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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:19 PM Jun 2012

Zombie Apocalypse: CDC Denies Existence Of Zombies Despite Cannibal Incidents

The horrific face-eating arrest in Miami and several other seemingly subhuman acts has many people wondering what's behind this flesh-munching wave of terror.

A zombie apocalypse, however, is not what we should be worried about, at least according to the federal government.

Over the years the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a couple of tongue-in-cheek "zombie warnings," which really are just disaster-preparedness stunts. But on Thursday, the agency made it official: Zombies 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)," wrote agency spokesman David Daigle in an email to The Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/01/cdc-denies-zombies-existence_n_1562141.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Politics

Maybe now we know where republican BRAINS! have gone missing....

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Zombie Apocalypse: CDC Denies Existence Of Zombies Despite Cannibal Incidents (Original Post) IDemo Jun 2012 OP
and the movie makers just keep on laughin' ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2012 #1
You know how you know when the zombie apocalypse is here? EOTE Jun 2012 #2
Of course that's what THEY want you to think! deutsey Jun 2012 #3
I smell a cover up nt MrScorpio Jun 2012 #4
5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen... SidDithers Jun 2012 #5
Sadly, a friend on Facebook is taking this seriously... arcane1 Jun 2012 #6
I jokingly posted a link to the CDC site on FB deutsey Jun 2012 #8
It's this summer's Season of the Shark! or Car Jackings! alphafemale Jun 2012 #18
i'll be so goddamned happy when this little obsessive pop culture fad passes Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #7
I declared a one-year moratorium on zombies, pirates, and vampires arcane1 Jun 2012 #12
It's a scientific fact agent46 Jun 2012 #16
I ain't worried 'bout no stinken Zombies. But it's those Bats.... wandy Jun 2012 #9
Meanwhile, the DOJ denies the existence of vampire squids. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jun 2012 #10
Have they issued a statement on The Invisible Scary Skeletons yet? FSogol Jun 2012 #11
That's exactly what they WOULD say, isn't it!? Marr Jun 2012 #13
HEY DAMN IT ALL ...CANNIBALS ARE PEOPLE TOO! L0oniX Jun 2012 #14
I hope I still have time to finish up my TV treatment... Buns_of_Fire Jun 2012 #15
First the CDC says to get ready for the zombie apocalypse... NightWatcher Jun 2012 #17
Okay, I'm not laughing. This is really freaking me the hell out Number23 Jun 2012 #19
Well "bath salts" make humans act like zombies..... MzShellG Jun 2012 #20

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)
1. and the movie makers just keep on laughin'
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:22 PM
Jun 2012

as do I...how fucking stupid are people anyway that CDC actually has to make a statement (in an email) about the fact that there are NO ZOMBIES...

stupidity run amok...

sP

EOTE

(13,409 posts)
2. You know how you know when the zombie apocalypse is here?
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:22 PM
Jun 2012

The CDC will give a non-denial to the existence of the zombie apocalypse. Just like Christine "I'm not a witch" O'Donnell.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
6. Sadly, a friend on Facebook is taking this seriously...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:27 PM
Jun 2012

Going so far as to warn people to stop joking about zombies and realize "this shit is real"

Fortunately, some smarter friends set her straight

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
8. I jokingly posted a link to the CDC site on FB
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:33 PM
Jun 2012

but I made sure I put some obviously ironic caption with it so people wouldn't think I believed zombies were really on the way.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
18. It's this summer's Season of the Shark! or Car Jackings!
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:31 PM
Jun 2012

or going back in time a bit...KILLER BEES!

The media loves to stir up a frenzy from horrific unrelated incidents to make it seem like there is a burgeoning apocalypse.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
7. i'll be so goddamned happy when this little obsessive pop culture fad passes
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:33 PM
Jun 2012

it's actually making me miss that annoying vampire craze...

agent46

(1,262 posts)
16. It's a scientific fact
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:28 PM
Jun 2012

It's a scientific fact that ninjas are way cooler than zombies, pirates or vampires anyway.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
9. I ain't worried 'bout no stinken Zombies. But it's those Bats....
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:38 PM
Jun 2012

Bats I tell you!
Those acursed Bats!
Bats!

Watch out for the Bats!!!!!!!

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
13. That's exactly what they WOULD say, isn't it!?
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 04:21 PM
Jun 2012

Where do you think the virus CAME from, huh?? HUH??

Buns_of_Fire

(17,202 posts)
15. I hope I still have time to finish up my TV treatment...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:25 PM
Jun 2012

I'm working on a proposal about a family of friendly zombies living in a suburb of Beaver Bend, Oregon. I figure their wild and wacky hijinks are bound for a howl a minute, especially when Zelda (the matriarch) runs for town council (this is the pilot, I haven't figured out all the details yet).

It's bound to go over better than my proposed sitcom about the Donner Party ("Donner, Party of 57!&quot .

MzShellG

(1,047 posts)
20. Well "bath salts" make humans act like zombies.....
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 07:26 PM
Jun 2012

So that's real. Also regarding vampires, bats with rabies are just as scary to me. All I wanna know is what's this world coming to?

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