CDC issues preparedness advice for Zombie Apocalypse

[Pathfinder]

Re: CDC issues preparedness advice for Zombie Apocalypse

http://www.bchealthdept.org/


Martinsburg to be overrun by zombies

'Zombie Attack' scenario adds a little humor to serious exercise by Berkeley County Health Department


May 31, 2012|By MATTHEW UMSTEAD | matthew.umstead@herald-mail.com

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. ? Calling all zombies.

The Berkeley County Health Department wants you. No, they really do want you in all of your gory greatness for a disaster-training exercise on June 8 at Martinsburg South Middle School.

Residents who wish to take part in the Point of Distribution exercise ? which has been dubbed ?Zombie Attack? ? need only show up at the school along Bulldog Boulevard in Martinsburg between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., said Carl French, the county health department?s threat preparedness coordinator.
...
French said zombies, and those who choose not to dress up, will be inoculated and medicated for ?H1Z1.?

?The ?Z? is for zombie,? he said Tuesday.

?Basically, we?re going to give out pieces of candy and call it medicine,? French said.

More...
http://articles.herald-mail.com/201...ombie-theme-berkeley-county-health-department

 

[Emily]

Re: CDC issues preparedness advice for Zombie Apocalypse

CDC clears the air over threat of ?Zombie Apocalypse?

By Irving Dejohn / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 1:36 AM

With fears of a possible ?Zombie Apocalypse? growing, the feds have been forced to deny that the undead are real.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made it clear in a statement that flesh-eating, undead creatures definitely don?t exist.

?CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms),? CDC spokesman David Daigle wrote to the Huffington Post on Thursday....

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ie-apocalypse-article-1.1088675#ixzz1wm1aMGD6

 

[Shiloh]

Re: CDC issues preparedness advice for Zombie Apocalypse

Source: http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/204587/3/Emergency-responders-train-for-the-worst

Emergency responders train for the worst (Maine)
5:29 PM, Jun 21, 2012 |
Written by
John Zierow

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--First responders and emergency agencies converged in Bangor to fend off the devastation of a zombie apocalypse.

While there wasn't a real outbreak plaguing people, the gathering served as a training session on how to respond to an epidemic if one spread through Maine...

 

[alert]

Re: CDC issues preparedness advice for Zombie Apocalypse

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...d=maing-grid7|main5|dl4|sec1_lnk3&pLid=202151

Zombie Apocalypse: 'The Zombies Are Coming,' Homeland Security Warns
AP | By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Posted: 09/06/2012 6:05 pm Updated: 09/06/2012 6:07 pm

WASHINGTON -- "The zombies are coming!" the Homeland Security Department says.

Tongue firmly in cheek, the government urged citizens Thursday to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, part of a public health campaign to encourage better preparation for genuine disasters and emergencies. The theory: If you're prepared for a zombie attack, the same preparations will help during a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake or terrorist attack.


The Federal Emergency Management Agency hosted an online seminar for its Citizen Corps organization to help emergency planners better prepare their communities for disaster. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year first launched a zombie apocalypse social media campaign for the same purposes.

Emergency planners were encouraged to use the threat of zombies ? the flesh-hungry, walking dead ? to encourage citizens to prepare for disasters. Organizers also noted the relative proximity to Halloween.

Among the government's recommendations were having an emergency evacuation plan and a change of clothes, plus keeping on hand fresh water, extra medications and emergency flashlights.

[snip]

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: CDC issues preparedness advice for Zombie Apocalypse

with video/GALLERY:
Zombie invasion shows University of Michigan students what to do when disaster strikes

By Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
Posted on Tue, Apr 23, 2013 : 2:51 p.m.
...
The exercise is modeled after a curriculum designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those not 'infected' Tuesday worked to assess the problem, devise a way to eliminate it and figure out how to handle the existing zombies.

"We laugh and tease and say 'Why zombies?'" Wells said. "It really represents our deepest fears, and it represents something that is not real. If we can prepare for something that's not even possible, then we can prepare ourselves for anything that might come our way."

Added Emily Rynda, a U-M staffer-turned-zombie:

"It's fun, but it's a really important message as well. It's a way to take something serious and that is probably kind of boring and make it more exciting."
...
http://www.annarbor.com/news/zombie...maginable-for-disaster-preparedness-exercise/


<IFRAME height=360 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ReznZL2uwPE" frameBorder=0 width=640 allowfullscreen></IFRAME>

Published on Apr 23, 2013
University of Michigan's School of Public Health hosted its first-ever zombie invasion on April 23.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ReznZL2uwPE

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: CDC issues preparedness advice for Zombie Apocalypse

<HR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc; COLOR: #cccccc" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->
with video/GALLERY:
Zombie invasion shows University of Michigan students what to do when disaster strikes

By Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
Posted on Tue, Apr 23, 2013 : 2:51 p.m.
...
The exercise is modeled after a curriculum designed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those not 'infected' Tuesday worked to assess the problem, devise a way to eliminate it and figure out how to handle the existing zombies.

"We laugh and tease and say 'Why zombies?'" Wells said. "It really represents our deepest fears, and it represents something that is not real. If we can prepare for something that's not even possible, then we can prepare ourselves for anything that might come our way."

Added Emily Rynda, a U-M staffer-turned-zombie:

"It's fun, but it's a really important message as well. It's a way to take something serious and that is probably kind of boring and make it more exciting."
...
http://www.annarbor.com/news/zombie-...ness-exercise/


<IFRAME height=360 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ReznZL2uwPE" frameBorder=0 width=640 allowfullscreen></IFRAME>

Published on Apr 23, 2013
University of Michigan's School of Public Health hosted its first-ever zombie invasion on April 23.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ReznZL2uwPE
<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->__________________

 

[Pathfinder]

Go west! Cornell researchers give survival tips for zombie apocalypse in America

BY JASON SILVERSTEIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 11:22 PM
Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 2:58 PM

In case of a zombie apocalypse: The East Coast is done for, the Rockies might be safe, but we&#146;re all probably going to die, anyway.

Those unsettling survival tips come courtesy of a Cornell University study about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse, which is one research team&#146;s way of giving new blood to studying disease modeling.
&#147;
Modeling zombies takes you through a lot of the techniques used to model real diseases, albeit in a fun context,&#148; grad student Alex Alemi, one of the study&#146;s four authors, told Phys.

The team sunk its teeth into statistical mechanics to simulate the most realistic outcomes of a zombie outbreak in America.
They found that contrary to common zombie lore &#151; where the walking dead seemingly take over the whole world in one terrifying swoop &#151; it&#146;s more likely that major cities would fall first; but isolated areas could be zombie-free for months.

...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2129789