Dying to get word out?
CDC offers survival advice in zombie preparedness campaign
By Cynthia Dizikes, Tribune reporter
8:54 p.m. CDT, May 19, 2011
Late spring in the United States means preparing for natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and now … a zombie apocalypse.
Should such a takeover occur, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week announced a few important ghoul-survival guidelines.
"Plan your evacuation route. When zombies are hungry, they won't stop until they get food (i.e., brains), which means you need to get out of town fast!" reads a blog post by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan. "Plan where you would go and multiple routes you would take ahead of time so that the flesh eaters don't have a chance!"
If this seems like a hoax, it's not, CDC spokesman Dave Daigle said. The communications team fleshed out the zombie preparedness campaign after noticing a spike in Internet traffic when the monsters were mentioned during an online session about Japan and radiation.
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