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Zombie apocalypse? CDC says not to worry, despite strange string of incidents Brent Johnson/The Star-Ledger 06/01/2012 8:40 PM

 

If the news has you worried lately that a zombie apocalypse may soon be under way, don't panic.

 

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you're not likely to find the dead walking around, gnawing at your flesh.

 

"CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," agency spokesman David Daigle said in an e-mail to the Huffington Post today.

 

Yes, you read that right: The federal agency aimed to protect the United States from disease outbreaks has officially weighed in on the possibility of actual zombies.

 

The comment comes after a string of strange incidents involving seemingly non-human behavior over the last week.

 

• In Miami, a naked man was shot by police after eating the face of another man on the side of a highway.

 

• In Maryland, a college student told investigators he ate the heart and brain of a dismembered body found in his home.

 

• In Hackensack, a man stabbed himself and threw pieces of his intestines at police.

 

• And in Canada, police are searching for a porn actor who allegedly killed a young man with an ice pick, dismembered the body and then raped and ate flesh from the corpse.

 

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Apparently, people feared this might all be connected: The phrase "Zombie apocalypse" trended on both Twitter and Google in recent days.

 

Even the CDC has a page on its website dedicated to "Zombie Preparedness." But that is simply a tongue-in-cheek page with a very serious message:

 

"If you are generally well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse, you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack," Dr. Ali Khan, the CDC's director, says on the site.

 

But no, the agency says, zombies aren't real.

 

 

 

 

Related coverage:

 

• Maryland college student charged with killing man, eating his brain and heart

 

• Naked man chewing another man's face off killed by Miami police

 

• Hackensack man critical after allegedly stabbing self, throwing intestines at police

 

• Coverage of "The Walking Dead"

I wont be impressed until said person that got their face eaten decides that eating OTHER people sounds like a good idea and follows suit. Until then I think we will be ok. Hornady must be loving this.

Hah, true on that..

 

"ouch you ate half of my face off"... "well, jeeze, this seems like peachy idea, I'm going to go try the same thing to someone else"

here's a link on the drug bath salts. http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/miami-cannibal-attack-horrific-dangers-bath-salts-drug

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you're not likely to find the dead walking around, gnawing at your flesh.

 

 

Ok that's fine and dandy for now, but currently we have a problem with the living gnawing at our flesh..

Gee..a govt agency denying a problem until its too late. I will continue to prepare for the zombies

You got that right +1

Another quote, though I'm not sure by who, is to never believe anything until it has been officially denied.

I still don't like the fact that they didn't tell people to stockpile ammo in their "Zombie preparedness article." Even a couple of boxes of bulk .22, I mean c'mon. Step up your game, CDC. :icon_neutral:

I do believe they don't want mass hysteria running through normal people minds

I do believe they don't want mass hysteria running through normal people minds

 

Just sayin'. And hey, what's "normal" supposed to mean? People who don't enjoy firearms on a regular basis? Pretty glad I'm abnormal then.

Normal to me is a firearm loving person, everyone else are sheeple.