w icked w ays. So, lets w elcome them to our houses, lets stop this silly separation caused by irrational fear, lets share w ith them w hatever w e have. Because this is good. And right. I foresee the better future, w here people and Zombies live together in peace and brotherly love! Link to this comment 753. December 30, 2011 at 10:38 am ET - Sixth Sense I see dumb people. And they dont even know they are dumb. Seriously, this is a pretty amusing w ay to get people to plan for an unexpected event. Nice concept, CDC. Thanks for the opportunity to learn good tips via humor. Link to this comment 754. December 30, 2011 at 1:37 pm ET - adw ardz cool story. Link to this comment 755. January 1, 2012 at 12:01 am ET - rshw illz In response to people w ho think the list from CDC and myself is excessive or unneeded in the case of a natural disaster not involving infected humans/animals, dont you think the evil people in this country w ill be looking to lie, steal, and kill to survive at w ill? ALSO, I think the CDC should add Nuclear Fallout to the list of disasters and should add more items such as gasmasks to the list. Heres some more, I forgot a major few GAS MASKS KEVLAR or any type of longsleeve, panted, body armor HELMETS any kind w ould be effective, military helmets, construction, bicycle, and/or motorcycle helmets w ould be effective. But of course, w hen considering my lists you must consider that it w ill be difficult to carry so many of these items. So it w ould be w ise to either set up an environment w ith limited vulnarability either your home or elsew here and store the items there. OR getting THE LEAST HEAVY AND/OR BULKY items. Having a Bunker or an underground area and GAS MASK w ill be EXTREMELY important and crucial to survival in case of NUCLEAR FALLOUT Link to this comment
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756. January 3, 2012 at 3:35 pm ET - shanerick w illiamson no w ay!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 757. January 3, 2012 at 8:45 pm ET - Autumn OK. Jerzy, I really think inviting zombies into our homes is a REALLY bad idea. I dont think it is a separation. Because zombies arent real. I DO love the idea that zombies w ere used as an example in the making of this blog. I love it. Thanks, CDC! Link to this comment 758. January 3, 2012 at 11:50 pm ET - Kim I believe it w ill happen. How do i make other people believe Link to this comment 759. January 4, 2012 at 8:38 am ET - stockprofessor I am very glad to visit this type of know ledge increasing post. Thanks for this great job. Link to this comment 760. January 4, 2012 at 2:06 pm ET - Mac It is impossible but there is a little chance of rabies Link to this comment 761. January 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm ET - Mac None of us w ould know w hat zombies w ere if the w alking dead came out zombies are not real all you geeks just face it it is not going to happen Link to this comment 762. January 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm ET - Tallahassee Comment 701 is just plain dumb w hoever said that does not know about zombies Link to this comment 763. January 4, 2012 at 2:51 pm ET - Jerzy Youre right, Autumn. Too much goodness has got to me. Too much goodness is not good. Link to this comment 764. January 5, 2012 at 5:24 am ET - pennystockshark Cool story. Seriously, this is a pretty amusing w ay to get people to plan for an unexpected event. Nice concept Link to this comment 765. January 5, 2012 at 6:38 am ET - w esty seriously if this did happen i highly doubt that the CDC w ould provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing w ith a zombie infestation. The only thing i could see happening during this w ould be mass chaos, and people storming there local food stores such as w almart, Big K, dollar general, and other stores that have stuff people could loot, but thats my opinion. Link to this comment 766. January 5, 2012 at 4:45 pm ET - PLATY all my friends say zombies are not real but they w ont be laughing at me for being a believer during the apocalypse i w ill be prepared and they w ill lose Link to this comment 767. January 5, 2012 at 6:35 pm ET - Val Remember rules of zombieland.But i w atch alot of zombie movies. And shut up!!(if you dont w ant to get eaten) Link to this comment
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768. January 5, 2012 at 8:34 pm ET - zombie101 im ready i live w ith my mom And Sister im 13 and a big hunter. i have w ater medical supplies etc. Link to this comment 769. January 6, 2012 at 9:28 am ET - Sam1231 This is one very clever article making the vast majority of people prepare for the so called Zombie Apocolypse w hile really preparing them for any situation. W ell done to the Author!!! Link to this comment 770. January 7, 2012 at 6:47 pm ET - Joe Snuffy Its alw ays amusing to read these things. First, this isnt a w aste of tax dollars. the CDC has taken real info and put it into an arcticle that anyone w ill read. Secondly look at some of the science the mid European nations are w orking w ith. Re-animation of dead tissue and cells are something they (and im sure w e) have been w orking w ith. Far fetched. yes, impossable.. no. Link to this comment 771. January 9, 2012 at 6:11 pm ET - marajade04 this is so aw some make you aw are that w hen youre planning for the zombie attack it can also be for other disasters. though w hen you look at the other comments w hy are some of you think that this page actually cost anything for one and tw o its a popular w ay to get people in todays socity to actually think of real emergency w hether or not it comes in the form of zombies. people need to actually look betw een the lines before jumping dow n CDC back this is a clever and inventive idea to get people like me to be aw are of emergencys arent just preparing for zombies it covers everything thank you CDC you guys are amazingly clever makes me have hope for government yet. Link to this comment 772. January 9, 2012 at 7:15 pm ET - Zombie Man LMAO..I really cannot believe that some of you really think w e are talking about Zombies here.W OW thats all I can say! Take it for w hat it is, just a good article about emergency preparedness. Link to this comment 773. January 10, 2012 at 2:44 pm ET - Dustin I might be seventeen but Im prepared for it. My mom alw ays asks me w hy do I w ant sw ords and crossbow s and obsessed w ith guns. I just told her w hy she doesnt think it w ill happen but me and a few buddys believe it w ill. W e w ant to join the CDC task force email me to talk more about it. dbro2012@aol.com Link to this comment 774. January 11, 2012 at 12:22 am ET - PhxCoyotesFan 101 all the people w ho think the zombies are nonsence w ill be the first to go! nice to know us prepared ones w ill live longer because w hile the nonbelievers are being feasted on the rest of us w ill be high-tailing it to safety and all ill say to those people w ho thought this w hole thing w as crap is TOLD YA SUCKAS!!!! hahaha Link to this comment 775. January 11, 2012 at 4:34 am ET - MABVN .223 Dont you w ish the w orld w ere this interested in AIDS or child abuse? W hy are there no shirts for fat dudes? w e need sizes 3 and 4x. I know the first rule in survival is cardio but if w e gone die w e can atleast looks good doing it w ith our size 4x cdc shirt!! E me if I can get one in this size.ill pay extra. Link to this comment 776. January 11, 2012 at 9:47 pm ET - Fernando669 Interesting a smart w ay to spread the w ord of making a disaster preparedness kit using a pop-culture theme. W ell played CDC! Also for some people w ho might have not evaluated this article clearly it uses a Zombie Apocalypse as a theme to get people thinking of making a disaster kit w hether for a Zombie Apocalypse or a Natural Disaster, and I highly doubt this article w as made w asting taxpayers money, dont you see? w hat better w ay to (w hat I said earlier at the top of my post). Regardless of w hat the theme is the message is clear (or so it should be) to be prepared for any type of emergency situation (i.e. fire, natural disasters, tow n/city evacuation, etc.) that may strike at any moment.
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Personally anyone at the CDC could have made this article for fun w hile still having a purpose, to send a message, besides I doubt this article took much effort to publish or any money in that case. Anyone, if they have the ability to, can post an article in their w ebsite having done some research on w hat they are talking about. I myself made a 6 page research paper on how Bank Bailouts may be good strategy to stabilize an economy artificially in about 5 hrs. Though anyone w ith basic know ledge about Zombies can create an article encouraging people to be prepared for an emergency of any type using a Zombies Apocalypse as a theme. Notice that there are some clues that the CDC understands that a Zombie Apocalypse is very unlikely-and hey, maybe youll even learn a thing or tw o about how to prepare for a real emergency. W ell, w ere here to answ er that question for you, and hopefully share a few tips about preparing for real emergencies too! This includes w here you w ould go and w ho you w ould call if zombies started appearing outside your door step. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake, or other emergency.(CDC)-on my post it may not appear in italics but if you w ere to review the article you w ill see that the w ord real is in italics stating once again, that a Zombie Apocalypse is very unlikely. About the third quote, the author uses the situation in w hich how people should react or do in a Zombie invasion around your house or community because those same strategies can be applied to more common disasters or emergencies. For example: you w ould call a neighbor or a friend if Zombies w ere surrounding your house and you are trapped inside, right? This type of action can be applied to you say if you w ere trapped in a building that w as on fire or that had collapsed from an earthquake. So, if I may say, the CDC has created an article relating to events during a Zombie Apocalypse to real life emergencies to send a message to the public (in this case, believers and the younger population or just about anyone w ho w ould rather be prepared anyw ay) to be prepared! Link to this comment 777. January 12, 2012 at 6:55 pm ET - Adam Brow n W here can I find Zombie Proof Ammo cans? I w ant to store some items and keep them safe for Zombies. I may use it to keep my GO KIT. Link to this comment 778. January 14, 2012 at 5:01 am ET - Megan Love the blog Link to this comment 779. January 14, 2012 at 6:27 am ET - Koin The opening line is clearly implying that this is a matter of w hen not a hypothetical if. Look: You may laugh now , but . w hen it happens not if. CDC the disease control guys are saying w hen not if..isnt that kinda scary guys? Link to this comment 780. January 14, 2012 at 8:42 pm ET - Peyton Im going to laugh so hard w hen all the people w ho say this is a w aste of tax money are all infected by this Link to this comment 781. January 16, 2012 at 11:08 am ET - chatkat w hat if they figured out a w ay to make a stronger sting of Toxoplasmosa gondii w ith makes rats zombies. i mean look they use rats to test or meds on already and so there got to be some link that could make it happen. read 5 reasons w hy it could happen. Link to this comment 782. January 16, 2012 at 1:18 pm ET - lilkia did u know the apocalpse is going to happen December 32, 2012? Link to this comment 783. January 17, 2012 at 10:25 am ET - Grace This is some very useful information indeed. There is no reason as to w hy a zombie apocalypse could never happen. W ith all these new diseases (Im sure there are plenty more out in the w orld that are yet to be discovered), ones such as toxoplasmosis and lab experiments, Im sure theres a possibility some type of virus could spread causing a zombie, if not a zombie-like, apocalypse of some sort. Link to this comment 784. January 18, 2012 at 6:39 pm ET - liam
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i dont have to w orry about any cardio im a boxer and a big zombie fan so i keep myself fit even though i understand that the real reason they did this for any emergancy im still making some kind of kit just in case P.S that kit seems a bit heavy and i think youd be better off travelling light w ouldnt you? but keep essentials + dont go to a refugee camp during an apocalypse thatts the most stupid thing you could do but do go if natural disaster of course i enjoyed the article Link to this comment 785. January 18, 2012 at 8:56 pm ET - John Has anyone made the correlation betw een w hat zombies act like, to w hat starving people w ill be like after a couple w eeks w ithout food? Stock up and prepare now , before the hoards of so-called zombies come out of the cities. Link to this comment 786. January 19, 2012 at 9:38 am ET - kickerr i highly doubt there is a due date on w hen the zombie apocalypse w ill occor but one thing i know its that you w ill need better help than just the information that the CDC has provided. you w ill need survival strategies like simpily how to start a fire or how to make a shelter. if you w ant to really know how to survive a zombie apocalypse read the book zombie survival guide. Link to this comment 787. January 19, 2012 at 11:17 am ET - latia Year iam tryin my best 2 be ready. Link to this comment 788. January 19, 2012 at 4:02 pm ET - Josh w ow a government w ebsite says to prepair for zombies!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew it w ould happen I just need to finish our plan C.!!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 789. January 19, 2012 at 8:50 pm ET - Dylan David said that the CDC didnt have a plan against zombies an the i show ed him this and he w as like W ow dylan you w ere right and I (david) w as w ronge just like w en you said if a zombie bit u u cant just cut ofthe afflicted area and i disagreed w ith you even thou u w ere right. Link to this comment 790. January 21, 2012 at 5:35 am ET - promotion w ebsite I am alw ays investigating online for tips that can benefit me. Thanks blogs.cdc.gov Link to this comment 791. January 22, 2012 at 5:55 pm ET - promotion w ebsite You completed some good points on blogs.cdc.gov . I did a search on the theme and found the majority of persons w ill have the same opinion w ith your blog. Link to this comment 792. January 23, 2012 at 12:47 am ET - garrett nickels do you guys really think the zombie apocalypse is going to happen and i thank you for getting us prepared i have a lot of questions that need answ ering and one of them is.is there going to be a cure cause if not get to cracken cause i dont w ant this to happen to my family but if there is look up a girl named Priscilla Marie Heflin shes from edmond oklahoma and i w ant her to be w ith me w hen you guys evacuate the country lol but anyw ay thanks for the heads up Link to this comment 793. January 24, 2012 at 11:40 am ET - hsnintendo Zombies arnt Real Link to this comment 794. January 24, 2012 at 4:16 pm ET - Jerzy If youre boy or even a tom-b.,
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Aim you 12-gager right at the Zombie. But before carelessly you pull carbines trigger, Think! W ithout them our w orld w ill be meager They do have their special deadly charm; So w hat that they may miss a leg or an arm, Or some flesh here or perhaps there Its w hats inside, as far as I care. Lets play the music, small band or big, Im into romantic Zombie cheek to cheek! Let start our madness, lets start dans macabre! Here I am, take my hand maam cadavr! Around in circles, w ell conquer the floor! Spew ing everyw here your mortal odour! At last music stops And w ell go to lie dow n, Youll drop your filthy and moldy brow n gow n, Youll sink your teeth into my w arm w anting flesh and Consuming my body, youll put romance to end. Link to this comment 795. January 25, 2012 at 7:57 am ET - medical practice management softw are Zombie Apocalypse is to an old people Link to this comment 796. January 25, 2012 at 2:45 pm ET - Timothy Kubsch I think zombies may be a little out there on the horizon, but a completely engineered level 4 containment type outbreak w ould be more plausible into the the forseeable future. If an experiment w ent w rong and somehow the containgent got airbourne and started infecting humans, w e w ould have some serious issues. Any kind of level 4 episode should not be even considered, because it w ould cause so much w idespread controversy. I have a saying that should be follow ed by everyone, Hope For The Best, Prepare For W orst. Link to this comment 797. January 29, 2012 at 10:46 pm ET - W ill Trefethen I am pretty sure I saw a group of zombies they are running around Florida pretending to be Presidential candidates! Link to this comment 798. January 30, 2012 at 11:44 am ET - Keeley Pinkenburg Should the more affluent help the less affluent? Do you believe in w hat Peter Singer does..that w e should spend that $500 on charitable causes instead of a new Apple Iphone? Or w ould a better solutionbe something like microlending? W hat is your position on the moral responsibility of each of us to end w orld poverty?. Link to this comment 799. February 1, 2012 at 8:35 am ET - mark Been reading this blog for aw hile but i have been lazy to drop a comment and say thanks. That ends these days: Thanks mate! Link to this comment 800. February 1, 2012 at 5:36 pm ET - June Ha! This is fantastic. W e implemented a zombie insurance company in 2009 and w e all got a kick out of this article. http://w w w .MyZombieInsurance.com Zombies dont care. W e do. Link to this comment 801. February 1, 2012 at 9:36 pm ET - Bailey Starr W ow this is serious isnt it? Link to this comment 802. February 1, 2012 at 11:45 pm ET - Trek This is so aw some.ive been preaching preparedness for nearly 30 years and im also a zombie movie fan. Its good to know that people smarter than me have seen the merit of preparing for the w orst possible disaster scenario that i can think of, other than utter w orld destruction, zombies and putting it to practical use. I mean think
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about it.if you prepare for the w orst then w hen something does happen and its not zombies.then it prolly w ont seem so bad Link to this comment 803. February 2, 2012 at 9:02 am ET - Zoombie_Hunter AW W W W W W W YEAAAAAAAAA!!! I so expected the CDC to have something like this on their sight. LOL @(^_^)@ Link to this comment 804. February 4, 2012 at 12:12 am ET - deth 2 zombies i have a plan tht w ill w ork w ell in my opinion.. and CDC didnt do anything. i just w ant to know w hat other people are doing. Link to this comment 805. February 4, 2012 at 1:41 am ET - Derek A Reece its gonna happen sooner or later. now there finally taking it seriously! Link to this comment 806. February 4, 2012 at 9:56 pm ET - W illow J. Ravenhart w ell i am making a zombie survival guide for w hat to do in this type of emergency. ther are 9 categories rules w here/how you should live types of clothes w ho should be in your group w here you should and shouldnt be did you spot a zombie? w eapons? type of car and w hat you should do in any building And Finally your diet so that is all i have to show you for now bye! Link to this comment 807. February 5, 2012 at 8:53 pm ET - Heather OMG! If this ever happens I w ill totally do that. And here I am just hopping I turn in to Alice like in the Resident Evil movies. Link to this comment 808. February 7, 2012 at 10:08 am ET - Mikah I already discussed this w ith friends of mine, w ere going to hide out in our local supply store, w here the food and clothes and medical advice is, at the same time, w ere going to make some sort of tunnel leading to the garden supply store across the road, theres drills, saw s, chainsaw s! So, theres our w eapons :> Another thing, if it w as a deadly virus, the infection w ould only last a few days before youll be completely dead anyw ay, the infection w ouldve killed you. so, OVERALL. go to a local store, and camp out there, build barriers and just w ait until theyre all dead. Link to this comment 809. February 7, 2012 at 12:33 pm ET - Cedric good blog site. thank you this excellent w rite-up. i have fun here lots. Link to this comment 810. February 7, 2012 at 7:09 pm ET - Soul number 5 There are lots of hypotheses concerning the spirit. The gender chart, w here did it come, and also can it pass aw ay i have listed a few of the questions being questioned w hen i view it, your Link to this comment 811. February 8, 2012 at 2:33 am ET - brooke i w ill survive a zombie apocalypse.
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Link to this comment 812. February 9, 2012 at 5:13 pm ET - vaylen if the zombies are real then kill me now because im terifide this is not a joke put me out of my misery! Link to this comment 813. February 9, 2012 at 11:08 pm ET - Avery I never saw w ho w on the video contest. Did something go terribly w rong? Link to this comment 814. February 10, 2012 at 11:43 am ET - Conner another good place to stay is a place w ith one door because it is easier to protect. Link to this comment 815. February 12, 2012 at 2:04 am ET - Rationalist the CDC isnt saying zombies are real, theyre using the title to attract sci-fi lovers to stop w atching the w alking dead and prepare for natural disasters Link to this comment 816. February 12, 2012 at 7:41 am ET - ben butler oh my god this is so cool all my friends think there is no such thing as zombies but i know there out there or coming some day i w ill make that kit very soon Link to this comment 817. February 12, 2012 at 10:35 pm ET - Nicole Here is a thought to the non-believers. They found a fungus that turns ants into zombies, so people turning into zombies could be possible. If and w hen it happens it could be man-made, or even something nature cooked up. Just think about it Link to this comment 818. February 13, 2012 at 6:43 pm ET - disc Some posts are just meant to be commented on, this is 1. Thank you for an superb read, so hard to discover now adays. Link to this comment 819. February 14, 2012 at 5:21 pm ET - Ashley W hat people dont seem to understand is the CDCs job is to be prepared and help others prepare for the w orst. Its not w asting money, people are entertained by Zombies and most people are interested. This is a great w ay to spread the w ord about being prepared, as stated in the article, if you are prepared for a zombie apocalypse then you are prepared for anything. This is no different then w hat teachers do in classes, they find an interest point and make it apply to the lesson. I think this is a great w ay to get people to prepare, and be ready for anything. Thank you for sharing this information, I hope it gets through to people. And for everyone w ho thinks they are going to hide out in a store, good luck keeping it secure because you w ill have to fight more people then zombies. Everyone has the same ideas, those ideas w ill get you killed. Think outside the box, and think every detail through. Link to this comment 820. February 15, 2012 at 2:16 pm ET - Bobby W inchenbach i guess some of these people really are not getting the complete point of all this zombie talk. all it is for is to attract the attention of different groups of people to teach them how to be prepared for anything that could happen on a local or a global level so w hy dont some of you people lighten up on the freakin sny comment you have no clue w hat your talking about. if youve read anything about the preparedness for disaster an have a half of a brain you w ould relize that this is a good artical to read. and for all of those that get it an understand this artical good for youll be the ones too survive Link to this comment 821. February 16, 2012 at 12:51 pm ET - J Gilmer Great idea CDC! Good for you! Link to this comment
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822. February 16, 2012 at 1:23 pm ET - Keith Zombies? Is that w hat w e are calling the looters and have nots? How compassionate that w e must refer to the realities of an emergency as an attack from zombies. W e have zombies for a presidential administration, be prepared to defend yourself from the current zombies in our presence, the folks w ith their hands out. Link to this comment 823. February 16, 2012 at 6:31 pm ET - Mulch Bloomington Indiana Hello there, just turned into aw are of your w eblog thru Google, and found that its truly informative. Im gonna w atch out for brussels. Ill appreciate if you happen to proceed this in future. A lot of folks w ill probably be benefited out of your w riting. Cheers! Link to this comment 824. February 19, 2012 at 10:20 am ET - Charles I agree w ith the CDC using zombies or a so called zombie apocalypse to attract the attention of the otherw ise uncaring people w ho dont pay attention to w hat can actually happen and then w hen it does they are crying to others and begging for handouts because they w erent smart enough to actually think for a change and alw ays be prepared. This stuff isnt rocket science. Things happen all the time and its these idiots that are all happy and saying i knew a zombie apocalypse w as coming that are going to be the ones w ith no family, no home, no resources and left to die on the street because the rest of us are smarter. If you actually believe that this is really about zombies then you really should look in the mirror and perform a reality check and get your priorities in order. Link to this comment 825. February 19, 2012 at 11:47 am ET - Haley Jane I used o be scared but now I am semi ready because all of the beef jerky and venison w ill be free. I am still scared but I am pretty thrilled for a 12 year old. Link to this comment 826. February 20, 2012 at 8:21 am ET - Richard Muller This is aw esome. lol I alw ays liked the conecpt of zombies, though I think I w ont survive if this ever happens. Too many people w here I live. Link to this comment 827. February 20, 2012 at 7:01 pm ET - Jeremiah The zombie apocalypse may or may not be real, how ever the site does draw attention to general emergency preparedness by using the zombie as one such emergency. Though zombies may not be real, there are real emergencies that should be taken into consideration by all citizens and making this site is a good w ay to put some fun into a serious scenario. I got my kit packed. Link to this comment 828. February 21, 2012 at 7:58 am ET - Robert Berry never seen a zombie,but have met many braindead folks. does that count? Link to this comment 829. February 24, 2012 at 1:07 am ET - Christian I alw ays w ondered, w here do I go in a Zombie Apocalypse?! I mean, its not like I dont have a good Idea, and I know w here to avoid, but w here do you go? Lets say you have a safehouse(just the place your at, maybe a few people), and there are zombies outside, but your safe and have a good amount of supplies. Dont you alw ays have a plan to go to a final safe zone, like zombie-free. In other w ords. Ok, just because am safe now , in this place, doesnt mean I w anna be here for ever, like w here can I move on to as my ultimate goal, a safer place. For one, I live in South Florida, so Ill tell you, you dead if you dont have a boat. Ok, theres Miami, and Ft. Lauterdale, but w hat about the majority of people living in suburbs a few miles farther inland. For thoughts of you w ho dont understand, go to google maps, and look at the satellite image of the east coast of south Florida and that huge mesh of city after city, is w hat am talking about. Oh, and I live in Coral Springs (if you dont know w here it is, type it in on google maps), so am surrounded to the east and south by suburbs, and after that, cities. To the w est, Big Cypress National park, basically the Everglades, litteray on the w estern city limits. North, norths a smaller tow n, called park land and after that, guess w hat more suburbs and big cypress! W ow , I feel surrounded, so this is w hy I ask, w ere do I go? Theres tw o highw ays out of south Florida, I-95 on the east coast(not an option) and one called the Tami-ami trail, w hich goes from Miami to w estern south Florida, or in otherw ords, Another city! I really hope I get good suggestions, and please dont say go to cuba. Great an Island full of refugees(soon to be zombies) from Florida.
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Link to this comment 830. February 24, 2012 at 10:56 am ET - Jerzy To Christian, Take a glider boat and disappear into Everglades. But not before you let Zombies sense w here youre retreating. Theyll go after you and, hopefully, w ill end up as gators fodder. I think its exellent plan. Link to this comment 831. February 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm ET - Rick Henry I agree w ith some of the low er comments but you should alw ays carry a flash light. Also you shouldent camp in small places because you might be cornered. Alw ays carry a small thing of value and extra money incase of a run-in w ith somemore surviors or to bribe w ith.Avoid these places: Hosbitals, malls, super markets and Contact w ith other people. Good Blog though! Link to this comment 832. February 25, 2012 at 12:21 am ET - Bethany If there truly is going to b a zombie apocalypse, everyone w ill panic. Its best to avoid crow ded areas and be ready to kill, mentality is a huge part of survival. Be ready at home, in the car and on the go, alw ays have a plan a, b, and c. Im only 16 and im already prepared for any disaster to hit California, after all any disaster kit can also be used for a zombie apocalypse kit. Also DONT FORGET TO W ATCH EACH OTHERS BACKS, many times someone w ill mess up on any important job, even in modern w arfare people still mess up. Ba alert at all times, trade off keeping w atch at night and help each other out. Setting up a small trustw orthy community of people w ho are local to your area is also a good idea, but make sure they are trustw orthy and share similar goals and interests as you. Tell the w rong person w hat you have prepared could make you a target for a raid. Link to this comment 833. February 25, 2012 at 9:35 pm ET - Jeremy l. gill machetes are not a bod idea. they are light and very affordable,plus no ammo needed. Link to this comment 834. February 26, 2012 at 8:43 am ET - W orried All this coming from the same clow ns that w ere unable to prevent the sw ine flu from spreading the w ay it did, the delays in the vaccine etc. If this ever happened the w orld w ould be doomed!! The CDC is a joke. Link to this comment 835. February 27, 2012 at 12:53 am ET - Hollea You cant be serious w ith this zombie crap Link to this comment 836. February 28, 2012 at 4:59 pm ET - Aislinn ok so like if there really is going to be a zombie apocalypse w hich i dont belive is going to happen but just in case ill be ready for them. Most of these dumb people out there think that if zombies suddenly appear that they should go protect their loved ones. w ell thats mistake #1. And also even if yall say that theres going to be a zombie apocalypse that doesnt mean that theres gonna be one. Try to understand that ther w ill NEVER be a zombie apocalypse. Link to this comment 837. February 29, 2012 at 6:11 pm ET - Fred This w as not a w aist of tax dollars they are trying to find a fun w ay to get prepared for a real emergency. Link to this comment 838. February 29, 2012 at 11:16 pm ET - Cher W hen I read this articlemakes me think of zombies = cannabals. Crisis sets in and people go hungry and starve..they become cannabals to survive. Something to think about..this Zombie Apocalypse!!! Link to this comment
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839. March 1, 2012 at 10:54 am ET - Jerzy W atch out, people! There is a Zombie plant inside CDC! They are the ones doing so called moderation. You know w hat that mean, do you? They are comiiing Link to this comment 840. March 2, 2012 at 1:36 pm ET - Kristi @ Aislinn W ell, zombies doesnt necessarily mean the undead coming out of their grave to eat your brains. There is A LOT of biological w arfare going on behind closed doors. W hat leaks out to the public is just a glimpse of w hats really going on. And besides this biological w arfare, flus and infections are being messed w ith everyday. Recently the bird flu. There w as an article about that being contaminated w ith something and turning into a deadly virus. They are one deadly virus aw ay from creating that virus that w ill turn humans into something like zombies. So if some people do not believe that the Zombie apocalypse is going to happen, lets start calling it a virus outbreak. Cuz thats exactly w hat it w ill be, W HEN it happens. Link to this comment 841. March 4, 2012 at 3:45 pm ET - DV First of all, I w ould like to thank the CDC for acknow ledging that a Zombie Apocalypse is a definite possibility and needs to be treated as a potential threat. Although a zombie outbreak is highly unlikely, its still possible. ANYONE w ho thinks that a lethal super virus is impossible is a complete moron. It IS 100% possible and everyone should be prepared for such an event. W ith that being said, thank you CDC for getting people involved and prepared for a pandemic in a fun and entertaining w ay. CDC, you get an A+. Link to this comment 842. March 5, 2012 at 6:08 am ET - oladepo temidayo I REALLY BELIEVE BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE W UD BELIEVE IT ENOUGH Link to this comment 843. March 5, 2012 at 7:02 pm ET - suck it zombies noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 844. March 5, 2012 at 7:04 pm ET - mallory sosinski im fat and the zombie w ont eat me. Ill eat the zombies!!!! Link to this comment 845. March 6, 2012 at 9:46 pm ET - mike212 How can you make a cure for something that not real or happen yet? W hat are they hiding Link to this comment 846. March 11, 2012 at 5:35 am ET - Rich W ell done, CDC. Im a University Emergency Preparedness Officer, and the Zombie Task Force w ill be a great w ay to sell Emergency Preparedness on campus BZ! Link to this comment 847. March 12, 2012 at 7:28 am ET - nunya ask dr.gener from the w alking dead Link to this comment 848. March 12, 2012 at 1:42 pm ET - Dakota Thanks CDC now w hat equipment w ould i need if probed my aliens? Link to this comment 849. March 14, 2012 at 11:08 am ET - ronnie corpening
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bring on the zombies Link to this comment 850. March 14, 2012 at 6:27 pm ET - a friend i seen a zombie please be aw are i dont see any more if you see them then call at 4804959281 ill tell you a safe place LAY LOW dont cry turn off lights and cover w indow s Link to this comment 851. March 14, 2012 at 6:27 pm ET - tiffany massey I LOVE ZOMBIES!!!!!!! eat them for breakfest, lunch and even dinner. DEAD ASS!!!!! Link to this comment 852. March 14, 2012 at 9:16 pm ET - J.J. Aw esome! Glad CDC acknow ledged this. I know most people think zombies are a joke, but experimentation w ith viruses DOES happen. You never know , youre little tow n could be the next Raccoon City and w e could all be living the real W alking Dead. The w orld is becoming more advanced; anything can happen Another idea is to go somew here icy 24/7; the low temperatures w ill deteriorate/freeze the bodies making them slow er and less able to get around. Link to this comment 853. March 15, 2012 at 5:59 am ET - Jesse Chadw ick Im all about doomsday prepping, but this is a joke. Our Govt has nothing better to spend our tax dollars on? Link to this comment 854. March 15, 2012 at 5:27 pm ET - Joe Absolutely w ell done. You made emergency aw areness fun. I never really focused on being prepared for the unexpected and now I am kicking myself for not doing it sooner. Now let me count the number of people w ho complained that you are w asting funds because they dont have a clue w hat your true intentions w ere. Link to this comment 855. March 15, 2012 at 5:40 pm ET - ,D,H,B ene my ne mo catch a zombie by the toe if he bites let him go e ne my ne mo. Just never hold back on a zombie attack,. if you love them dont decide not to kill him or her theyre already dead, and their in a better place so no matter w hat dont hold back. you may cry you lost a loved one, but you survied 1 more second. Link to this comment 856. March 15, 2012 at 5:43 pm ET - D,H,B Zombies are not attractive. UNLESS YOU HAVE A THING FOR THE UNDEAD Link to this comment 857. March 18, 2012 at 2:34 am ET - Deb Ive been in a few disasters and w ar zones, so my patients depend on me w hen there is a w eather alert. Im the go to girl for disaster preparedness. Everyone w ill be happy to know that w e w ill have a zombie preparedness plan as w ell as hurricane, blizzard and tornado. Link to this comment 858. March 18, 2012 at 5:03 am ET - ben Hoping for a hot chick if this could happen. Link to this comment 859. March 20, 2012 at 12:16 am ET - kenzie you never know w hats going to happen anythings possible but in a lot of movies the cdc w ill close off the infected area so no one could get out even if your not infected and they just destroyed the w hole place killing everyone so the infection w ouldnt spread do you think they might do that if there w as a zombie apocalypse? Link to this comment
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860. March 20, 2012 at 1:39 am ET - ph make plan A.(dont get bitten, kill the infected, dont make friends w ith strangers) and B.(dont break plan A) Link to this comment 861. March 20, 2012 at 1:36 pm ET - johnny smedley this is a joking thing about the zombie apocalypse but it is getting sane people attention about the coming economic collapse. prepare for a year to 2 years of nothing much on store shelves w hile the USA gets back on its feet, the zombies u w ill first have to dispose of are the people that did not prepare , coming in large groups to steal the food and w ater and armament you have stored up. after that the feds w ill be coming to do the same in the name of government protecion of the people, but w ill do the same thing and cart you and yours to interrment camps ie: FEMA camps the CDC is trying to get you to prepare for it. nuff said ? Link to this comment 862. March 20, 2012 at 6:44 pm ET - John Anyone w ho believes in zombies has nothing to w orry about, you have no brains to begin w ith! Start spending more time trying to solve REAL problems. Link to this comment 863. March 21, 2012 at 6:28 am ET - Andy Sky I think this blog post is inappropriate. It terrified a special needs 6th grader in my class w ho really has himself convinced that a zombie apocalypse is going to happen today. I taught him in a study skills class on how to identify reliable sources on the internet that .gov w ebsites can generally be trusted. I get the joke, and the purpose of the post. How ever, not everyone does. The fact that this is a joke should be more explicit on a CDC w ebsite. Link to this comment 864. March 21, 2012 at 9:45 am ET - Russ A zombie Apocalypse!!! W OW ! Now I know w hy there are so much stupidity in the W orld! Mankind has been around for centuries and never has there been Zombies but all of a sudden it is just going to happen! You people need to get a LIFE! Instead of w aiting for DEATH! So yeah lets stock up enough food and w ater for a few days. and then w hat oh Yeah w e can live minute to minute like the characters on The W alking Dead w aiting for the moment w e w ill be eaten by Zombies. W ho in their right mind w ould w ant to suvivve so they can spend the rest of their lives killing Zombies! That is messed up! Link to this comment 865. March 21, 2012 at 12:22 pm ET - jordan zombies arnt real but this is good for hurricanes and tornados Link to this comment 866. March 22, 2012 at 2:00 am ET - carve vegetables food good site!! You should start many more. I love all the info offered. I w ill stay tuned. Link to this comment 867. March 22, 2012 at 3:59 pm ET - That Guy Face it, prepared or not in any situation idiots loose. I feel like Im around zombies all day. Justin beber is googled more than w orld events that matter, and people cant even remember a phone number w ith out a cell phone, Im sorry CDC, your scare tactic to inform the great citizens of our Country, and act like you care probly w ont go far. Besides I could think of a dozen things off the top of my head that w ould make your prepaired kit look like a gift bag from toys r us Link to this comment 868. March 25, 2012 at 11:38 pm ET - reuben dmello but the main reason for zombie attack might be something els also right ? w ell you cant know but the only one thing that you should do in a zombie attack is that save you and only your self that is the best thing i think Link to this comment 869. March 26, 2012 at 12:19 pm ET - Ruby
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this is BS thier is no freakin zombies w ho are going to attack us. Shut the heck up about it pretty please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 870. March 26, 2012 at 12:22 pm ET - sara Thier is no such thing as zombies w ho are going to attack us. You just w ait and see. I hope you all look back at this and laugh that you actually belived this. Link to this comment 871. March 27, 2012 at 12:02 am ET - 2012 First of all I w ould like to say aw esome blog! I had a quick question that Id like to ask if you do not mind. I w as interested to find out how you center yourself and clear your thoughts prior to w riting. I have had a tough time clearing my thoughts in getting my thoughts out. I truly do enjoy w riting but it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are usually lost just trying to figure out how to begin. Any recommendations or hints? Thanks! Link to this comment 872. March 27, 2012 at 12:02 pm ET - Karl Dennis This is aw esome lol Thanks so much for this!! Made my day Karl Link to this comment 873. March 28, 2012 at 12:59 pm ET - harold heeeeeey hoes Link to this comment 874. March 29, 2012 at 10:13 am ET - JG Fuchs This is really funnylol Link to this comment 875. March 29, 2012 at 12:06 pm ET - Jerzy Zombies made significant inroads in the society already. Especially in places like Frisco, W est Hollyw ood in Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Antonio Texas, New York and other big cities. W e, still unaffected, must increase our efforts to resist them and stop their invasion. Remember, there are more of us! Link to this comment 876. March 29, 2012 at 3:34 pm ET - Andrew If a zombie apocalypse w ill occur, then w hy are kids still being taught know ledge that w ill be rendered obsolete? Link to this comment 877. March 29, 2012 at 6:23 pm ET - holly zombies add gasoline to the list helps alot Link to this comment 878. March 30, 2012 at 2:48 am ET - frederick mover Hi my friend! I w ish to say that this post is aw esome, nice w ritten and include approximately all important infos. I w ould like to look extra posts like this . Link to this comment 879. March 30, 2012 at 7:12 am ET - Bap of course like your w eb site how ever you need to check the spelling on several of your posts. A number of them are rife w ith spelling problems and I in finding it very troublesome to tell the reality how ever I w ill certainly come back again. Link to this comment 880. March 30, 2012 at 8:59 am ET - Ephesus Tours Thank you for another w onderful post. W here else could anyone get that kind of information in such a perfect method of w riting? I have a presentation next w eek, and
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I am at the look for such info. Link to this comment 881. March 30, 2012 at 11:41 am ET - Chris Smith In the event of a zombie apocalypse, MOVE TO THE COUNTRYSIDE! ITS THE ONLY PLACE THAT W ONT GET NUKED!!!!! Link to this comment 882. March 30, 2012 at 6:52 pm ET - Elizabeth Perhaps the presence of prions in the human genome w ill contaminate the zombie food supply! So, as Monte Python sings, Alw ays look on the bright side of life there may be an up-side to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease! Link to this comment 883. March 31, 2012 at 1:19 am ET - Brandon This is a Government W ebsite. Theyre not just doing this just to get other people prepared. Do you understand how serious the CDC really is? They know something w e dont.. comn you and I both know the govt doesnt tell us everything.. Africa is having some disease called the nodding disease almost zombie like people w anting to bite and start fires. The CDC and W HO is over their. They cant find a cure or a cause of the problem. Maybe this is theyre w ay of sending out the signal? and think about this.. youre like ZOMBIE APOC??? CDC POSTED THIS?? IM GOING TO TELL MY FRIENDS!!@!@ ^^^ That is exactly! w hat they w ant you to do.. spread the w ord.. its so out there that people w ill just w ant to spread the w ord and get prepared. CDC know s something Govt know s something be smart. get prepared. Link to this comment 884. March 31, 2012 at 12:38 pm ET - guardian angel I w as suggested this w ebsite by w ay of my cousin. Im now not sure w hether or not this submit is w ritten via him as no one else recognize such special about my problem. You are amazing! Thanks! Link to this comment 885. March 31, 2012 at 10:11 pm ET - captcha sniper Magnificent points altogether, you simply received a new reader. W hat may you suggest in regards to your post that you simply made some days ago? Any sure? Link to this comment 886. April 1, 2012 at 2:27 am ET - W anda Morris Hello There. I discovered your w eblog the use of msn. This is a very w ell w ritten article. Ill be sure to bookmark it and come back to learn more of your helpful info. Thanks for the post. Ill definitely comeback. Link to this comment 887. April 1, 2012 at 10:30 am ET - Ophelia Moore I cherished as much as youll receive performed proper here. The cartoon is tasteful, your authored subject matter stylish. nonetheless, you command get got an nervousness over that you w ish be turning in the follow ing. ill no doubt come further before once more as precisely the same nearly a lot incessantly inside case you shield this increase. Link to this comment 888. April 1, 2012 at 2:31 pm ET - Brianne MacKenzie Seriously? There are actually people w ho believe this crap exists, and now a credible source posts emergency strategies about it? This may seem funny, but its a huge :P:)
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disappointment. Unfortunately, natural disasters may not seem cool, but that doesnt give anyone the right to exploit public media to attract an audience. Tell young people w hat is important. Teach them w hat matters and how they can protect themselves and their families. Dont confirm to popular media to gain attention, youll lose respect on the process. Link to this comment 889. April 2, 2012 at 9:09 am ET - spas montreal I just couldnt leave your site before suggesting that I extremely enjoyed the standard information a person provide in your visitors? Is gonna be again often in order to check up on new posts Link to this comment 890. April 2, 2012 at 3:06 pm ET - Ruby Zombies are NOT REAL w ake up people Link to this comment 891. April 4, 2012 at 8:28 am ET - Mike Haw k hey. zombies arent real. You are just a bunch a fag virgins w ho live w ith their parents! btw you guys w ill be locked in you basement thinking theres a zombie attack, and you w ill end up having sex w ith your friend. Link to this comment 892. April 4, 2012 at 5:18 pm ET - Ben I am making a bunker at my house now w ith my friends Jon, Zack, Jocob, Brandon, Kyle, Austin, Autin again and etc. Thank you CDC!!!. Link to this comment 893. April 6, 2012 at 7:46 pm ET - Alexia hello, Im from argentina and I dont speak good english. I w onder if in the coming years or now be zombie pandemic begins. Thank you for the information. Its very interesting! Link to this comment 894. April 7, 2012 at 7:23 pm ET - Jasmine This w as really helpful! Im using some of the information for a story Im w riting, and its looking better now ! Link to this comment 895. April 8, 2012 at 2:19 pm ET - Mark Mark Evey Easter w e encourage this Zombie uprising!! IT must be stopped!! LOL! Link to this comment 896. April 10, 2012 at 8:09 am ET - unaquired people, the only food material that w ould last until you decide its time to munch the rest of it aw ay, is honey. honey never goes bad or expires so it is the ideal food for an emergency kit. put a few bottles of that, a few mags, a battery radio/flashlight, and w ater in there and your set for eternity, or til you die. Link to this comment 897. April 10, 2012 at 2:44 pm ET - tyler all you need is food/ w ater/ / a good car/ gas/ gas masks (oh and also a shelter. (: peferbly aw ay from gravyards and poupilated areas! oh and please zombies are transmitted by mad cow dieseace w ell get ready to fight! oh and if your beat or you got bitting your dead just kill yourself ! now back to the comments/. Link to this comment 898. April 10, 2012 at 2:53 pm ET - Brandi love itthis is great.. happy surviving Link to this comment 899. April 10, 2012 at 4:31 pm ET - Alan Garcia
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W hy w ould the CDC be ready for a zombie apacalypse??? They know that something could happen and they are the ones that are going to release the virus. Link to this comment 900. April 10, 2012 at 9:31 pm ET - DeadSkull I dont see how people can laugh this off as a joke!!!!! W ith all the w eird diseases in the w orld and the crazy people messing w ith reanamation of dogs And the plain and scary murdering crazy people in the w orld. Not to forget all the countries that Hate america, and our w ay of life. Yeah i dout w e w ill have people yelling brains and eating our brains lol But toxicins induced into the body that could make a person go absolute crazy or mad. Kind of like someone On PCP Unresponsive Crazy Super Strong. If you go by all zombie movies made Its alw ays w as cause by virus, chemical, radiation, and parasites If the CDC says to look out just in case. I dont think they w ould joke about something on the National level "people climb on top of your house and let the sniping begin"""" Link to this comment 901. April 12, 2012 at 12:22 pm ET - jamie dose this mean you have created a zombie biological w eapon Link to this comment 902. April 12, 2012 at 1:06 pm ET - Alex i think people should take precautions during the apocalypse like w hat if they run, of w hat if they cant see? i think w e should try those out Link to this comment 903. April 12, 2012 at 1:19 pm ET - Lucafer W ell it seems a lot of people think this is just unlikely. Take a moment and think about everyone that did not think about mad cow disease, Black Plague, Bird Flu, should I go on? W HY is this not probable and unlikely? It is better to be prepared than to not be. I myself have dreams about this., but yet I have had a few dreams about UFOs. w hen w e know they exist EVEN if w e did not actually see one. You should prepare for w hat could happen instead of This is UNLIKELY!!! The CDC is doing this as a plausible case AND IMO w ould be better to be prepared for a case that is possible. Do you go to the store and by food for a w eek or more? W hat about other house hold items? IF past Civilations and history have taught us anything it w ould to be prepared for the unlikely Link to this comment 904. April 13, 2012 at 12:57 pm ET - Jerzy Do Zombies burp after eating human flesh? Link to this comment 905. April 16, 2012 at 11:54 am ET - Nikole I love this article. It grabs the attention of many people and educates them on the importance of emergency preparedness. Fo those w ho think that the cdc w asted tax payers money, i disagree. This is a fun w ay to educated people and the overall message is valid. Link to this comment 906. April 18, 2012 at 10:41 pm ET - Doug Lets not forget diplomacy skills w hen dealing w ith zombies. Dont leave this valuable tool out of your emergency kit. Lets try and reason and negotiate w ith the zombies. Convince them your brains do not contain the necessary social, religious and political neuro-transmitters they crave. But if that fails and violence is your last option, be careful, because if you shoot too many of the same color zombies, your fellow survivors w ill probably cast you out for being a racist! If you dont have a gun in your kit (The CDC deemed them un-necessary) then just throw cans of cream of mushroom soup. Make sure you hit them in the head. Link to this comment 907. April 19, 2012 at 11:30 am ET - MuzzleMike
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The Zombies do not bother me ! I am do not like the w erew olves . You might be able to blend in w ith Zombies but you w ill have to grow a lot of hair to blend in w ith the w erew olves ! Link to this comment 908. April 20, 2012 at 1:02 am ET - Martha W hat the heck happened to the Apocalypse 101 video that came out last May or so? I cant find it anyw here and w as w anting to show my kids. Link to this comment 909. April 20, 2012 at 11:43 am ET - alecann @arlaw #79, and all the other morons posting about w asted taxpayer money, and the stupidity of this campaign. I w ork for the government, and have seen taxpayer money w asted first hand, this is not one of those cases. Clearly you can not appreciate the humor in this aw areness campaign, or in everyday life I w ould guess. I w ould hate to know you, such a boring life you must have if you cant find the value and humor in something such as this. Many people under 30 have never even thought about emergency preparedness, until The CDC posted this. I guarantee this has made thousands of people think about preparing for real life emergency, and it has managed to do it in a very clever w ay. I am guessing the CDC w as not trying to reach people like you, but more the younger people, w ith a sense of humor, that maybe could use a lesson on the topic. You guys criticizing are really just complaining to complain, is your life so boring that you track dow n things that are not geared tow ards you, just so you can post a comment w hining about it? (The answ er is yes btw ) Link to this comment 910. April 20, 2012 at 9:31 pm ET - cameron jones r u 4 real.w hen does it start.W OO HOO!!!!!!!!!!zombies here i come Link to this comment 911. April 21, 2012 at 1:19 pm ET - Ricky W hen the apocalypse begins and the CDC helpers arrive, how w ill I tell the difference betw een the Zombies and the helpers? Link to this comment 912. April 21, 2012 at 11:02 pm ET - Barbara Mendoza Honestly, I havet started preparing but researching movies I have noticed a very important pattern that I believe everyone should know . Havent you noticed that w hile everyone I running the new s has not stopped running in the movies. This gives me a feeling that one of the safest places to go for a w hile w ould be a radio station. Plus learning Martial arts Is quite handy and learning how to handle a gun. Paintball Is good practice. Link to this comment 913. April 23, 2012 at 6:54 am ET - Andre Eller Lol dont believe it so I dont think its going to happen lol. Link to this comment 914. April 23, 2012 at 10:02 am ET - Nate I think a katana should be added to the list. Link to this comment 915. April 23, 2012 at 11:07 am ET - Megzie Yall really believe something like this could happen. W ow !! Naive much? Link to this comment 916. April 23, 2012 at 12:43 pm ET - MOP Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local zombie response team. Thats hilarious. Good article though. It really opens the eye to the possibility of a zombie apocalypse and how to deal w ith it. Link to this comment 917. April 24, 2012 at 4:18 am ET - .............. to all that are complaing about tax dollars being spent this is a w ay for CDC to come across a younger group to realize theres other issues to be aw are of as if you didnt
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across a younger group to realize theres other issues to be aw are of as if you didnt notice in this blog they said hurricanes floods, etc w hen a person googles zombies this show s and it catches their eye they read and thats w hat they w ant you to do!!!!!!!!! its a great idea because i read it Link to this comment 918. April 24, 2012 at 4:37 pm ET - J BO W ow are you serious, thew cdc posts this up. it has to be serious. Dont be surprise w hen DEC 21,2012 hit and and people are outside eating people. SMH I think ima start preparing lol. Link to this comment 919. April 25, 2012 at 3:42 pm ET - Marvin Vanlo theyre just trying to prepare us for other emergencies Link to this comment 920. April 26, 2012 at 12:04 am ET - Vienna I think its great w hat the CDC has. Not only have they informed us on fictional doom, but actual doom as w ell. Although I cant completly deny the existence of Zombies because ANYTHING is possible. This is a great w ay to help everyone prepare for any kind of natrual disaster. But Id like to enlighten you all on the 12-21-12 that the accient people w ho created the calender did not count leap years.. etc.. I believe w eve had like 500 and something leapyears.. therefore the w orld w ould have ended like 8 or 9 months ago. Google it and prove me right. If a zombie apoclypse happens it w ont be this year;) W onderful days breh <READ THAT;) Link to this comment 921. April 26, 2012 at 12:48 am ET - SEO Yeah, its better to be prepared than sorry. Thanks for the tips just to be ready in case this w ill really happen. I feel strongly about it and I take pleasure in learning about this topic. Link to this comment 922. April 27, 2012 at 11:44 am ET - Rudy This is a helpful links and everything good to be prepared for everything and anything Link to this comment 923. April 28, 2012 at 11:26 pm ET - Tanner Geesey w hen might this happen? Link to this comment 924. April 29, 2012 at 8:03 am ET - ken w hat if mad cow dies. started the zombie apocalpys????? Link to this comment 925. April 29, 2012 at 9:18 pm ET - Noah Finnaly! My friends think Im crazy since Im alw ays prepared for the apocalypse! I never thought the CDC w as prepared!!! Thanks CDC! But in the movie Quarantine the building w as put under quarantine and they said everything is gonna be okay but they just left them there to die But life isnt a movie so CDC IS HERE TO HELP! Link to this comment 926. April 30, 2012 at 9:20 am ET - Courtney A zombie apocalypse? Is this for real? My tax dollars funding CDC nonsense? W hats next, Preparedness 102 Mall Ninjas Unite? Give me a break. LOL! Some of you are thick, this article is all about how to prepare for ANY disaster. Its quite a brilliant and effective move if you think about it. Link to this comment 927. April 30, 2012 at 5:36 pm ET - li chestnut how is a zombie apocalypse funny it is a serious problem. And thank you CDC i am now perparing a kit and a plan if this becomes a problem in the future Link to this comment
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928. May 4, 2012 at 3:21 am ET - offshore letter Cool Post, Man Link to this comment 929. May 4, 2012 at 9:27 am ET - Blog Administrator @Avery: For the Video contest w inners, please check out: http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/10/are-you-prepared-video-contestw inners/ Link to this comment 930. May 4, 2012 at 1:28 pm ET - derek im a zombie Link to this comment 931. May 5, 2012 at 2:42 pm ET - ryan i know some guys w ho are a pretty frigin aw some w hen it comes to stuff like surviving a zombie apocalypse. some one should invent a sign that you can put up on a building to let people now your ok. That w ay people can w ork together to survive. i just have to say that the CDC better invent a cure if a zombie apocalpse really did happen Link to this comment 932. May 7, 2012 at 9:52 am ET - Hannah Lmao; this is pretty much a w aste of time, Zombies are not real.. If they w here, youd see me hiding in a tree. I often used to freak out w hen i first heard about this Zombie Apocalypse but get real, As much as your freaky, geeked up, stupid, xbox playing minds w ant to believe it is true. It is sadly not. Sorry to break the terrible new s. Have more sense you guys!! Link to this comment 933. May 7, 2012 at 11:09 am ET - michael creech im completely ready for this but i still dont think its going to happen in my life time Link to this comment 934. May 8, 2012 at 10:47 am ET - Ruslan Steininger this is so fake there is no w ay in hell that there w ould be a zombie apacalips spend your time on somthing more usfull Link to this comment 935. May 8, 2012 at 2:52 pm ET - Blog Administrator @Nikole: Thanks! Link to this comment 936. May 8, 2012 at 3:03 pm ET - Blog Administrator @TK: Thanks! Link to this comment 937. May 9, 2012 at 8:18 pm ET - ching ching i think tht turtles are good too. And i yhink tht eating raw zombie flesh Link to this comment 938. May 10, 2012 at 11:40 am ET - NinjaMan You no at first its not the zombies you need to w orry about its the guys in uniform shooting anything moving NOT w earing a uniform. But in my opinion everyone shold head south and find you a nice small island Link to this comment 939. May 10, 2012 at 10:51 pm ET - Jen
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Ruslan Steininger this is so fake there is no w ay in hell that there w ould be a zombie apacalips spend your time on somthing more usfull @ Ruslan like learning how to spell and punctuate properly Link to this comment 940. May 11, 2012 at 3:39 pm ET - Rev Narw hal Thank you CDC for re-contextualizing important information w ith a little humor. As it turns out, these supplies you suggest, yeah, theyre just a good idea anyw ay. I appreciate this use of my money. The people w ho are claiming this w ill never happen and making fun of people because zombies arent real are really sorta missing the point and are mostly on their w ay to being zombies anyw ay, not to mention highly ignorant of the things the government spends money on already. How much tax money is being w asted trying to force personal choices out of our society. Im betting these are the sorts of people w ho totally feel thats money w ell spent. Im betting the expense to discover if a baseball player used steroids resulted in more expense than this campaign has. I w ill be happy to fall back to my amusing zombie survival kit w hen something else happens. W ater is w ater its not like I w ould be reserving it just for a zombie apocalypse. Oh no, this is a terrorist attack, w e cant use those cans of food until there are zombies. Think for goodness sake Link to this comment 941. May 11, 2012 at 8:51 pm ET - jacquesgage is this real ? did they spot somebody infected w ith the T-virus or w hat? Link to this comment 942. May 12, 2012 at 2:17 pm ET - joos boks i totaly believe this. i am completly redy four thiz. w il hapin becuz mi ex prudooser/ex yf turnd into a zomby. i shot her hed of becus she w us being annoying and mean. i found out that she w us a zomby aftur i cild her. Link to this comment 943. May 12, 2012 at 2:20 pm ET - Korcy Jokes I w atched deadliset w arrior and found the w ebsuth by finging iot w ith pausing. Link to this comment 944. May 13, 2012 at 4:07 am ET - Zombie I met a hobo on the street the other day. I invited him in for coffee. Soon after proving he w as a zombie he grabed hi coat, and left. He w as nice Link to this comment 945. May 13, 2012 at 9:00 pm ET - AJ If this happens be ready because in every movie and show the government falls first.GOOD LUCK. Link to this comment 946. May 13, 2012 at 9:23 pm ET - nathan lol its about time someone that can actually have an impact on people says something about zombies, w hether it happens or not you should alw ays be prepared Link to this comment 947. May 14, 2012 at 5:46 pm ET - AJ @ AJ THANKS Link to this comment 948. May 15, 2012 at 7:31 pm ET - bigw u And i alw ays thought zombie apocalypse w as code for the liberals, silly me. Link to this comment 949. May 16, 2012 at 4:51 am ET - Me
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As a health care provider, if this truely is the position of the CDC then w hy has there not been a mandate for training on this? I think that there should be. W e are required to train for everything else.. Link to this comment 950. May 16, 2012 at 7:56 pm ET - Yella Gurl I agree w ith the healthcare provider 100%. This can help,people out by teaching them self-defes e and teach them different strategies on how to get the hell out of dodge and how to let these zombies have it at the same time. Link to this comment 951. May 17, 2012 at 9:24 pm ET - Anton Nominius Personally it is about time people think about all the possible senarios of the apocolapyse. w ithin the past decade and tw o years w e all have been more aquainted w ith the undead, the point of this is there preparing us for the inevitable and the cdc are the ones w ho are going to herd all the mainstream population into detention centers scattered throughout the US. Relief centers and areas dont have electrified fences and razor w ire facing inw ard, also they dont have stratigecly placed w atchtow ers or the proper term called crow `s nests.If you care about the safety of your friends and family dont trust local law inforcement in uniform and above all any government lapdogs including army, navy marines and spec. op. Link to this comment 952. May 18, 2012 at 2:08 pm ET - Simon S. Great idea! Alw ay be prepared! Greetings from Sw itzerland! Link to this comment 953. May 20, 2012 at 6:30 pm ET - R u ready? Sooooare these going to be fast or slow zombeies??? Cuz that makes all the difference in the w orld! Link to this comment 954. May 21, 2012 at 10:02 am ET - Natalie Everyone should get ready its coming and it w ont stop until you are dead get out now !!! Pray to God and have things straight w ith him and maybe just maybe he w ill save your soul. May the odds be ever on yur side my friend Link to this comment 955. May 21, 2012 at 4:45 pm ET - Harold My 2-cents, Im not w orried about zombies but being prepared just makes sense. 1. Get to know your neighbors, youll be surprised w hat you can do w hen you combine resources. 2. Extra batteries on hand, there w ill be no electricity, no computers, no cell phones after about 1-day. 3. Charcoal Grill, youll need to do something about the food thaw ing in your freezer, my suggestion is a block party. You can also heat w ater for personal hygiene. 4. Plastic bucket for city dw ellers your sew er system w ill be shut dow n, it gets ugly after a day or so. Fill the bathtub w ith w ater for flushing this also can be used as a last resort for drinking w ater. Dont live on the first floor or low area, once the pipes fill up w ith sew age it start coming up throught the plumbing. 5. Fill your vehicle w ith gas expecially if you have a generator. There w ill not be any gas stations open for business. 6. Help out w hen and w here you can, be a part of the solution and not the problem. My lessons from Hurricane Fran. Link to this comment 956. May 21, 2012 at 5:05 pm ET - nicky my grandma w ont beleive it till it happens.I told her that she w ill be VERY SORRY is it does happen.U see i am a Boyscout and I am PREPARED.like our motto says BE PREPARED Link to this comment 957. May 22, 2012 at 1:25 am ET - Nick This is just a hurricane/ tornado survival guide that has the w ord zombie implanted nice try CDC youre still behind the 8 ball Link to this comment
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958. May 22, 2012 at 1:51 am ET - Alejandro Just to make a quick note.if you are in no troble(zombie,disaster) study the facts.W hat if a zombie sences are dead,only hearing,there is no point in hiding right. Link to this comment 959. May 22, 2012 at 11:10 am ET - Daw n CDC pretty smart. many people w ont even read this until you put zombie in it! I know of 3 people w ho did read this now since the CDC put zombies on their site Link to this comment 960. May 22, 2012 at 5:34 pm ET - Jessica Brylan This might be good information for my research. If I use it, Ill be sure to link back to you and mention you as a resource. Link to this comment 961. May 23, 2012 at 7:52 am ET - w hat to say how are are you? That is really fascinating, You are an excessively skilled blogger. Ive joined your rss feed and look forw ard to looking for more of your excellent post. Also, I have shared your site in my social netw orks Link to this comment 962. May 23, 2012 at 8:30 am ET - jeux Thanks a bunch for sharing this w ith all folks you actually know w hat youre speaking about! Bookmarked. Link to this comment 963. May 23, 2012 at 1:34 pm ET - U.Z.H. even before reading this i and some freinds are ready for any type of zombie attak. it has even been proven that there is a virus that kills its host then only reives the brain and other organs that are needed to surive. the zombie actually rots to deathagain. look up the author Max Brooks, and his book the zombie survial guide. U.Z.H. Link to this comment 964. May 23, 2012 at 6:35 pm ET - Umbrella Project Be prepared for the Umbrella Project, also get a gas mask and a suit, double barrell for double tap.T-Virus might comelots of w ater/food and battery pack, long range 2w ay radio, led 3000 lumens flashlight.. Link to this comment 965. May 23, 2012 at 7:30 pm ET - Zombie Hunter Various civilian organizations should have ZOMBIE Response teams that w ork hand in hand w ith the military!!! Link to this comment 966. May 23, 2012 at 10:43 pm ET - noname kind of freaky the CDC w ould post thissounds like a premeditated outbreak im scared now Link to this comment 967. May 24, 2012 at 6:47 pm ET - MAli If memory serves me correctly.. The Soviet Union or Germany experimented w ith reanimation of the dead back in the 40s. They first experimented w ith dead dogs. Once reanimated the animal survived for several days. The next experiment w as done on deceased human soldiers. After the human body had been dead for days they reanimated it for over a half hour. They w ere trying to create the perfect soldier! They w ere made to give up on the experiment though. How ever scientists have been experimenting w ith reanimation for decades and w ill continue to. I truly believe that a Zombie Apocalypse could happen! Maybe not today, next year or even 10 years. But it w ill happen! W ell done CDC! Link to this comment 968. May 25, 2012 at 4:59 pm ET - Muggie2 Love it! A year later, and still people are reading and commenting. W hod have thought
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that something like this w ould not just resonate w ith readers, but get them thinking. As a general roundup, theres a couple of points to consider. First, as a number of people have mentioned, if you have prepared and have the things you need to survive a zombie apocalypse (or any other type of disease situation w hich may lead to a breakdow n of society), you have a number of things that others may w ant. Things they may kill for. Be prepared to protect w hat you have if it is necessary. Second, if youre going to bug out, you have to consider w hat the disaster is w hen making plans for travel and meeting up again. Choke points such as bridges and tunnels are likely to be clogged, meeting near a river may be somew hat dodgy in a flood, just as meeting in a forest aint so good in a w ildfire situation, or meeting in a mall during a true zombie apocalypse. A final point, w hat most people fail to consider in an unexpected emergency is that it is, surprisingly, unexpected. You really have to check your assumptions: think about the little things that you take for granted. You dont w ant to be the one dashing into the store, leaving behind the famous last w ords Dont w orry, Ill just be a minute Link to this comment 969. May 25, 2012 at 9:36 pm ET - Marrion Lardera Thanks for the inspiration on starting a new blog Zombie Apocalypse!!! and great w arning.. good thing w e have a axe, kitchen knives and some small knives. Link to this comment 970. May 27, 2012 at 1:42 am ET - W raith So, w here w ere you w hen patient zero show ed up in Miami, Florida? Per the Miami Herald today The officer ordered the naked man to back aw ay, and w hen he continued the assault, the officer shot him. The attacker continued to eat the man, despite being shot, forcing the officer to continue firing. W itnesses said they heard at least a half dozen shots. Link to this comment 971. May 27, 2012 at 2:49 pm ET - jasin if the ZA w as virus related or bacteria of some sort w ere all fraked. head to the open seas and learn to sw im. w ater, duct tape and a copy of your ss card w ill do you no good my friend. buy a HOUSE BOAT !!!! Link to this comment 972. May 27, 2012 at 3:47 pm ET - Kate Proof. The duties of the CDC have now been officially turned over to the staff of the National Enquirer. It is all starting to make sense now . First the hoax about Sw ine Flu, now this. Link to this comment 973. May 27, 2012 at 6:55 pm ET - Matibob So w e are to store food, w ater, tp, toothpaste, etc..but I thought you w ould be labeled a terrorist for doing these things. I am so confused!! Link to this comment 974. May 27, 2012 at 7:11 pm ET - Andrea First Zombie Attack, Miami May 26th, 2012 Link to this comment 975. May 27, 2012 at 7:33 pm ET - Chris Davis This article makes me have SO much more respect for the CDC. W ay to eschew bureaucratic bore. Glad you guys are looking out for us. Link to this comment 976. May 28, 2012 at 8:25 am ET - emintine Kind of freaky to say a man had his face chew ed of by a naked man in miami on saturday, he w as shot several times but continued to eat his face. He even grow led!! Link to this comment 977. May 28, 2012 at 9:06 am ET - lindaja Fore the people w ho w ant baseball bats and chainsaw s ? you like zombie blood al over you and in your eyes and mouth or w ounds ? Lock yourself in w ere brute force w ont get them in.
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and w aith it out dead flesh w on`t be w alking around long due to maggot`s and other animals like vultures. Let alone the normal rotting under the sun. Link to this comment 978. May 28, 2012 at 9:30 am ET - Christine Are you kidding me? W hat w ere you thinking w hen you posted this? The CDC has just lost some credibility in my book. Link to this comment 979. May 28, 2012 at 9:31 am ET - Brennj THERE W AS A CANNIBAL ATTACK IN MIAMI BEACH!!!!!!!!! Zombiessssssnlriknqeb; Link to this comment 980. May 28, 2012 at 1:17 pm ET - Misty Did anyone read about the man eating another mans face in Miami on Saturday? They said he w as shot several times and actuall grow led at the officer. Link to this comment 981. May 28, 2012 at 2:39 pm ET - John IT HAS BEGUN, in Miami! Link to this comment 982. May 28, 2012 at 3:01 pm ET - green eggs and ham You know , maybe you should forw ard this post to the Miami PD. I mean, they had trouble putting dow n a facce-eating zombie! Link to this comment 983. May 28, 2012 at 3:47 pm ET - Colorado bound Its has finally happend peopleyesterday may 27 2012 at 2pm in miami florida police responded to a call of tw o men fighting. W hen an officer arrived on the sence a naked unidentafied male w as on top of another male and he w as eating his face..w itnesss state the officer order him to back aw ay from the man and the suspect turn tow ards the officer and graw led at him and continued his attack so from a range of less then ten the officer fired one round at center mass and it had no effect on the suspect so the officer w as forced to fire 4 more rounds before he finally drop dead..w hen emts arrived it w as reported that the victem had over 75% of the fleash on his face missing and w as still alive.officals say the attack w as brought on my cocaine psychosis but w e all no w at the truth is.ive curntly packed up and left florida headed to my fater inlaw s house in the mountains of colorado w ere w e have all of the supply w e need to be the final surrviors and for u none believers go to Fox.com and type miami shootings into the search engine itll be the first thing to pop up Link to this comment 984. May 28, 2012 at 3:54 pm ET - imsoprepared if a zombie Apocalypse happens you dont stay in one place you get some friends,supplys and a car and dont stop driving camp out for a night an then w hen u get up u get back in the car and leave again and i know that cars run on gas and ur thinking if u run out f gas ur screw ed but just google how to make gas out of w ood and then ul have an infinite supply of fuel for everything Link to this comment 985. May 28, 2012 at 3:58 pm ET - Angel Non-believers, dont you think that if the CDC posted something of this nature, it MIGHT be true? Im pretty sure the CDC know s more about this sort of thing than all of us. They are the Center for Disease Control, after all. Link to this comment 986. May 28, 2012 at 4:29 pm ET - christopher In the new s they said that in Miami there w as this man w ho w as naked and bit a mans face off and the police shot at him once and he didnt stop and they kept shooting him until he w as dead they said it w as cocaine that drove this man insane,but i think it w as a chemical virus or something related to the matter.the man (the one w ith his face bit off) w as taken to the hospital and I think it w ont be long until something big happens I might be w rong but if there are roadblocks in the Floridas border i w ont be
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surprised,the bad thing is Im in Florida. Link to this comment 987. May 28, 2012 at 4:42 pm ET - Nolan W ell if they move like those from Night of the Living Dead, w ere cool. If they move like those from I Am Legend, w e may be toast. Side humor. Link to this comment 988. May 28, 2012 at 8:33 pm ET - josh Any idea w hen this is going to take place? W as this incident in Florida the beggining? And also are condoms still effective w ith zombies or should you just avoid sex w ith them all together? Link to this comment 989. May 29, 2012 at 10:22 am ET - shaggy w hat if zombies come, w henn theres a hurricane AND a tornado?!?!?!!?1//1 Link to this comment 990. May 29, 2012 at 10:37 am ET - Gregg Chamberlain Man, this is just so cool, dudes! Link to this comment 991. May 29, 2012 at 11:23 am ET - Jeff Yeah, and the next thing you can w aste millions of dollars on is w hat to do in case the Dark Lord Sauron invades the country w ith a horde of orcs. Stop throw ing aw ay taxpayer dollars on this $#!t. Because, you know its make-believe. Theres no such thing as zombies Link to this comment 992. May 29, 2012 at 2:25 pm ET - Raven Dont trust the CDC. This is complete bullcrap. They dont w ant to save us from zombies, they w ant to make us into zombies. I smell a man-made virus a brew ing. Link to this comment 993. May 29, 2012 at 2:36 pm ET - Jay All I have to say is have Zombie action plan even if you dont think you w ould ever need it. The plan can be used for natural distersYou be happy you came up w ith a plan and know that your family is safe. Just sayin Link to this comment 994. May 29, 2012 at 3:53 pm ET - snap33 Bullcrap, all you need is a pair of special sunglasses. They not only make you look cool, but they make you invisible to the zombie eye. Trust me I have pair! Link to this comment 995. May 29, 2012 at 4:17 pm ET - Tujiro I cant believe some people are angry that you spent 10 minutes to make an entertaining blog that has information that can help in a non-zombie situation. W hat idiot w ould actually think millions of dollars w as spent on this? At least they are safe since they dont have any brains to begin w ith. One thing I w ould add though. Make sure you keep a friend w ith you that its fed that you can outrun or easily trip! Link to this comment 996. May 29, 2012 at 6:01 pm ET - john doe ok so the CDC now has a plan for zombies.its a sign people start preparing cause if they didnt think zombies could happen they w ould do this..for real they know its GONNA happen thats w hy they made it..think outside the box i have a plan but not sharing cause less people means survival for me.your w eaker is numbers in my opinion stealth w ill be your best assetavoid the confrontation of a zombie at all costs..take high vantage points to scope out your route and to see w hats around..if you can find some kind of radio transmitter put a signal out for help and w ait for a day or tw o and keep an eye w here you say youll meet incase its a set up if someone hears itthats all for now Link to this comment
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997. May 29, 2012 at 6:14 pm ET - KillMeAgain.com Zombies, zombies, zombies. Thanks for being aw esome! Link to this comment 998. May 29, 2012 at 11:05 pm ET - Ricky Guys w e just had one in Miami our imaginatio can be true. Virus can mutant in hard w ay to see. Link to this comment 999. May 29, 2012 at 11:49 pm ET - Ethan Alright w ell a great idea w ould be to get a boat and sail around till you find an island that is deserted and then start rebuilding the human race one baby at a time. Link to this comment 1000. May 30, 2012 at 12:23 am ET - Lou To Jeff w ho w rote the post above mine This w as actually a clever spin on how to be prepared for natural disasters Did u see anything about w eapons? Didnt think so! And u really think they w ould tell u to meet at ur mailbox out front in the event of a zombie invasion oh w ait they also said or fire. Learn how to read. this w as put together fairly w ell allow ing readers to gain know ledge on how to be prepared in the unfortunate event of a natural disaster Some people just need to learn tO read betw een the lines also this should have stated that an epidemic of the such is quite impossible to keep radicals from really believing such allibies. That being said I thought this w ould be good to help educate youngsters on emergency preparation Link to this comment 1001. May 30, 2012 at 3:35 am ET - Katie Ok im kind of w orried now about this w hole zombie apocolypse thing? is it real? or is it just fear from too many horror movies should w e w orry about diseases that are REAL! also certain illegal drugs make people w eird out and become a drug induced zombie. i need some info please? thank you Katie horton Link to this comment 1002. May 30, 2012 at 3:48 am ET - Mr Sceptical This is moronic, viruses reproduce off LIVING cells. It is literally impossible for a corpse w hich has no life in it to come alive. Not to mention the fact that if they are buried and then come alive theyd have a hard time getting out their grave. Link to this comment 1003. May 30, 2012 at 8:06 am ET - Alex In case you all havent heard there has already been a case w ere a dead person, w hich had been dead for several hours due to heart failure, came back to life and attacked the doctors at the morgue. He bit one of them at w hich point the other doctor hit the dead guy on the head, putting him dow n. Later during the autopsy they found a type of parasite in the patients brain. The point being that the body w as beginning to decompose w hen he came back to life and the doctors seem to believe that the brain parasite w ere responsible for his reanimation. This occurred in Hospital Procardiaco, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1998. There have been several more cases reported since. Link to this comment 1004. May 30, 2012 at 8:12 am ET - Joeie This is great!! Link to this comment 1005. May 30, 2012 at 9:44 am ET - Roscoe Fantastic w ay to use entertainment & humor to encourage emergency preparation. Hope to see more entertaining tie-ins to other entertainment & cultural offerings, deftly stating w hat some believe, and encouraging the preparedness the CDC desires. Plus the bonus of using a disaster topic that is unlikely to happen preventing some of the avoidance coping mechanism that so many have. Excellent! Maybe something on the 21 December 2012 Apocalypse w ould be entertaining too. Link to this comment
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1006. May 30, 2012 at 9:59 am ET - Unknow n zombies DO exist this is the 5th attack in miami alone (many more around the w orld) JUST TW O DAYS AGO and even though there W AS a victum submited in the hospital AND on the new s, the hospital DELETED all records of the Victum being submited after w ords and is no w ord about the victum. Google (zombie attack in miami) you w ill see the images for your self! The zombie w as shot in the leg looked at us grow led then CONTINUED TO EAT THE VICTUMS FACE after w ords w as shot in the back then w as mad and ran at the cops and took ANOTHER 3 shots to the chest befor he w ent dow n. Link to this comment 1007. May 30, 2012 at 1:32 pm ET - Kenny To everyone yelling at the CDC about w asted taxpayer dollars: Ill be barricading my safehouse and stockpiling, w hile I enjoy the fact that all of you fell victim to the Zombie Apocalypse. Also, you quit w asting my tax dollars on your government incentives, federal grants, any and all tax breaks and w rite offs and get a sense of humor. Link to this comment 1008. May 30, 2012 at 1:46 pm ET - Erich Isnt this an official government w ebsite? Haha, its cool though. Its good to get people prepared, thanks CDC. You should add a list of w eapons as w ell. Might I suggest: Aluminum Baseball bat, crow bar, Link to this comment 1009. May 30, 2012 at 2:10 pm ET - nikki ok. so is it just me. or does the cdc have nothing to do w ith hurricames or tornados. w hy w ould a disease control agency care if if w e are prepared for a NATURAL DISASTER. i w ould take this as a joke if it w ere on a preparedness w ebsite. but the fact it is on a disease control w ebsite makes me think there is more to it. ya. pandemic. of zombies. they know somethin w e dont obviously. so ya. get prepared. Link to this comment 1010. May 30, 2012 at 2:39 pm ET - Tyler W hy did you repost the April 2011 Joke CDC. Link to this comment 1011. May 30, 2012 at 2:46 pm ET - shaw n Has everyone forgotten that the CDC w as over run in every single zombie movie ever made?? How much help do you think they w ill beand im pretty sure the zombie virus w ill come from the CDC anyw ays. Link to this comment 1012. May 31, 2012 at 12:30 am ET - nikki Yep there w as a zombie attack in Miami Florida and from w hat I hear one in Texas now not too sure on that one. I dont go on hearsay but man I saw the pic of the homeless man w ith his face eaten off. Poor guy. If I w as him I w ould ask the doctor to inject the death stuff in my IV. Link to this comment 1013. May 31, 2012 at 3:07 am ET - jkkj omgis this true!!!???.me and my family love zombies moviesbut these could be true???.even my baby girl told her father today that a sw ord that he has w as to kill zombies.my son w ill be happy to see one he alw ays play to be one and loves w alking dead series and hes 5 yrs old.the w orld is getting crazy.but if the cdc is saying this there could be somthing true about it!!!. (: Link to this comment 1014. May 31, 2012 at 7:17 am ET - Zdb1986 K if this is an absolute real threat, make sure to look at Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. If its not a real threat its a good read anyw ays. Link to this comment 1015. May 31, 2012 at 8:30 am ET - v3x
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Heres a theory on the recent zombie attacks maybe they are trying to convince us that they do exist so that people stock up on firearms and gear up w ith survival supplies so maybe w e stand a chance if our government turns on us and tries taking us out of our homes and into fema camps or w hatever the plan may be? I bet a lot of people are preparing for a zombie attack.In an odd w ay it makes sense I think? Link to this comment 1016. May 31, 2012 at 8:39 am ET - steve you guys are dumb -.read at the end, Have you begun preparing for a zombie apocalypse? Or maybe you have been preparing for a more realistic threat like hurricanes or the next flu season? its obviously fake x) Link to this comment 1017. May 31, 2012 at 9:24 am ET - Julia Come on now , people. Take this post for face value. As a member of the younger generation, I thought this w as a really cool w ay of approaching a subject my generation doesnt necessarily care about, emergency preparedness. this w as a great w ay to target an audience that normally w ould not be interested. Props to the CDC! Link to this comment 1018. May 31, 2012 at 9:31 am ET - Derek This is probably the most stupid claims of the cdc. I w ouldnt mind killing zombies but you have to be realistic Link to this comment 1019. June 1, 2012 at 12:18 pm ET - shannon I applaud the cdc on this because people are fascinated w ith this and w hat better w ay to use the zombie apocalypse to make people be prepared for emergencies such as flood, hurricanes, tornadoes, and eek zombies! Link to this comment 1020. June 4, 2012 at 11:18 am ET - xxsurviverxx this is either fake or real. my mom says dont w orry girl it w ill be alright W ELL IT ISNT!!! I W ATCHED LIKE SO MANY ZOMBIE MOVIES THAT I CANT EVEN COUNT HOW MANY I SAW !!! Now here is the advice THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HELP!!!: 2. MAKE AN EMERGENCY PLAN 3. MAKE AN EMERGENCY KIT 4. FIND SOMEW HERE TO GO IF THE ZOMBIES INVADE YOUR HOUSE(like game vault) 5. MAKE SURE THERE IS FUEL IN YOUR CAR IF YOUR GOING OUT OF THE STATE OR ANYW HERE ELSE 6. PACK USEFUL STUFF LIKE MEDICAL STUFF 7. MOST IMPORTANTLY!!!! STAY ALIVE Link to this comment 1021. June 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm ET - Tj I find it hilarious and odd that the CDC posted this over a year ago as a joke. Now there have been several zombie attacks and the CDC has put out a statement that there is no impending zombie apocalypse. Very odd. Either its a case of something coming back to bite you or a grand cover up. Link to this comment 1022. June 4, 2012 at 9:48 pm ET - Vanessa It is so reassuring to know that the CDC has the time and resources to dispense information on a zombie apocolypse? How insulting to the American people! Are you poking fun at the very genuine fear and anxiety people are experiencing after w hat w e know happened in the Miami attack; as w ell as the young man w hose heart w as eaten? W hat is w rong w ith the CDC? This isnt even remotely funny. I am a registered nurse w ho has spent 11 of the past 17 years w orking in the emergency department. I have w itnessed first hand the effects of drug abuseinsanity, suicide attempts, dead children and the list goes on and on. Drug abuse is not a jokejust ask the families of the victims. I live in South Florida and I can tell you w e are NOT laughing!! Does the CDC consider a man losing 75% of his face because of a drug crazed maniac, funny and w orth assigning an enitire blog page including survival tips? I am calling for the immediate termination of w hoever authored this blog (assistant surgeon general, maybe?). This w as done in VERY poor taste. The CDC poking fun at w hat is a very real and threatening trend in this country is just disgusting.
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How about using the time you spent on this blog to actually help solve the problem? CDC you are a disgrace. Link to this comment 1023. June 5, 2012 at 1:29 am ET - DoubleTap-I appreciate that the CDC originally posted this a year ago w ith the intention of getting people thinking about being prepared for all kinds of emergencies, but I personally cant help but ask myself w ith all the recent zombie activities in the new s, Do they know something theyre not telling us? To all you people w ho are fussing over the CDC w aisting time and money on this blog: If it helps teach people how to prepare for devastation, then how is it a w aste? It has served its purpose.. But really though, w ith all of the recent craziness, Im getting ready regardless. Im not crazy. Im just not an idiot. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, its probably a duck right.. W ell follow ing the same logic: If it looks like a zombie, attacks and eats humans like a zombie, its probably a zombie. A zombie apocalypse is possible!!! W ith all the different chemicals w e put in our bodies everyday, it w ould only make sense for there to be some dangerous outcome. Link to this comment 1024. June 5, 2012 at 7:31 am ET - mike W ow really? Lets prepare for zombies? W hy not godzilla? Its nice to see w hat great lengths our government is going to lie to us and scare us into doing. Link to this comment 1025. June 5, 2012 at 7:46 am ET - James W hy no mention of defensive and/or hunting tools such as firearms and baseball bats? The list is not complete. Link to this comment 1026. June 5, 2012 at 10:46 am ET - Shelly If there is any emergency especially a Zombie Apocalypse I expect my State and Federal Government to take care of me and provide me w ith emergency supplies and equipment. Link to this comment 1027. June 5, 2012 at 1:03 pm ET - angelina torres i am 40 yrs old & have been interested in survival preparedness since i w as a kid. i have alw ays pitched preparedness to my family, and no one ever is interested. not even my 17 yr. old cares to go over & update the emergency gear once or tw ice a year. this article makes the topic interesting & fun. anything that helps families get ready for any emergency isnt a w aste of time. i think zombie squad is a great idea. Link to this comment 1028. June 5, 2012 at 1:34 pm ET - Adam I w ouldnt sugest an aluminum baseball bat, perhaps w ood, gotta be able to drive the nails through it. lol Link to this comment 1029. June 5, 2012 at 1:40 pm ET - Taylor Lemieux Any thoughts on the recent string of cannibalism? Link to this comment 1030. June 5, 2012 at 2:05 pm ET - Jenny The sad thing that all of you are thinking that this is for the zombie apocalypse is that it is actually the CDCs w ay of getting prepared for a natural disaster in a constructive w ay. How many people clicked on this link just because it had the w ords zombie prepardeness in it. But I guess by being prepared for the zombie apocalypse at least you are prepared for anything else to come your w ay. So in closing, touche CDC, touche. Link to this comment 1031. June 5, 2012 at 3:06 pm ET - Stephanie Smith I love the idea of using something in pop culture like the Zombie Apocalypse as a w ay to educate people on things such as emergency preparedness. Keep it up, guys! Link to this comment
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1032. June 5, 2012 at 4:29 pm ET - Lady Red Real of fake, the point is : It could Happen. Be Prepared for ANY THING. W ith mankind constantly producing drugs, it is possible. Zombie doesnt necessarily mean w alking dead. It can also refer to someone w ho is so doped up on garbage they act like the zombies w e see in movies. Dead flesh has nothing to do w ith it. This w asnt posted last year as anything more than to help draw people into becoming prepared for natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and the like. I certainly enjoyed it, even though Im alw ays tried to be prepared for anything. Considering the ever increasing use of drugs and crime, not to mention how viruses and bacteria can mutate? I find it entirely possible that betw een them all, an outbreak of zombies can happen. Look at the new s. W e have people eating people. Call it Cannibalism or a living zombie, it doesnt matter. The truth is, it CAN happen. Never Say Never. It is definitely better to be safer than sorry. I dont believe dead people w ill w alk, but I do believe people can turn zombie w hen theyre stoned out of their skulls. I for one, have a plan in place in case of ANY emergency . Zombies, quakes, floods, fire, invasions, outbreaks. Id rather be prepared and know my family is as ready as w e can be for anything. Besides, even though the movies are fake, there are still lessons to be learned from them. Link to this comment 1033. June 5, 2012 at 10:04 pm ET - Johnnycakes Special announcement. Zombies are fake. Even if w e really, really, really believe theyre real, theyre still fake. It w as a movie folks, and not really a good one. Also, vampires and Star Bellied Sneeches are fake too. Believe in them all you w ant. Theres no such thing. Not even Santa Claus or the Easter bunny believe. Link to this comment 1034. June 5, 2012 at 11:03 pm ET - Rand They cant cure the common cold and you trust them w ith this madness? Link to this comment 1035. June 6, 2012 at 12:31 am ET - stevesteve Stop smoking bath salts and there w ill be no zombies lol Link to this comment 1036. June 6, 2012 at 9:23 am ET - Zombieproof Tactical I agree w ith the CDC entirely. If you are prepared for zombies, you are prepared for anything. Ive been saying that for years, and felt so strongly about it, I decided to start a business providing people w ith a source to Stay safe. Stay alive. Link to this comment 1037. June 6, 2012 at 11:32 am ET - Jessica Ok, so w hether the Zombie Apocolypse is upon us or not; The CDC made this page for general aw areness for the public about disaster preparedness. Im not upset that some of my taxpayer money w ent to the creation of this page. It IS a very good w ay to inform a younger, and less interested generation of good w ays to prepare for a natural disaster or otherw ise. So all the angry bloggers, lay off. and if you w ere so pissed about the CDC using our tax money and w asting your time, w hy bother to read this in the first place? And just so everyone know s. the brain holds an electrical charge for up to months after one dies so there is a good possibility that some form of biological w arfare could stimulate the electrical charge in a corpse and reanimate the already dead. because, as you all know , the brain is responsible for EVERYTHING w e do. So, there ya have it folks.. dont w rite off something you yourself can not disprove. Link to this comment 1038. June 6, 2012 at 12:44 pm ET - Ray I cant believe that the cdc has not pulled this from their w ebsite and made a national formal apology. It make you w onder is this a real pandemic or not? W here is the updated new s about Ronald Poppo? I called the cdc a month before the incident in Miami happened and the lady that I spoke w ith assured me that this w as not a joke. W hy w ont the government admit that something is going on, because they dont w ant us to panic and turn on them and each other? Oh it takes only one infected to get into a fema camp then everyone is toast literally. A person w ith rabies can portray characteristics of zombies w hy dont they mention this. Link to this comment 1039. June 6, 2012 at 1:06 pm ET - Cathy (@godless_cat)
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W hoever came up w ith this deserves a HUGE raise! Link to this comment 1040. June 6, 2012 at 1:09 pm ET - Navyvet8192 Preparing for a zombie apocalypse is hard! Especially w hen you dont know if the pathogen is airborne (gas masks) or transferred through bites. (fluid transfer shielding, splash guards, rubberized kevlar fabric clothing) I already have a tote for my Hurricane evacuation, and another for my Meteor impact kits. Ive dedicated a w hole section of my garage to my various kits, just to be sure. Link to this comment 1041. June 6, 2012 at 1:24 pm ET - Alex Um.. Im thinking that apocalypse means this is going to last a little longer than a few days. . This aint no flash flood, or earthquake. Self defense is as important as the batteries for the radio. Link to this comment 1042. June 6, 2012 at 3:28 pm ET - Lizbeth Better safe then sorry I guess. I have alw ays thought that this could be possible. About a tw o years ago I had a nightmare about this actually happening. In a w ay it sorta is because of that drug MDPV aka Bath Salts. Crazy. It should be interesting to see w hat else w ill come to be. Link to this comment 1043. June 7, 2012 at 3:15 am ET - eliscage If there is a zombie apocalypse coming I suggest you head out to sea but dont go as 1 group, maintain distance at all times. Go by boat, head for an unpopulated island and take fishing equipment, a packet of seeds and a syanide tablet. Link to this comment 1044. June 7, 2012 at 6:32 am ET - Dan M. Dont get confused haters This blog is very logical, the CDC is simply using this oppurtunity to tap into a segement of the population that they cannot normally reach These are dollars w ell spent and the goal is obviously for serious disasters and the need to have an emergency kit duh. Link to this comment 1045. June 7, 2012 at 6:53 pm ET - Leon S. Kennedy Start playing Resident Evil games and use them as practice. Thats our technical survival guide. Link to this comment 1046. June 7, 2012 at 9:32 pm ET - griff A tip to the CDC if there is a zombie apocolyps comming check if the microb can carry a small electric charge Link to this comment 1047. June 7, 2012 at 9:34 pm ET - griff Because that could be the w ay it w ould restart part ofnthe brain Link to this comment 1048. June 8, 2012 at 2:27 am ET - Zach In response to: Venessa You should pay closer attention before going off on some beligerant, ignorant tirade. This blog w as made over a year ago on May 16th, 2011 11:48 am ET. This blog w as not made after the Miami incident, it w as made almost exactly one year before the recent attack in Miami. Your entire comment is thus futile and a w aste of time. Link to this comment 1049. June 8, 2012 at 2:57 am ET - ERsupernurse Hello! They already live among us, people w ho smoke bath salts and eat faces, etc off other peopleextreme meth addictslet me tell you from personal experience, they lose their humanitybut this is a GREAT disaster prep articleif the drug problem in this
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country doesnt get under controlit can only get w orse Link to this comment 1050. June 8, 2012 at 2:23 pm ET - Dean Theres obvious motive behind this posting. Not saying that its smoke in mirrors or even going to happen. Sometimes the less w e know the better in my mind. In all realism I think this blog posting may have helped concerned citizents believe theyre safe. But w hen NATOs trying to poisen you the CDC w ont even know w hat to do. Link to this comment 1051. June 8, 2012 at 6:47 pm ET - Derek I have to say bravo CDC i love that you are using a method to reach us as the younger generation in an area that is interesting to us to secretly, in a w ay get us honestly thinking about the w orst case senarios and preparing, even if its as a joke w ere still thinkin so again w ay to go its nice to know that atleast some entities of the government are still somew hat human w ith a sense of humor..and ps to those throw in a fit about this.just shut ur mouths. W hether realistic or not atleast it has people thinkin about safety w hich is a very incredible accomplishment. Oh and P.S. according to my university professor of biology here in Harvard, a mutated strain of the rabies virus or mad cow disease could have zombie like capabilities. FYI viruses actually do mutate most dont realize but bird flu and sw ine flu are both the normal flu only mutated, although unlikely, its not as farfetched as you w ould think so educate yourself before coming across like a jackass. Link to this comment 1052. June 9, 2012 at 8:59 am ET - mayanSleeper Mock the governments attempts to w arn you and bicker among yourselves, but w e are here now . So many brains and many unused. W e become impatient. Link to this comment 1053. June 9, 2012 at 10:19 am ET - moodster73 If one of your EXs show s up in FULL ZOMBIE Mode Is it THEN PC and law abiding to W hack her a few Good Ones or not allow ed ? I have a few that Im 99% POSITIVE w ill continue to be FLESH EATERS and are GOING to show up ! Your thoughts ? Link to this comment 1054. June 9, 2012 at 8:53 pm ET - Chance This is great. Got a backpack set out and ready. I suggest studying the W alking Dead or any other educational film of that genre Link to this comment 1055. June 10, 2012 at 12:17 am ET - Miranda Kennedy I noticed that some of the comments about the emergency zombie preparedness kit w ere just very rude that the CDC w ould come up w ith this. I think it is w onderful. I am a full supporter of the zombie squad and for anyone w ho does not know w hat that is let me tell you. A w hile back a group of friends w ere all sitting around and w atching zombie flix. They started talking about w hat they w ould do if they w ere ever in that situation. Totally hypothetical of course. From there it grew . The zombie squad is very big in communities helping people to learn the things to do incase of any type of emergency. This is w hat the CDC means by having a zombie apokolipse preparedness kit. It helps to teach people w hat to do incase of pandemics, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and all other major disasters such as terrorist attacks. I think it is great and I hope everyone involved keeps up the great w ork. I am alw ays open minded and gun hoe w hen it comes to learning new techniques and suggestions on how to servive and keep my family alive during any type of emergency. YOU NEVER KNOW W HAT COULD HAPPEN OR W HEN IT COULD HAPPEN. People really need to w ake up, pay attention, and get themselves prepared. This day in age no one can be 100% sure that nothing w ill ever happen. W e need to be prepared and ready. Thank you to all of those w ho are spending their time and effort to educate people to keep themselves safe! Link to this comment 1056. June 10, 2012 at 4:48 pm ET - usui Hmm, zombie apocalypse I think anything is possible at this point. Like they say anything you can imagine is real. I guess youll also need guns&baseball bats you know to shot or hit their head. And I w ouldnt stay in my home to hide from zombies, Ill seek a secret shelter w here there is not a lot of w indow s maybe underground or some w here unpopulated and make a barricade around it.Stock up on ammo, non perishable food, w ater,etc. I guess I w atch to many things about zombies.
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Link to this comment 1057. June 11, 2012 at 11:24 am ET - Constantine Faller National Incident Management System I have some unique questions regarding application of ICS, especially as it applies to Zombie Apocalypse Survival Training. Our companys internships are very much about reaw akening college students, and reskilling them both for the challenges their generation faces, and for jobs w ith cutting edge firms committed to building that future. NIMS question relates to a system that assumes resources are available, and just need to be appropriately brought to bear for any particular acute disaster/incident. My question is for a chronic incident If the mess is out of food, supplies are out of food, and there is now here any can be purchased for the foreseeable future, w here in the NIMS structure does the responsibility lie to go out and organize the grow ing, processing, and storage of it to feed the communities. Think Katrina, think much larger scale, and think much longer duration. W hat does this have to do w ith CDC? Food security is needed for healthy population is needed for survivability. Link to this comment 1058. June 11, 2012 at 4:26 pm ET - RichMA Being prepared for any reason is better than not being prepared at all. Everything the CDC is putting out is everything you need to do in any disaster type situation. Link to this comment 1059. June 11, 2012 at 6:40 pm ET - SAM remember the w hole resident evil game series w as based on a pow erful agency like CDC w ho made a VIRUS that turned people into ZOMBIES w eve been prepared (conditioned) for this since Night of the Living Dead Link to this comment 1060. June 13, 2012 at 11:17 pm ET - yankee First thing, W hat if an EMP is detonated w ithin the atmosphere? It w ill w ipe out everything thats electronic w ithout w arning. Second, W hat if the zombies are runners? Third, Medications is the best thing you can carry because currency w ill lose its value and barter w ill be the only system of trade. Finally, Its never a good idea to stay held up in one location keep moving every few days, the longer you stay the more these zombies stockpile on your location. Keep your head held high alw ays be on alert and try to stay out of heavy situations. As alw ays, Have a nice day. Link to this comment 1061. June 14, 2012 at 11:01 pm ET - W rath key Maybe thr zombies guide is really geared tow ards the collapse of thr economy. Afterw ords, the streets w ill be full of people starving and eating everything in sight w hile the elites sit in ivory tow ers eating steak. Maybe THAT zombie apocalypse isnt so far fetched. Maybe this isnt a jokew orth considering. Link to this comment 1062. June 15, 2012 at 1:11 pm ET - Ex Nihilo Bew are of zombies in the Himalayas. Link to this comment 1063. June 15, 2012 at 2:13 pm ET - Evelyn Trimborn Thanks for posting this. It is a humorous look at a serious subject, disaster preparedness. W ith so much extreme w eather these days, never mind the zombies, look to the skies in the form of tornadoes, hurricanes and so on. And as you are preparing, be sure to make provisions for all your pets! Link to this comment 1064. June 16, 2012 at 1:19 am ET - JRSP Lately there have been new s on a man eating another mans face off in Miami, a man eating his sons eyeballs out in California. These incidents are caused by a synthetic cocaine / acid. Now if a virus mutated w hich is likely since viruses tend to mutate at some point, could the zombie apocalypse become a reality? Its alw ays better safe than sorry. I actually purchased a ninja sw ord just in case. Call me crazy lol. Another thing to ponder about, as population density increases, resources decrease. W ith lack of food, I can see cannibalistic behavior arise. Population is something that is hard to control. Humans have screw ed up the w orld by killing off insects etc. that play an important role in our ecosystem. People overbreeding having 4+ children. Land
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keeps getting torn dow n to create housing. Seriously, W TF are w e doing to the earth!? Younger generations grow ing up w ith crap media making them think they NEED things w hen they are W ANTS (stupid housew ives show s, kardashians, jersey shore, etc). Priorities have seriously become screw ed up. How many people do you know could live in the w oods and live off the land? Younger generations are not educated in this area and those w ho attend Boy Scouts, they get picked on and made fun of in schools so they stop. Media is screw ing up our childrens natural instincts. W ake up people and start teaching your children the most basic principles in life!!! Oh w ait, most probably cant teach their children b/c they w ouldnt know w here to start! I tend to think, the possibility of SHTF w ill occur. In our society, there is no such thing as natural selection. Population w ill just increase, jobs have decreased, people w ill become desperate. W e alone are like zombies, w eve destroyed the w orld. Once every country reaches the billions in population, w e are all seriously screw ed. It might change as the government w ill need to do something about the population, people w ill find it not fair that they cannot have more than 1 child etc. W AKE UP, your birth certificate did NOT say that life w ill be fair. People need to THINK b/4 they act. Families such as Kate and only 8 Ignorant people breading like crazy. W e are just setting us all up for failure Link to this comment 1065. June 17, 2012 at 2:33 pm ET - MontieR I am not concerned about the brain eaters. I am concerned about the mass exodus from cities that have NO idea how to survive on their ow n, their only option w ill be plundering any thing in their path. Say the electrical grid takes a big hit no pow er. Everything is run by electric. W hat are they going to do but leave the city. Or an epidemic, terrorist chem release these things are REAL and totally OUT SIDE of governmental control. There w ill be NO immediate help from the government. Look how w ell they did during Katrina or the rodney king riots. These type of things are the reason our forefathers had militias. The true militia is NOT the dumb azsed hill billy it is every citizen w illing to stand together to protect and help each other. Read the constitution The federal government is only in chare of stopping an invasion Link to this comment 1066. June 17, 2012 at 10:32 pm ET - lerch typical of a goverment run w ebsitefood w ater important documents.nothing about w eapons or ammo to save your family w ith lol w hat good is impotant documents w hen ya got people w ho w anna chew on your face off chasing ya oh thats right thats w hat dialing 911 is for Link to this comment 1067. June 18, 2012 at 12:53 am ET - David m. roper Get out of big cities 7 days of food and w ater for each individual in your party find most secluded area available and become as self sufficient as possible been prepared since 1981 Link to this comment 1068. June 18, 2012 at 2:31 pm ET - Joe Lee, RN In the movie W ings of Desire. w hat the angels admire most about humans is our art and stories. It easy to grasp the threat of a zombie w ar; beside, w e live in a digitallylobitimized w orld w ere w e have an ever increasing average BMI feeding on a starving w orld. W e are zomboid! The concept of using a global zombie incident prep w ebsite administered by a government agency is ingenious. I fear the our destiney w ill be much more fearsome than hords of slow moving dead people. Link to this comment 1069. June 21, 2012 at 12:21 am ET - KIeran Ok IF a zombie apocalypse happened. just kill the first people w ho are infected. If all else fails and the undead become too pow erful and over populated, I w ould go to a tropical island that w ay i w ill have plenty of food like cocanuts and little critters and w ater supply such as fresh w ater streams, never heard of a zombie sw iming. Unless zombies become smarter and learn how to fly helicopters or drive boats I should be good, Also before you head to your island go to w almart pick up canned food (just in case) and get some guns, from sports section, (although no automatics) and fishing poles/nets. get a w hole bunch of medical stuff like- asprin, band-aids, cut cleaner, and medical w rap. instead of freaking out i w as just stop, think, and then act. I hope my post buzzed a few thoughts in your */|\brain/|\*<(don't let Z-O-M-B-I-E-S have) Link to this comment 1070. June 22, 2012 at 8:10 am ET - MattRN Thank you CDC. And for all of you older or otherw ise unimaginative people out there, I
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believe this is an excellent and thoughtful w ay to relate a cultural fad to a real life potentially emergent situation. Also, as a healthcare professional I believe that nothing in medicine is 100%, viruses and bacteria mutate all the time. W ho is to say that there is no w ay this could ever happen? Link to this comment 1071. June 22, 2012 at 7:12 pm ET - TED BLACKW ELL All your kit listed is fine and good, but w hat about the means to keep it w hen someone w ho did not bother to prepare decides that they need it w orse than you do? Link to this comment 1072. June 23, 2012 at 11:59 pm ET - jayyw ow w this is great, i have a gret fear of zombie so this w illhelp me prepare!thanks Link to this comment 1073. June 25, 2012 at 3:38 pm ET - Garry Taylor Have they gone mad, this is insane talk about not trying to start a panic or anything. I like the idea and everything but w hy choose zombies as a w ay of advertising lol, this does not do anything to quell peoples imaginations and fears. Surely theres a better w ay of advertising, or perhaps the CDC is really getting the general public prepared for something. Governments and organisations usually let out little snippets of information before an event or occurrence. I am shocked to say the least, if it is just advertising its a real strange w ay of doing it; and not uniform to, or the standard practice that serious organisations usually take. My head is boggled at this one. Link to this comment 1074. June 26, 2012 at 12:09 pm ET - BeN Dont bother preparing for zombies! They are simplly not real. ut there is honestly nopoint in preparing unless the govt. starts going insane and starts tests on humans w hile trying making zombies. Itmay be smart to prepare for a hurricane or earth-quake, but zombie apocolypse not happening! Hey w hats that in the doorw ay aaaaaaggggghhhhh ZOMBIE! Link to this comment 1075. June 27, 2012 at 1:26 pm ET - jesse adkisson long last the government lets the threat be know theyve know n for years but w e arent suppose to know about it dont let them fool you its real it w as probably designed by scientist Link to this comment 1076. June 27, 2012 at 7:38 pm ET - steven mclaughlin 20 Its nice that the cdc w ants to inform us ox this but w eve all w atched the movies w ho alw ays. Dies First the government sigh protect ur family and ur country dont trust the government if somthin like this did happen it w ould probably be there fault, and most important of all w ere all still americans w e need go stick together I aint gonna lie Im kinks prejudice but if this had of a situation happened im w illing to set qside ky differences an fight a Americans and they our country back on track have a great day an god bless us an an god bless America Link to this comment 1077. June 27, 2012 at 10:04 pm ET - Matt F in response to Donocan Youngs post on May 16, I might suggest adding a baseball bat, preferably aluminum, to your emergency kit as w ell. It doesnt require ammunition and can be highly effective at clearing a path through hordes of zombies w hilst trying to make good your escape. Aluminum bats tend to w ork w ell for a little w hile but after a maximum of about 20 strikes, depending on your strength, they w ill start to bend, distort, and become utterly ineffective very quickly. Read Max Brooks book The Zombie Survival Guide for a lot more detail about surviving against the undead. And for those of you w ho dont believe that the zombie apocalypse w ill ever happen, heres a little tidbit of information for you: Its quite simple for an 11th grade student to genetically engineer a bacteria that is resistant to multiple types of antibiotics (like I did for my science fair project). Just imagine how someone w ith the know ledge could create something like a genetically engineered virus to be a zombie virus, or how easy it w ould be for a biology grad student w ith access to a university laboratory. So far tests are coming along nicely. Although the transfer from an infected subject to a clean one is proving difficult. More subjects needed for testing. Any volunteers? Link to this comment 1078. June 27, 2012 at 10:49 pm ET - Valora
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Im actually kind of scared that this may become full scale I dont mind death, but I dont like being eaten alive. But just to add on, w hether or not it has already been posted: Baseball bats (Doesnt attract any zombies; noiseless) I also had the idea that there should be a basement shelter that can hold thousands upon thousands of people. Have loads of food and drink, maybe a w orking restroom, and beds. Like, incase there w as a zombie attack, people could go underground In every city/tow n Kind of like Fallout the game. Link to this comment 1079. June 28, 2012 at 1:16 am ET - BobbyMcBitey zombies rip people apart, there w ont be anything left of the victims so the zombie race w ill die out real quick because new zombies arent being made. your w elcome and have a nice sleep Link to this comment 1080. June 28, 2012 at 2:20 am ET - Imraan As you are aw are from all the Zombie movies, Its the governments that create the Zombies by trialing substances in humans that w e dont really need. There goes organic non GMO nutrition for you lol So w e get pumped w ith chemicals that w ere probably pushed through by government labs regardless of the risks to depopulize the Earth and maybe sell some Zombie kits w hile they at it to make a profit. But hey, all Im saying is government needs to stop testing chemicals on humans and start cleaning up the mess they created in the first place. oh and leave the 500 000+ dead bodies of the sw ine flu victims alone please. W e dont w ant Zombies! lol Link to this comment 1081. June 28, 2012 at 7:51 pm ET - Classified. I think by the end of 2012 there w ould be W orldw ide Epidemic or zombie Apocalypse as one might say, and the U.S. Government is Covering it up like they did w hen Rosw ell happened and other things that shaped modern America.w hat i think is that w hen they issued this article w as because they w ere afraid that the virus w ould of grow n and spread to the public, so they w rote the follow ing article to show the people that it w as close to happening but it didnt. either that or they w ere w orking on something and something w ent w rong but they stopped but since it w as a close call so again they made this article. Link to this comment 1082. June 29, 2012 at 10:34 pm ET - patrick W hat about self defense? Link to this comment 1083. June 30, 2012 at 8:40 pm ET - Lily There are commenters w ho do not seem to be aw are that this is a humorous w ay to get people involved in emergency preparedness. W ow . I am amazed how many are taking the post literally (really, more than one is A LOT), and complaining about our tax dollars paying for it. Its called tongue in cheek folks! But on a more serious note: W hen the Zombies of the Apocolypse are chew ing on those folks heads, maybe theyll realize Hey! The CDC w arned me about this and I shoulda liste.gaarrrggghhhhbraaaains! Link to this comment 1084. July 3, 2012 at 3:40 pm ET - Christine How ard It is really a nice and useful piece of information. Im glad that you shared this useful info w ith us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thank you for sharing. Link to this comment 1085. July 3, 2012 at 8:38 pm ET - matt See Orson W elles in W ar of the W orlds. Gotta go now and eat a homeless mans face see ya! Link to this comment
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1086. July 3, 2012 at 9:11 pm ET - health care Normally I do not learn post on blogs, how ever I w ish to say that this w rite-up very pressured me to check out and do it! Your w riting style has been amazed me. Thanks, very great article. Link to this comment 1087. July 5, 2012 at 1:19 pm ET - marie ha! they didnt approve my post! there w as nothing bad in it at all. just info they dont w ant people to know about! them not accepting my comment tells me ALL i need to know ! i w ill not go to one of them camps they call safe Link to this comment 1088. July 6, 2012 at 2:27 pm ET - sw inger Its in reality a nice and useful piece of info. Im glad that you simply shared this helpful info w ith us. Please keep us informed like this. Thank you for sharing. Link to this comment 1089. July 7, 2012 at 5:50 pm ET - Fran no such thing as zombies be realistic!!!!!!!!! Link to this comment 1090. July 7, 2012 at 6:55 pm ET - Adam hey guys i w ould just like to say that, get a good fortified base, food. Dont be a jerk and become a bandit. You dont have to kill people and take THEIR supplies there are plenty of other places to scavenge. Link to this comment 1091. July 8, 2012 at 7:46 pm ET - badderbrad thanks for the attempt to get people thinking. i once saw a few dozen people needing w ater really bad. not everyone lived through it, some w ish they had not. Link to this comment 1092. July 9, 2012 at 2:00 am ET - Darkness Prince Excellent article! Bonne contination vous Link to this comment 1093. July 9, 2012 at 2:38 pm ET - demetruis w hy w ill they said there no zombie apocalypse w hy every thing u see now it about zombie Link to this comment 1094. July 9, 2012 at 7:41 pm ET - Samuel Im not gonna kill them, Im gonna Frank W est them Link to this comment 1095. July 9, 2012 at 11:01 pm ET - Steveareeno I w ould like to add that the Bible speaks of a time w hen death w ill be taken aw ay, during a time of judgement in Rev. 9 This by zombie definition is not the same thing , how ever there are some things happening during that time w hich could possibly be compared to this so-called zombie apocalypse . ( BRIEFLY ) The 5th trumpet sounds and demons are released from hell and allow ed to torment men for 5 months. During that time men w ill loooong for death but it w ill be taken from them. I can imagine some people so screw ed up by thier attemted suicde. They w ill not be allow ed to die. It w ill be terrible for all of manklnd. Some no doubt W ILL LOOK LIKE ZOMBIES !!!!! Link to this comment 1096. July 10, 2012 at 5:05 am ET - A Zombie . I w ould have lots of Tw inkies, and any other foods that dont expire, Coca Cola, coffee and w ater for food and beverage supplies. I w ould also heavily supply isopropyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide and disinfectant w ipes for medical supplies.
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Link to this comment 1097. July 10, 2012 at 1:39 pm ET - Veronica I also read somew here that it w ould be a good idea to rip out your carpet and w rap yourself up in it using duct tape the zombies w ould not be able to bite through the carpet possibly allow ing you to w alk right through a crow d of them. Link to this comment 1098. July 11, 2012 at 4:55 pm ET - Heather To Fran w ho said no such thing as zombies be realistic!!!!!!!!! All I can say is W ell duh, not until the Zombie Apocolypse happens. Thanks CDC for the w arning and the laughs. And to all the people w ho commented about this article being a w aste of time, get over yourselves. Link to this comment 1099. July 11, 2012 at 10:46 pm ET - Teh Faye I think having some means of defense w ould be a good addition to this list. W hether it be a bat, pistol, shotgun, bazooka, tank or a slingshot, you need something to keep the pesky zombies off your front law n. Link to this comment 1100. July 12, 2012 at 12:26 am ET - Good Guy CDC Zombie Apocolypse Guide to cover actual crysis events. Brilliant PR job! Bravo! Link to this comment 1101. July 12, 2012 at 4:06 am ET - Tom Its nice to know , that the CDC has noticed this rise of hysteria about zombies. Its understandable though seeing all the things that can be done w ith science and how movies keep urging the thought of one experiment gone w rong and bam! Zombie Apocalypse, maybe Hollyw ood should cut back on zombie flicks. (I dont favor zombies and I am so unprepared for anything). Best plan head north to -xx degree w eather and survive. Link to this comment 1102. July 12, 2012 at 8:06 pm ET - shanENE YOU NEED ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE APOCOLYPSE!!!! PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN!! YOU MAY MAKE IT THRU THE W HATEVER ENDS THE W ORLD BUT I CAN GAURENTEE YOU W ONT MAKE IT THRU AN INFECTION!!! GET ABX!!!! STOCK UP! NO ONE TELLS YOU THAT!! Link to this comment 1103. July 12, 2012 at 9:57 pm ET - Robin Aletras If you w ant to read a practical guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse, check out this guide http://w w w .zombieguidebook.com Link to this comment 1104. July 13, 2012 at 10:48 am ET - Bob Hobbs As the artist w ho helped create the CDCs Zombie Pandemic graphic novella, I have to say Im about as surprised as everyone else at how viral it all w ent. It w as covered on CBS New s, ABC New s, Huffington Post, The Colbert Report, LA Times and a host of other new s and entertainment outlets around the country and overseas. My cover art is everyw here right now so on behalf of the creative team behind it, w ere quite thrilled despite w hat some of the detractors are saying. Even Max Brooks (the upcoming Brad Pitt film W orld W ar Z is based on his book) came to visit us and get a copy of the printed version of the book and the producers of The W alking Dead loved it as w ell. I think it w as a brilliant campaign so hats off to Dr. Ali Khan. W e had fun, too! Link to this comment 1105. July 15, 2012 at 3:37 am ET - Michael Goldsmith I believe keeping at leat enuf food and w ater kept put aw ay for up to 2 w eeks. do not touch it. Keep Canned Goods, and all w ater. Anyting that spoils Enjoy it w hile you can. The LQP-79 virus is too blame. Friend of mine seen a Convoy of Hazmat Vehicles & National Guard Drive through their city. Not speaking a w ord. Then I seen a video of it
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on youtube. Something is going dow n. W hy w ould the government let a Viral Bio w eapon like LQP-79 hit the streets? START TALKING! Link to this comment 1106. July 15, 2012 at 10:23 pm ET - Michael This is very interesting and im not to suprised there is a possibility of it happening. Although in many different movies there are different kinds of zombies. Such as slow moving and stupid zombies from Daw n of the Dead, or w ould they be much faster and smarter, such as I Am Legend (Even though I Am Legend enemies arent classified as zombies). Link to this comment 1107. July 20, 2012 at 3:08 pm ET - Daniel Leibson Totally hilarious. The zombie apocalypse is coming and w e all better w atch out. Link to this comment 1108. July 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm ET - jesse i have my kit made and im ready for the apocalypse bring it on zombies i w ill be w aitning Link to this comment 1109. July 21, 2012 at 8:47 am ET - George Great post. I w as checking continuously this blog and I am inspired! Very useful info specifically the closing section I care for such info a lot. I w as looking for this certain information for a very long time. Thank you and best of luck. Link to this comment 1110. July 22, 2012 at 1:26 pm ET - Raymond Taylor I believe w e need to know w here to go. Thats w hy I bought the iPhone app called Zombie Strong Holds. It has places that people have uploaded that is the best strong holds to go to if and w hen it happens. It turns out there are a lot of people building their ow n strong holds. Like for example one guy is building an underground bunker that w ill hold 80 people for 2 years. So if you have an iPhone/iPad or iPod check out Zombie Strong Holds. Link to this comment 1111. July 23, 2012 at 5:51 am ET - S Not to be a cynical susan here, but how do you make a list of supplies for a ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, and not chainsaw Link to this comment 1112. July 25, 2012 at 6:13 pm ET - Jefferson Steelflex As cool as it may sound, and how fun it is to talk about; there could never be zombies. If you get bit bad enough or get eaten or w hatever your arteries and vains w ont be able to carry blood to the brain making it impossible for function. So it is physically impossible for zombies to ever exist. (I know Captain Buzkill) I just w anted to let and kids know w ho might get on this w ebsite and be w orried or afraid of the chance of them. Link to this comment 1113. July 25, 2012 at 8:18 pm ET - Cierra Ok, first off, this Zombie thing is a ruse that the CDC is using to promote safety in real life situations. Its not real its just a w ay for the CDC to communicate to us, the people, w hile relating to the fantasy w orld that has taken a huge come back . . . zombies. Its a w ay for the CDC to get us to think in a case of legit danger. Link to this comment 1114. July 26, 2012 at 11:42 pm ET - Azalea But w ait w hy did the CDC put something like this up? Just a minute ago I read that the CDC did not believe that zombies w ere EVER going to happen. It make angry because my young brothers think the at w e are all going to die from zombies. Do you honestly think that the CDC can save us all and kill the zombies? Noo! By the time they figure this out, and the zombie attacks w ill be on the new s, it w ould have already spread on to some other person w ho got bitten, and w ent aw ay because they thought the person w ho bit them w as just some pshyco. And w hat if the zombies start somew here else? W e are all screw ed. I am terrified, and dont even believe crap like this.
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Link to this comment 1115. July 27, 2012 at 6:51 pm ET - qw erty people should remember that almost everything is possible even zombie apocalypse. All it takes is right kind of virus and it w ould cause that to people But if you really w ould see zombies w alking aroung in streets most people w ould panic including me. Link to this comment 1116. August 2, 2012 at 5:08 am ET - K9 Apparently, the stupid havent learnt anything in a year since this first appeared. The CDC is not predicting zombies, it is using humour to get people to prepare for disasters, natural and man-made, w hether fire, nuclear, drought, earthquakes or w hatever. Of all the teabagging tw its and There are no zombies! moron, I doubt any of them have actually prepared for anything. In all likelihood, those are the morons most like to expect the government or jeezus to save them. W rong. W hen there is a disaster, you likely cant call for help. Those w ho survived ARE the help just ask the Japanese w ho helped each other immediately after the tsunami. It took hours and days for help to reach some places. Link to this comment 1117. August 2, 2012 at 7:17 pm ET - Andrea Burcham Dont forget lighters and/or matches! Link to this comment 1118. August 6, 2012 at 11:21 pm ET - zombie games lol love the zombie makeup :XD Link to this comment 1119. August 7, 2012 at 4:25 am ET - CDCyouarenutse cant believe you guys are falling for fictional scenarios now go back and do some VALID research on the phenomenon of REAL zombificationits drug-induced! Link to this comment 1120. August 9, 2012 at 7:51 am ET - Robert I know you need a radio but a Radio and CD player? I suggest adding Michael Jacksons Thriller CD to the list, the Zombies may dance for you. Link to this comment 1121. August 9, 2012 at 5:23 pm ET - ANONYMOUS E. I suggest on that list to add a machete youll need one. for chopping zombies or getting past**********. Link to this comment 1122. August 9, 2012 at 10:38 pm ET - Ty Thank God for the Rapture! because thats w here I hope and pray to be before all this non-sense starts to happen. I believe in the grace and mercy and I am covered w ith the blood of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior. Pray people..IT W ORKS! Link to this comment 1123. August 13, 2012 at 7:56 am ET - Dylan W hat if you are surprized by a zombie w hile you are trying to find a safe location to stay? Link to this comment 1124. August 14, 2012 at 6:05 pm ET - LATER HELP IM IN A ZOMBIE APOCALYPES IN TOTONTO PLEASE HELPVJ Link to this comment 1125. August 16, 2012 at 6:59 pm ET - stephen
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that w as SCARY!!!! LoL oO w hen i first saw it it w as creepy!!OO O Link to this comment 1126. August 16, 2012 at 8:25 pm ET - I like pie I dont need any of this zombie training stuff, if zombies come im jumping off a bridge. I know people say they are going to be survivors but just think of it this w ay W hats the point of surviving if there is nothing to live for? Society w ill be w recked and the w orld w ill be a living hell. Link to this comment 1127. August 17, 2012 at 1:07 am ET - Ucia Felix nice post. Link to this comment 1128. August 17, 2012 at 9:13 am ET - Night Terrors Tonights the night!! W ere talking ZOMBIES on tonights episode of Night Terrors! W ere going to discuss the pending zombie apocalypse as w ell as the Zombie Survival Dash, characteristics that make up a zombie and how to prepare yourself for w hen they arrive!! W ell even be taking your questions and comments about zombies via emails and calls, so start thinking about w hat you w ant to discuss!! Link to this comment 1129. August 17, 2012 at 7:13 pm ET - Blue Fire if a zombie apocalypse did happen (and im guessing it w ill) i w ould grab medical supplies, clothes, food and w ater, portable radio, my tw o hand guns, metal bat, surgical mask, extra ammo, back up ammo, and more back up back up ammo. my parents w ould probably freak out and w ant to go w herever the government is, or they rely on the government for help! (w itch is a horrible idea!!) im also guessing that they w ould try to lock us all in the house, (another stupid idea!) and they w ould hope that by doing so, they could w ait for the w hole thing to end.. i dont w ant to sound like a bitch or anything, but if the apocalypse really did happen, i w ould only have one thing on my mind: to keep me and my tw o little brothers safe! honestly, my parents w ould not survive a w eek in a zombie apocalypse! but me, trust me! i know how to survive out there! iv been preparing myself ever since i w as 10! and im now 15 years old! plus! i know hand to hand combat! as w ell as karate, and ti kw an doe! (im a 3d degree black belt in both!) so, encase i dnt have a w eapon, i can really on my martial arts training! ) Link to this comment 1130. August 20, 2012 at 7:09 pm ET - bryson is this reali mean sireously if it is prove it Link to this comment 1131. August 22, 2012 at 3:42 pm ET - Grant The CDC is not w asting your money. w e live in a w orld that w e have slow ly taken over but there are still many things out there that w e dont think about, zombies are one of the many things w e dont think about. i am grateful of the CDC to post this because i believe they w ouldnt post this just for fun and if they did then that w as just a cruel joke. and to add to this post be aw are of zombies because they are unlike any monsters. zombies w ill come to you, they w ill find YOU, w ith most monsters you have to go to them and hunt for them in their land. and alw ays remember the most dangerous thing about a zombie is that of the body decomposition if they just died and say they w ere re-raised by a voodoo-er most people w ouldnt be able to tell if they w ere just a disoriented person or a zombie. Link to this comment 1132. August 23, 2012 at 1:58 pm ET - Haley Am I the only one frightened by the fact that the CDC has this? Is the government cooking up something? Link to this comment
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1133. August 26, 2012 at 7:43 pm ET - Payton This is an interesting w ay of getting people to prepare! Honestly I didnt know about until now and have been preparing almost my w hole life! Link to this comment 1134. August 31, 2012 at 10:22 am ET - notazombie No buddy needs to BRAINS sorry about that dont w orry abuot zumbies trying to eat your deilicious sw eet brains from the desk of a zombie Link to this comment 1135. September 1, 2012 at 7:19 am ET - Mike Let me know w hen the ninjas unite! Link to this comment 1136. September 1, 2012 at 8:27 pm ET - Frankie Perhaps not so stupid article. Perhaps CDC know s that zombies are possible because CDC (or some friends) are creating the zombie virus. It is a possibility, please dont take me to Guantanamo paradise for w riting my opinion. Create the problem and then offer the solution, that is the trick to w in the game (like Mr Bush did it in Irak, for example). No doubt: It is impossible to be more insane that these guys. Link to this comment 1137. September 4, 2012 at 10:54 am ET - michelle umw hy w ould they post something up unless it w as possible it could happen? Thier getting ready, so should w e. W ith technology and science, this could happen very, very, soon. Fear the living, kill the dead. Link to this comment 1138. September 5, 2012 at 10:08 am ET - Mike #16 is increndibly dense and stupid. Link to this comment 1139. September 5, 2012 at 9:04 pm ET - Mark is this really real ? Link to this comment 1140. September 5, 2012 at 9:07 pm ET - Mark I mean really is this possible if yes I guess its time to prepare for the zombie apocalypse Link to this comment 1141. September 5, 2012 at 9:33 pm ET - Patricia Did anyone stop to thjnk that the zombies the goverment is refering to could be starving people. Our economy is about to crash, hyperinflation, dollar devaluation, food shortages, and finally no food are not to for off in the near future. Finally, social unrest, riots, and starvation that w ill lead to starving violent people. So get ready and prepare because the zombies are coming. Link to this comment 1142. September 6, 2012 at 3:44 am ET - Francina Hamre Its the first time w hen ive seen your site. I can understand a lot of hard w ork has gone in to it. Its really great. Link to this comment 1143. September 6, 2012 at 8:15 pm ET - Anthony This is coming from the country that declared pizza a vegetable. lol Link to this comment 1144. September 6, 2012 at 10:38 pm ET - Mary W right
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Nice w aste of my hard earned taxpayer money. You should all be fired for this nonsense. Link to this comment 1145. September 7, 2012 at 8:03 am ET - Chevalier Dan The zombies are already here and you may be familiar w ith them. It is the line of blank vacant expressions you see on your living room couch. It is the line at the grocery store filling their carts w ith fake food, w ashing it all dow n w ith cheap beer. It is the line at the movie theater to catch the next zombie movie. It is the takers, and the greedmongers. It is the terror broadcasters and doomsayers. W ake up. Live w hile you still can. Bring something to the table quit bitching w ake up. Link to this comment 1146. September 7, 2012 at 9:39 am ET - jester The zombie apocalypse started this w eek! In Charlotte, N.C.! Link to this comment 1147. September 7, 2012 at 10:34 am ET - TrytheW hine W ho knew the first officially sanctioned pictures of zombies w ould include Billy and Darcy from the Smashing Pumpkins. Link to this comment 1148. September 7, 2012 at 11:02 am ET - Rugbylover I really cant believe that you are w asting my tax dollars on this cow feces!!! Link to this comment 1149. September 7, 2012 at 11:46 am ET - erin, not like they govt doesn't already know my name Sounds like youre planning MARTIAL LAW , you w orthless feds. So according to Homeland Security w e are terrorists for having a w eek w orth of food or w ater. Are you trying to make everyone a terrorist? W hats up w ith the mixed messages? I think this needs to be reported as suspicious activity. DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC Link to this comment 1150. September 7, 2012 at 11:52 am ET - DocHashknife The CDC is using humor to push a point and I agree w ith the approach. I w rite manuals for equipment and I use humor to keep the subject interesting to the reader, such as a allegator lasso in the spare parts list. The Zombies w ill be there but they w ont be dead these w ill be the people w ho didnt use there brain and w ill be looking to steal yours w hich you used to try and survival. Survival is basic to all and you must protect yourself at all cost. The only thing CDC fails to advise on real true survival, There are 3 thing 1. Life 2. food 3. shelter Im not sure of the order but close enough. Link to this comment 1151. September 7, 2012 at 12:51 pm ET - Ken W atson Dont believe the hype, people. Link to this comment 1152. September 7, 2012 at 1:27 pm ET - Murad This is just greatjust horrbile. Been w atching horror movies years ago w hen I w as a child. At that time, I once imagined w hat it w ould be like if w e really had zombies around and I w ent on imaging how I w ould survive. And now Im reading this article in a government-ow ned w ebsite. Thats bad, really bad. Link to this comment 1153. September 7, 2012 at 1:45 pm ET - Dan Gosh, such a politically-correct emergency kit for a zombie apocalypse- no mention of bringing along any w eapons? Link to this comment
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1154. September 7, 2012 at 2:46 pm ET - Mark Nice start on the disaster preparedness list. Like so many others, to the naysayers and complainers about the expenditure involved, this is not about zombies. The CDC says in the article, there may be some kind of disease agent, now or in the future, the effect of w hich could resemble a zombie. How ever, this focus of the article is disaster preparedness. For anyone w anting a simpler description of disaster preparedness, think extending camping trip. Pretty much the same list of requirements. I admit I came to this page looking for CDC bashing tools w hen I saw the zombie tag. I changed my mind after reading the article about disaster preparedness. My comment to the CDC: I hope using the cultural obsession has brought the message to much w ider audience. Thank you. Link to this comment 1155. September 7, 2012 at 3:19 pm ET - candidview s W hat w eapons are best for home defense? Link to this comment 1156. September 7, 2012 at 8:05 pm ET - Stephen W hite Be prepared! Zombie survival Training October 27th, 2012: http://w w w .dead4life.com Link to this comment 1157. September 8, 2012 at 1:51 am ET - Joyce I think some of the people on the w ebsite have already had their brains eaten by zombies. As someone already said, this is intended to be a funny w ay of getting people to prepare for real emergencies. Maybe Im in the w rong place; Im over 8 and my IQ is more than tw o digits. Dont be so gullible!!! Link to this comment 1158. September 8, 2012 at 9:02 am ET - Tammy W ELL MANKIND DOING TO MUCH.I THINK THE CDC W OULD HAVE A LOT TO DO W ITH THIS IN A CONSPIRACY.GOD W ILL NOT BE PLEASED.I THINK THATS W HEN GOD W ILL STEP IN Link to this comment 1159. September 8, 2012 at 9:43 am ET - Steven This is a BLOG, somebody w rote it on his OW N time. How did he w aste taxpayer money if he did this on his free time, eh? Link to this comment 1160. September 8, 2012 at 12:02 pm ET - Steve change zombie x aliens = ok Link to this comment 1161. September 8, 2012 at 12:07 pm ET - Naba Jit Baishya Thanks for the great post and please be sure to check out this site! Link to this comment 1162. September 8, 2012 at 2:05 pm ET - 52 w eeks 52 zombies The government know s something! W e set out to do a documentary about America in the 21st century. How ever,all these government alerts and exercises back up w hat w e already found, that America has become overrun w ith Zombies. So for the next year w e plan on traveling the country making a documentary series about zombies and zombie culture in America. Link to this comment 1163. September 8, 2012 at 4:00 pm ET - AUSTIN MATTHEW S A family w ont w ork w ell together you guys need friends Link to this comment 1164. September 8, 2012 at 7:23 pm ET - Nevarre
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Mark W right I honestly think you completely missed the point of this w eb page. Let me guess, Tea Party member, yes? Link to this comment 1165. September 9, 2012 at 2:12 am ET - Asha Yarnell I have to say that for the last couple of hours i have been hooked by the impressive articles on this site. Keep up the great w ork. Link to this comment 1166. September 10, 2012 at 10:24 am ET - Unknonw This is really a w aste of time. Link to this comment 1167. September 10, 2012 at 3:07 pm ET - Paul Are there gonna be zombies, or not? W ho know s for certain? Events during the summer definitely had me leaning tow ards a potential zombie apocalypse. But w ill it happen? W ho can say? This blog and Preparedness program, regardless, is informative and w ill get people thinking seriously about health and safety. Lets face it, disasters are happening all the time. Better to be safe than sorry! Link to this comment 1168. September 10, 2012 at 8:03 pm ET - Conspiricy Theorist Of course, all of this is just to cover-up the fact that the CDC and Illuminati have already started the zombie apocalypse as part of their secret w ar w ith the Masons. W AKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!! Link to this comment 1169. September 11, 2012 at 1:42 am ET - Sam s Bew are still the cdc w ont be invincible just remember my w ords Link to this comment 1170. September 11, 2012 at 6:30 am ET - kimbee For those of you w ho dismiss zombies as not real I have tw o w ords for you BATH SALTS! That cannibal guy in Florida had to be shot like 18 times before he stopped eating that guys face. Bath salt zombies are said to have almost super human strength, if that junk spread like crack or meth w e might really have a problem. Here in L.A. its already starting to look like the zombie apocalypse or w ere being inundated by pirates but so far thats probably just a result of this recession. Regardless its good to be prepared. just sayin! Link to this comment 1171. September 11, 2012 at 8:37 am ET - Hunter how to survive the zombie apocalypse is a better instruction manual you can find it on amazon. Link to this comment 1172. September 11, 2012 at 9:29 am ET - B Please tell me you didnt spend taxpayer money on this Link to this comment 1173. September 12, 2012 at 7:30 pm ET - Eric Its rare that you see a federal agency do something clever. Nice marketing, and nice w ork. Clever w ay to get people to prepared for disasters. Cheers. Link to this comment 1174. September 12, 2012 at 7:32 pm ET - Eric I w ould add a bottle of distilled spirits. Beyond being a nice w ay to pass some long and stressful hours, liquor can make a great anti-bacterial and pain killer. Link to this comment
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1175. September 13, 2012 at 4:22 am ET - Martha STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT TAXPAER MONEY SPENT ON THIS This article probably cost about $25 to produce. $100 if they w ere excessive. Please tell me how much of that money w as YOUR taxpayer money? One cent? Maybe as much as FIVE cents? My w ord, such a w aste! In addition this is a great article about preparedness for any situation. So if all you can do is nitpick about how you nickel that you w ould probably ignore if you saw it on the floor w as spent on a disaster preparedness article w ith a little bit of humor in it and a focus on a subculture then perhaps you should move to a country w here there are no disater prepareness articles for you to have to pay for. Link to this comment 1176. September 14, 2012 at 8:22 am ET - Nicholas the best w eapons in case of zed are ones that are easy to find and replace as w ell as light so frying pans, hardw ood 24, sharpened sticks, and good old baseball bats w ork best if you have fire arms save them in case of the living w ho are evil Link to this comment 1177. September 17, 2012 at 5:44 pm ET - pricila i think the zombie things are real because of the videos i have seen im scared of it and i dont know w hy nobody believes it? w e should do a practice or school or something just to get prepared search extranormal/ zombies on youtube and it w ill scare you to death all the zombie captions they had found.there is even a forest full of zombies in w ell i forgot but just w atch that video and u w ill find out Link to this comment 1178. September 18, 2012 at 2:23 pm ET - Jeremy Fisher The CDC is talking about W hat If Situations and to prepare for them They are using Zombies as w hat they perceive as a light hearted w ay to imagine some sort of disaster scenario. No w here do they actually say The Zombies are coming they say Get Prepped. Thats all Link to this comment 1179. September 18, 2012 at 5:03 pm ET - james johnson w hatever it takes to get folks motivated to prepair! Link to this comment 1180. September 19, 2012 at 9:12 pm ET - No Name I am afraid that some folks are talking and spreading rumors that there is a real zombie appocalypse forthcoming.not a tongue in cheek scenario. And no one as mentioned it is a campaign by the CDD to make us more prepared for a disaster. Link to this comment 1181. September 22, 2012 at 1:46 am ET - Spence rDelapaz I see everyone talking about the Zombie out break and saying that this is aw some that the CDC is on this topic. In my thought it w ill be a very fun but very bad at the same time. W e as a human race w ill be put to our biggiest challange of all time, it w ould be called population control. W hen the out break accures there w ill be a country w ide panic. The first tw o w eeks or so w ould be the main out break, than w ould follow the survial time. W hat w ould be the first reaction of all man kind as a group w hen something like this w ould happen. Let me tell you, it is called Utter Chaos. W hen this happens the w orld as w e know it w ell vanish and never be the same again. The zombie out break can happen in many w ays such as air born, shots, or even a sonic w ave to disable brain funcations. To survive this out break you w ill have to know a couple things besides a normal med kit and food and w ater. You w ill have to learn how to use had to hand combat cause eventually you w ill get face to face w ith a zombie and have to fight. This out break w ill spread extremly fast no one w ill be ready for the speed of it. There are many comments about if they w ill run, w alk or even be scared of w ater. If you ever get the chance i say find out and test some ideas that you have but be safe about how you w ould go about finding out. My name is Spencer and these are a couple things that I think, if you w ould like me to make more comments please let me know . I love the thought of zombies and w hat w ill happen. Link to this comment 1182. September 23, 2012 at 3:52 am ET - Jeremy Mills Ok, first of all, does everyone really think that a goverment agency w ould make a w eb page on how to live against zombies just for our amusement? Really think about it, they are putting a pretty face on it so to speak. The CDC is not going to talk about a virus or disease that they think is fake. They know something w e dont, w hile they
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are making a joke out of this, there is probably something really to w orry about. Next thing w e know they are going to make videos show ing us how to survive a zombie attack and play it on national TV, just like they use to do during the Cold W ar, How To Survive A Nuclear Attack. I think its not if the dead w ill w alk, I think it just a matter of w hen. Link to this comment 1183. September 24, 2012 at 2:28 am ET - ZOMBIEKILLER The fact that some one w ould say W ere gunna take care of if is funny. Not funny Ha Ha. The other funny. Ill trust my supplies for my family and my BOOM STICK more then passive CDD. Plus look at w hats happening to the earths magnetic poles plus the galactic plane Earth is going to go through before zombies are thought of as a problem. I w ould w elcome zombies any day of the w eek. Hard to shoot space. Link to this comment 1184. September 24, 2012 at 11:16 pm ET - Taryn Ekins I even took put the poster on my college dorm door in order to raise aw areness! Link to this comment 1185. September 25, 2012 at 11:37 am ET - John Jackson This w as actually fun to read and that is something, coming from a government agency. I w ould say this w as money w ell spent. To the people w ho did think it w as a w aste of time and tax-payer money, all I can say is it got your attention, didnt it and assuming that you did read it, then the message w as effectively delivered. W ay to go, CDC! Link to this comment 1186. September 25, 2012 at 6:24 pm ET - GK LOL seriously CDC, this is a joke right ? I got better plans for flattulens. Do you even know anything about this ? SO I guess this is just a joke and you dont really have any plans, since this seems stiched together (badly) from other sources unrelated asw ell from the z. Link to this comment 1187. September 27, 2012 at 5:57 pm ET - Appendectomy survivor I heard they just found that the appendix is the Zombie organ. Once removed you become invisible to zombies and if bitten cant be turned. So I got that going for me. Link to this comment 1188. September 28, 2012 at 10:06 am ET - josh this is retared!!!!! Link to this comment 1189. September 30, 2012 at 2:20 am ET - tony bermudez ARE THEY FOR REAL???? dont get me w rong i believe in the zombie apocalypse, but i w asnt expecting a w ebsite like CDC to post something about it either w ay thanks CDC w hen im crushin zombie skulls and surviving ill be thanking you guys. :^) Link to this comment 1190. October 2, 2012 at 10:49 pm ET - RXY W hat if w e ourself needs to attact the zombie? w e must prepare to attact not only to run Link to this comment 1191. October 5, 2012 at 11:04 am ET - D2DRRC So is this the LQP-79 virus? Link to this comment 1192. October 5, 2012 at 8:27 pm ET - Raziel Ok, if anyone on here is serious and actually believe that the Zombie Apocalypse is real, i have to say that I feel sorry for your lonely, friend-less lives. 2nd I like how this post has a very mock feeling to it. Although I w ish that it w as not made because it only reinforces the idiotic idea of a Zombie invasion. The dead cannot come back to life. The
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dead cannot w alk. Someone posted about Rabies being possible. That is the only w ay a zombie can ever happen. To w hich that is already taken care of because there is a cure for rabies, as w ell as isolation of infected people w ill utterly kill off infected rabies carries. Again, the media and entertainment play off this irrational fear of Zombies and they become rich, filthy rich off the stupidity of misguided and deluded people. Dont get me w rong, I love a good zombie movie. The W alking Dead is a fantastic series. Daw n of the Dead, Zombielandgreat movies. But that is w here it ends. They are movies, and any person that cannot understand the difference needs to have all entertainment stripped from their lives, as they are not mature enough to handle them. Now as I said this post has a very mock like feel to itand if that is true then I commend the CDC for their humor that w e all thought w as non-existent. How ever, if I am w rong and the CDC really believes thisthen I have to say that I am greatly disappointed that my tax dollars have been w asted on this ridiculous posting. And I must say that w e are truly doomed as a Country. W e are leaders and the people that w e look to are as stupid as the typical person.w e are truly doomed. And not because of Zombies.but because of inadequate leaders and idiotic people in pow er of our safety. Link to this comment 1193. October 5, 2012 at 11:40 pm ET - Alurelf cool!! can you make a Z-Virus? lol XD,cause my dream is killin all the zombies XD Link to this comment 1194. October 7, 2012 at 6:42 am ET - John I guess its fake until a zombie appears in front of my house and tries to sell cookies! Link to this comment 1195. October 9, 2012 at 12:01 pm ET - peter valencia this is stupid zombies are not real Link to this comment 1196. October 9, 2012 at 9:38 pm ET - denise Not that I am a believer in zombies like in the movies coming back from the dead how ever I am now a believer in people taking bath salts and acting all zombie like w ho is to say that are w ater is safe from terrorist attack? W hat about a scenario of bath salts in our drinking w ater then things w ould be a disaster if it did. Nothing is out of the realm of impossbility to me anymorebetter off safe than sorry. Being prepared is best! Link to this comment 1197. October 12, 2012 at 5:15 am ET - AmberRain Dang I know some people are w orried about the money being put into this, but w e honestly need to start broadening are outlook on this. I mean look w hat happened in Maimi. I dont know about you guys,but I think this really mighy happen so I think this page helps a w hole lot. Link to this comment 1198. October 12, 2012 at 11:32 am ET - peter valencia so stupid zombies are not real Link to this comment 1199. October 13, 2012 at 12:51 pm ET - ghall I dont know about you guys but I am a huge fan of the series The W alking Dead. After w atching this, somew here in the back of my mind I w onder, w hat w ould i do at a time like that:. My brother and I talk constantly aobut A Zombie Apocalypse. Sometimes i kinda w ish that there w ere one. Just saying. Link to this comment 1200. October 14, 2012 at 9:31 pm ET - chris W ell if it is not a joke dont you think the CDC w ould know more then you????????????????? I do and look at Voodoo and look it up. Link to this comment 1201. October 16, 2012 at 6:00 pm ET - Rob Zombie
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Please bring back the zombie T-Shirts PPLLLLEEEAASSSSEEEE!!!!! I had no idea there w ere t-shirts! I w ant to order 12 now ! Link to this comment 1202. October 16, 2012 at 7:45 pm ET - GRANT im alredy perpared see you all as zombies Link to this comment 1203. October 17, 2012 at 8:43 am ET - bubbleguppies123 this is stupid Link to this comment 1204. October 17, 2012 at 9:09 am ET - specgirl80 To the people that w ant to knock this blog.get a grip! You are completely missing the point. Although the CDC has put a modern pop culture tw ist on this, it is still just basic emergency preparedness. The CDC just mande it fun w ith the Zombie Apocalypse thing because that is w hat is popular at this time. W hatever time that w as spend on this by the CDC staff, I am sure w as minimal, because all they had to do w as take the disater preparedness article, insert zombie apocalypse a few time and viola! Link to this comment 1205. October 18, 2012 at 6:37 pm ET - Tik Tak Toe Go Smak A Hoe The only zombie invasion im w orried about it a rob zombie invasion ILL BE HERE ALL W EEK FOLKS!! :p Link to this comment 1206. October 18, 2012 at 8:31 pm ET - Davidicus This is aw esome. Simply hearing about this page earned the CDC new respect in my eyes. Also, I realized that my home probably does not have as much w ater as w e should have in case of an emergency, w hile entertaining my love for zombies (or rather zombie related things). Link to this comment 1207. October 20, 2012 at 12:45 am ET - Ben its better safe then sorry its just like the pentagon has an aliien invasion scenario its better to have one and not need it then to need it and not have one Link to this comment 1208. October 20, 2012 at 4:11 pm ET - GRANT they should give out more info about this because w e are talking about the end of the w orld here Link to this comment 1209. October 21, 2012 at 9:40 pm ET - lml I sw ear to Dracula I thought of this before Shaw n of the Dead: w hy not just (voodoo) doll yourself up to look like a zombie and then act like one..you w ill totally blend. Link to this comment 1210. October 21, 2012 at 9:42 pm ET - lml the zombie apocalypse invaded Canadas House of Commons 8 years ago w hen Stephen Harper became Prime Minister and destroyed humanity through his corporate tax cuts..too late to prepare for that one now Link to this comment 1211. October 25, 2012 at 12:42 am ET - Daisy Great w ay to premote preparedness! Just w ish w e could still get the t-shirts. That is a real bummer. Link to this comment 1212. October 25, 2012 at 10:22 pm ET - Daisy Bring back the shirts!!! If you make them, they w ill sell.
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Link to this comment 1213. October 27, 2012 at 7:38 pm ET - fabots Im w ith Daisy- PLEASE bring back the shirts!!! Link to this comment 1214. October 28, 2012 at 2:32 pm ET - Jason After reading through [too] many comments, it occurred to me that a great many people didnt get the reason for the article, despite it being stated up front and plainly. W hile reading is a prerequisite to being a rocket scientist, it is not, and never w ill be rocket science, nor the real and multifaceted studies that go into preventing, mitigating, and managing pandemics. Hint #1 is that this w as about how to plan for a real emergency w as the w ord REAL being italicized in the last sentence of the first paragraph. I even quoted it. Hint #2 is w hen the same phrase, in the second section, is used and real is italicized again. Hint #3 is all the name dropping of other real emergencies littering the article like mountains of new spapers in a hoarders home for w hich these planning tips are also useful. There are other hints if you missed them, please re-read the article. Link to this comment 1215. October 29, 2012 at 9:27 am ET - Stephnie Zombies dont come from just voodoo. There is no real cause of it. The Voodoo zombies w ere originally slaves, and the ow ners brought them back in order to have them continue w orking for them. There are also beliefs that the Voodoo zombie didnt even exist. That the slaves w here only really malnourished lifeless. So they apeared to be dead. According to Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide Deck: Compleate Protection From The Living Dead, the zombie that w e know come from a virus called Solanium. Its not quite know n yet just w here the desiese comes from or how it happens, but it w ill happen. And w e have to be prepared Link to this comment 1216. October 29, 2012 at 3:55 pm ET - Scott Norris If this w asnt such a w aste of taxpayer dollars (and Federal employee time) it might be funny. But seriously, doesnt Obama know that there are really NO SUCH THINGS as Zombies? Theyre fictional movie creature/characters. W hy is the Federal Government w asting millions on this silliness? And if they w anted to raise aw areness about other disasters, w hy not RAISE AW ARENESS about them??? My tax dollars are paying for this shiite.. Link to this comment 1217. October 29, 2012 at 5:38 pm ET - JANET FROM ANOTHER PLANET In case of ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE I have found the double tap method w orks great. Link to this comment 1218. November 6, 2012 at 9:56 am ET - Anthony Lombardo I think that w eapons of any kind w ould be more useful. Also a hatchet for cutting w ood for building, some cement mixtures, and also a bugout place to meet w ith family Link to this comment 1219. November 7, 2012 at 1:21 pm ET - Zachary Think about it, other countries are reporting zombie-like activity. Then OUR government starts talking about zombies. I think they made a zombie virus. If so w e are all screw ed. Except for people w ho take this seriously, like any other disaster. They posted that for a reason. ZOMBIE TALK+ PREPAREDNESS GUIDELINES= ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE! DO THE MATH PEOPLE! Link to this comment 1220. November 7, 2012 at 11:30 pm ET - barnyard w hy w ould they tell ya to meet outside how bout keeping some sort of w ay to meet on
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your roof of house safe up there you listen to stuff like that you w ill be dead Link to this comment 1221. November 8, 2012 at 6:24 pm ET - Kennita The people w ho are w hinging about w asted taxpayer dollars are missing the fact that 95 %+ of preparations for zombie apocalypse are useful for natural or man-made disasters, and that this presentation probably increases compliance by w ell over 100% best use of taxpayer $ that Ive seen in a long time! Bravo, CDC! Youre saving many lives, even if nary a zombie is ever seen. Live long and prosper. Link to this comment 1222. November 10, 2012 at 10:51 pm ET - Z-Man if you guys know anything for the zompocilipyes youd hav 2 w atch the W alking Dead because youd hav to kill off ur best friend and/or w orseur self but just w atch itit helps Link to this comment 1223. November 12, 2012 at 9:51 pm ET - froglegssb can you drow n a zombi Link to this comment 1224. November 18, 2012 at 6:07 pm ET - Sue I agree w ith some of the comments. If talking about a zombie attack can get people to prepare for emergency situations, then good for the CDC to think outside the box. W e all have to prepare for any kind of emergency that could hit at anytime. W hether it be medical or a natural disaster. A gun and/or bat w ould keep aw ay zombies or an intruder trying to get to you and your family. Everybody needs to plan to take care of themselves, because if a big disaster happens (Zombies hehe), the government cant help all of us. In fact, w e may need to help our neighbors. Link to this comment 1225. November 19, 2012 at 8:16 pm ET - Max Yea its great that the CDC is trying to prepare the population for any kind of mass disaster but seriously, zombies? W hy are they preparing us for an event that revolves around beings from stories? ZOMBIES ARENT REAL There is as much chance of there being a zombie outbreak as a vampire out break or some other ridiculous fictional monster. This article is honestly just a w aste of taxpayer dollars and government time. Link to this comment 1226. November 28, 2012 at 1:26 am ET - D It could happen u never know Link to this comment 1227. November 29, 2012 at 9:41 pm ET - Ann hm i w onder w hats its like to be a zombie.. it doesnt sound to bad, O.o w ell i do NOT to get eatin aliveim prepared sooBRING IT ON!!! XD Link to this comment 1228. December 4, 2012 at 2:04 pm ET - alison W hile some people are complaining about their tax dollars being w asted on learning hos to survive something that isnt real, I feel the point to all this is to get people in their 20s to start thinking about emergency preparedness. If you mention flood or w hatever they arent going to be interested. Zombie apocalypse theyll read and maybe learn something being prepared for any eventuality. Link to this comment 1229. December 10, 2012 at 5:46 pm ET - Jacob You all w ho are complaining about w asted tax dollars w ill be screw ed w henever the loved ones you once knew are running at you trying to eat your face. Link to this comment 1230. December 11, 2012 at 7:50 pm ET - Mitchell Mafra i dont think it w ould be a good idea to meet up w ith your family at the mailbox if your
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house is invaded by zombies lol,also i recommend to have some sort of w eapon that you can attack from a distance like,bat,machete,sw ord,etc because the closer you are to a zombie for example if you have a knife to take dow n a zombie you w ill be closer to it and have increased chance to be infected. Link to this comment 1231. December 19, 2012 at 3:40 pm ET - Young Jersey Now w e can be ready for this Friday. Thank you, CDC! Link to this comment 1232. December 20, 2012 at 9:27 am ET - Carrie About time our government took this threat seriously. Considering everything they have their scientists experimenting w ith, especially things that should just be left alone, you never know w hat could happen. Also, although the comment w as made last year, Scott M is somew hat correct. If the Zombie Apocalypse does happen and they are anything like Zack Snyders zombies, then w e better start practicing the Zombieland Survival Rules. CARDIO!!! He did mention how ever that w e w ouldnt have to w orry as much if they w ere anything like the Romero/Brooks zombies, slow , lumbering zombies, and if not for the Romeros remakes of Day of the Dead and Land of the Dead, i w ould agree w ith him, but w e have to take into consideration that, although they may be dead, and more likely brain dead, they may still be capable of some level of intelligence and learning, ie. in Land of the Dead w hen the zombies leader figures out how to use a gun and climb fences. Yes its improbable, but not impossible. Link to this comment 1233. December 20, 2012 at 11:48 pm ET - Tw inSuns TL/DR Not being serious, fun w ay to get people to think about a serious topic. I think all those that are posting things about tax dollars being w asted, along w ith those posting things like, you need a w eapon for a zombie apoc. or other things like that, miss the main point of this article. This entire thing w as made as a w ay of getting people to plan for a disaster. But, my guess is that no one is going to read this, since the last post w hen I w rote this w as number 1230. I had stopped reading around 200. Mainly because for every good post about the CDC having come up w ith a very clever w ay of getting more and more people to think about having a disaster preparedness kit ready, there are ten either bashing the CDC for w aisting their tax dollars on a ZOMBIE scenario guide, or those saying that they forgot to include w eapons. People, understand that this is a w ay of spinning the normally dry, stale topic of disaster preparation in a w ay that many people w ill find funny. I didnt even know that this had been made until I saw it on XBOX Live Dec 20, 2012 around 2300 Eastern. This w as a brilliant idea for the CDC, and Im glad that someone at the agency saw that this might be a great w ay of getting people to think about disaster planning. Its just a shame that so many people think they w ere being serious w hen they said Zombie planning. Thank you, and Good Morn/Day/Eve, w henever you read this. Link to this comment 1234. December 23, 2012 at 6:25 pm ET - Zombie I really hope for a zombie apocalypse(I am 11), so I can show my family that I can beat the crap out of those zombies. CDC-You get a ******* 7 star out of 10(Dont let staff leave or be sucidal if it happens like on the w alking dead) New Resident Evil movie gets 8 out of 10 mabye 7.5 out of 10 Link to this comment 1235. April 10, 2013 at 7:29 pm ET - Pop Over Here I dont even understand how I finished up here, but I assumed this submit used to be great. I dont realize w ho you are but certainly youre going to a famous blogger if you are not already. Cheers! Link to this comment
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