Really, CDC?

[Militant]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/19...ing/index.html

(CNN) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a big, serious government agency with a big, serious job: protecting public health from threats ranging from hurricanes to bird flu.

So when the good doctors of Atlanta warned people this week about how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, the world took notice.

"That's right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e," Dr. Ali S. Khan wrote on the CDC website this week, adding casually that "Resident Evil" is his "personal favorite" zombie movie.

As it happens, Khan, one of the nation's top-ranking public health professionals (he's a rear admiral and an assistant surgeon general), doesn't actually believe the living dead are about to claw their way out of graves and start chewing on your brain.

But, he and his communications team recently noticed, what they'd want you to do if the world really did suddenly go "Night of the Living Dead" is pretty much the same thing they'd want you to do in case of a hurricane or a major pandemic.

From that realization to the decision actually to put up a blog post was a short step, Khan said Thursday.

Inside zombie brains: How sci-fi teaches science

Khan floated the idea of what to do in a meteor strike on earth not long after becoming director of CDC's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response eight months ago, he said, so his staff knew he was open to "novel and creative ideas to engage the public."

Then the CDC got a question about zombies during an online chat about radiation leaks related to the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March, and they saw traffic spike.

Khan and his communications team knew they'd found a way to get the public interested in disaster preparedness, he said.

"You have a 'Resident Evil' movie coming out, 'Shaun of the Dead,' 'World War Z.' It's a good metaphor for where you have complete disruption," he said.

So they posted the advice on Monday. Their website crashed on Wednesday.

Why we love those rotting, hungry, putrid zombies

It's running sporadically as of this writing, so in case you can't get on, here's what CDC recommends:

Make an emergency plan. Stockpile food, water and medicine.

Have a utility knife, duct tape and battery-powered radio handy, along with some changes of clothes and bedding.

And keep some cleaning supplies handy, along with key personal documents like a driver's license and birth certificate.

The CDC also recommends having basic first aid supplies handy for a hurricane or a pandemic -- although, Khan admits on the CDC blog, "you're a goner if a zombie bites you."

[Cail]

Hahaha thats so awesome

[Omniyoji]

They need to cover all bases... just in case of an emergency >_>

[Talus]

Headshots.

[aurik]

CDC will get criticized for this, probably by Fox News.

[Tyche]

There's no way that Fox news could possibly be wooshed by this.

[Tyche]

Wait, did the OP get wooshed, or did I get wooshed thinking the OP got wooshed.

[Kildar]

All I could think was:

http://johnnycat.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/khan.jpg

[Kuya]

Great, like those zombie apocalypse fags needed any more encouragement.

[kyod]

Nice gimmick, creative way to try and get people to have an emergency kit in case of a natural disaster.

[Serra]

Read the blog yesterday and thought it was a great idea to actually get people informed about the emergency supplies they needed. Sure some people will blow it off and think it's dumb, but there are some people who'll go out and buy the stuff to prepare for a zombie outbreak -- and if an actual disaster occurs, they'll be prepared.

[tyven]

FUCKION GENIUS SHIT

[The Blackrose]

I got a chuckle out of it. I looked at their list and it looked like your standard natural disaster response kit. Half that shit would not fly on Z day though.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/o...-Brilliant.jpg

[Zeb]

Is Khan a University of Florida alumni?

http://chalkboard.blogs.gainesville....zombieplan.pdf

[Bregor]

Wait, did the OP get wooshed, or did I get wooshed thinking the OP got wooshed.

Does the CDC have a survival kit for highly contagious woosh?

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

May 21st prophecies, CDC releases Zombie Preparedness Plan, T-101 went back in time 10 years ago to have a kid: You better goddamn believe.

[Kerberoz]

adding casually that "Resident Evil" is his "personal favorite" zombie movie.

all my hate.

[Plow]

all my hate.

re1 was awesome
re2 was good
re3 was meh
re4 was wtfingfuckisthisshitfuckyou

[Kerberoz]

First one was decent, for self-insert fanfiction.
Second was insultingly bad self-insert fanfiction.
Didn't watch the others because I'd rather fap to interracial midget amputee pegging.
None of them were "zombie" movies.