Zombie apocalypse when is it happening

This is why the most devastating outbreak of Ebola transmitted through bodily fluid has killed 4, people during the last 11 months , whereas influenza—which is airborne—kills over , people worldwide each year. If the zombie virus can only be spread through a bite, it would likely be contained before resulting in an apocalypse. The brain needs to be functional in order to send impulses to the muscles to move, and the heart also needs to be beating in order to circulate oxygen and nutrients.

It might be impossible for zombies to be undead, but what about living beings who possess the same traits? Steven Scholzman, a professor at Harvard Medical School, told LiveScience that the afflictions of zombies are neurological, and not a problem with being undead. Neuroscientists Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek echoed that sentiment when they teamed up to make a TED-Ed video in which they examine a zombie and use physical clues from the patient to diagnose the cause of the symptoms of the lumbering gait, incoherence, slurred and meaningless speech, and insatiable appetite.

Each of these traits is similar to known neurological conditions and can be connected to lesions on a specific area of the brain. This website uses cookies to improve user experience. While it would be impossible to believe that the dead would rise and feed on the living, experts do think that a parasite could affect the brain or a virus could evolve. A parasite called toxoplasmosa gondii is known to infect the brains of rodents. However, what worries scientists is how similar rats and humans are — which is why they are used for testing drugs and medical breakthroughs.

It is already believed that half of humans around the world have a dormant version of the parasite on their brains in the form of harmless cysts. Nonetheless, for some with immune deficiencies, the parasite has taken over which has been linked to schizophrenia and suicidal tendencies.

A study from the University of California revealed that the parasite is more powerful than previously thought. Put it this way — no one ever died from too much good information! Keep up the fabulous work, CDC!! Therefore, they are often caught unawares when a disaster natural or worse, man-made strikes.

We take so much for granted. What if law and order completely collapsed? What if those societal buttresses were suddenly maybe permanently? So thank you, CDC, you did a marvelous job of shocking the conscience of quite a few people, myself included. Keep up the fabulous work. You forgot to include an axe. Not for zombies.

For hacking through the attic to get up to the roof. I must say Resident Evil was one of my best. It has a better plot than most and it more futuristic. Great website. We are sitting here in the store and wonder what in the hell was wrong with these slobber, sloth like fellow.

He gave us this site address and told us to read up on the zombie possibility and what to do if they are here. The zombie are here and are now populating the planet.

If that happens i plan on staying in my summer house with all my supplies. I hope the president is aware of this situation and is forming a committee to look into a possible vaccine to prevent this from happening. But just incase I got my kit already made. And if this were to happen, most government officials would treat this as someone causing a violent riot for odds reasons or even for terrorism before openly accepting that zombies are attacking.

I love this article and mean no offense but this is how I would see us reacting. In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization. In short great post…really amazing…Thank you so much for sharing this amazing info…. Then again, that goes without saying when talking about such idiots. How much money did this page actually cost to produce?

How much is that? Cause mass panic? Cause an increase in violence and lawlessness? No, none of the above. But if the public are reading it, then that was the point: getting people to think about disaster preparation. At the price it cost, it was a bargain. I have always been a woman who is not scared of anything.. I will cower in the corner while they eat me alive terrified.. Im terrified where if i see you have been bit..

Sorry but your gonna have to be dealt with, no need to sit and ponder it. I have always had a fear of a zombie Apocalypse.. Religiously and Scientifically it is possible.. I remembered hearing, when there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.

Not to mention the end of the world apparently coming October 28, Basically I am saying I am trying to find others in my area who are preparing and who are willing to voyage out together to look for an infection free zone.

Which I feel from movies they have hinted us that Alaska might be one of those virus free areas… Anyone who lives in south florida or is willing to make their way down here to help if the event ever should happen please feel free to email me at doordie hotmail. I just checked this out after the earthquake and hurricane. I love this blog entry. Thanks for making disaster preparedness actually fun to read about!

Peace out!!! Zombie Apocalypse is coming to Arbutus on Oct 30, We are having carnival games, food, music, raffles and a zombie walk through town. Stock up with big jars of cheap wine. I lived thru Northridge earthquake and afterwards, without power, without gas, without water, for almost a week.

Suddenly there is literally nothing to do. So, just post yourself on a coach, listen to battery operated radio, if you have one, or read a book hey, remember? Just when I thought nothing would surprise me…. We only wish that in Argentina we had something like that…. Thank you so much for such an informative post you have here. You have certainly put so much efort in making your blogs. Keep it up! Chains, you have got to have chains to grip the pavement.

After you run over a few hundred the tires start to get slippery with zombie slop. A good set of chains will solve this problem. For all of you that think this page is nonsense, you are obviously missing the point. But who knows… Anything is possible…even perhaps zombies :-p.

CDC knows that this will be cool and attractive to many young people. It is a clever and cunning way to sell messages. A typical sales trick! I never really thought of this topic till now. Better lock up! I know I would. Cause you believe there is no such thing and believe we are alone in this Universe?

I plan on locking all the doors boarding up the windows, then barricading my garage, easy escape in a car : , Id probably end up at a outdoor sports store like many of us looking for a decent weapon and a group of people to work and travel with. Zombie are coming back for Halloween in few days now.

Watch behind your doors. Thanks for the apocalypse zombie subject. If a zombie apocolypse were to occur just remember to sever the brainstem of the zombie by any means necessary, or just smack the crap out of its head.

To add to the kit maybe steel toed boots in case you are out of weapons and there are none in sight. Or just run away because zombies are very slow. Also reading the comments made me realize how stupid society is. And whoever said zombies are fake better check their research. We have the capabilities of reanimating the dead and the CDC is the ones with the crap to do so….

The people were dead and they were reanimated and walking around. They were not the stereotypical zombie that we see in the movies but they were documented as zombies. Love or hate this post and think i am a nut job if you want… or look it up and find out for yourself. A face mask is always good to keep the virus from spreading through the blood and landing in your mouth in case of close combat situations,.

In a parallel universe this blog would be extremely hempful. Where there is the posibility of a Zombie outbreak it is unlikely that it will happen in the manner we think it will. Preparedness is a great aspect and in many ways this article brought to light a fun way to get people to prepare for any sort of disaster. I am glad it was written the way it was and I am disgusted with people complaining over tax payers money. I mean seriously, I pay taxes, I support learning even if it is through unorthdox means.

We were watching deadliest warrior, and saw the vampires VS zombies and looked up a guide in case of a zombie apocolypse. Very helpful. If you guys could make one for vampires that would be good, start working on it.

I understand the Zombie metaphor for emergency preparedness, I think a lot of people posting here do not. Emergency preparedness is not really a joking matter. What can I say? I got curious. I would take zombies over influenza any day. Zombies Influenza Where Edward became a Vampire Contagion quarenteen for a more modern approach. I no longer use the van now so I welded on some steel screens over the the windows and added a high power multi frequency radio and television receiver and radio transmitter luckily I have some home made katanas if things go bad.

Also in the van there is a water purification system, a homemade extra large fuel emergency fuel tank. I n the van I used to have big subwoofers, requiring big amps requiring a big power supply, I ripped the subs and other sound gear out, leaving the power supply, 4 high output alternators and 10 deep cycle batteries.

Well, call it over kill, but this was more of a fun back yard project than a zombie apocalypse, although if there ever is this kind of crisis, I will be well prepared, but for now imm putting the subwoofers back in. What must I do if in zombie I trust, but my parents not. If it does happenlogicly it would be more like 28u days later, not dead ppl coming back noway. An the disease work likely be a form of rabies tht has mutated an took on the appearance of H5N1 avian flu with the way it rapidly spreads in humans.

Thnx for reading. Survival kits will keep u alive if u think practical wen packing. Always remember noise and light disapline. Use battle buddies buddy system be tactical about everything u do. If u ever use tht Ull understand. U can stop speaking now. This is just a way to make emergency preparation interesting!

And I like it! But in the event a real zombie invasion would occur, I highly doubt it has time for government bureaucracy! Most likely during a zombie invasion martial law will be dictated so it would be best to have an abundance of supplies and protection in your home, and I would advise not leaving it until the local authorities escort you to safety!

I love this! Just too funny! With Halloween coming soon its time to get ready! But all joking aside I think the comment by voice and reason: I understand the Zombie metaphor for emergency preparedness, I think a lot of people posting here do not. Some people need to lighten up! Take a deep breath and relax….. I think this is a great posting. Fun and still informative about what to do in general emergencies. A great way to connect with the younger crowd.

This is actually good stuff. This is great! Hats off to the CDC for having a sense of humor. I truly enjoyed this — thank you! I love how prople cant see this for what it is: straightforward preparedness info.

By the way, I disagree with the fact that defensive or offensive… weapons are completely ignored. Maybe the CDC thinks its out of the scope of a minimalist preparednedd article, but I disagree. I think a full body condom is appropriate for bashing zombie skullz with aluminum and cricket bats, thus protecting you from evil zombie bodily fluids.

Evil laugh. This is great. Finally, a creative way to get us at least me to read about preparing for a disaster. The real zombies are the poor souls who complain that this is a waster of tax money and miss the whole point of the article.

I love that the threat of zombies will probably enlighten more people to prepare for dangerous circumstances than the threat of a hurricane or flood. Oh cdc, brilliant. Seems like there have been a lot of zombie articles from the CDC and News stations lately lol.. Great stuff! Can these products be used in response to rabid teabaggers? I see then wandering through the streets droning on about the end of the world all the time.

Food, water, utility knife, radio, flashlight fire starting equipment ect. Still pretty humorous however. All the better if this gets people to prepare for more realistic disasters such has hurricanes and tornadoes.

When preparing this, I remembered to plan for my dog. Dont forget your Iodine pills and masks. Knowing a bit of history about your area is always good, who knows when that abandoned mine will become handy shelter in a bind. The zombies will come!!! Be prepared, have a vehicle with plenty of fuel first off. Keep it near your safety zone which you should go to FIRST thing you learn of the zombies reaching your area.

Have a group of at least 5 people that you trust with your life prefreferably and stay in the safe zone within the area of your safe zone with minimum contact with the outside, only have 1 access point for maximum safety make it hard to get to without help from your group.

Those are the basics of what you need to do when the infection hits. If you think im crazy… Good, that just means I will survive longer, and who knows. Hahaha…this is so cool. I never expected a gov related blog, i.

Any way when you run out of bullets, is to get a scary zombie costume and pretend to be one of them. And if you do that, you have to remember to cover yourself with decaying zombie juice so that they smell your human blood….. For those who comment negatively about this post, not to worry… you guys are exempt.

Zombies only go after brains. I am sure that I work with zombies regularly…. They are certainly the walking dead as they enter in the morning, and do not perk up until around pm as they exit…. I would strongly suggest to not cover yourself with zombie juice as this will be teaming with the virus and therefore you might as well off yourself because — well you know what will happen!!!

What an excellent way to get people to prepare for real-life emergency scenarios! Whoever thought up this post should get a bonus.

Each year, I give a little speech to the local boy scout troop on emergency preparedness and living in Florida, it is a reality more often than not. This web-site helped get the speech off to a rollicking start and turned it into an interactive learning opportunity.

These adolescent males are more likely to put something together in their homes if they can tell their friends and families they are preparing for a Zombie attack. CDC rocks! I have been observing that some people on my steet seem peeked and are lumbering about. Is this the beggining of the end? Thank gawd we support such important research with our tax dollars.

Good lord, are your reading comprehension skills that low? They must be. Grow up. Great job CDC! Very few people would normally read about disaster preparedness from a government website. Those who would are likely prepared anyway. You just got the message through to a much larger cross-section of the population. Very smart. Is the general public that stale stating about tax payers dollars wasted for this?

I thought this to be a very creative way to use our tax dollars to alert people on how to prepare for a disaster or emergency. Also how the CDC works to combat these situations. Sure they may be using one of the biggest hypes in media right now, but regardless it gets the message out.

The person who wrote it was already getting paid for what they do and they did a fine job if their aim was to get a message across about real situations using a popular false for now one. So this kinda gets me thinking. Maybre the gov. Dude if u get bitten by one of them ur done…. This is a great way to get youths interested and involved in preparing for an emergency. At least they can identify an emergengy with zombie-apocalypse and act accordingly. At least they can identify an emergengy with zombie-apocalypse and act and react accordingly if and when the time comes.

I love how they left out some kind of weapon for self defense or protection against the Zombie hord. Now i dont have to sacrafice one of my friends so i can escape. Just saying. I do not believe that any of you guys actually think zombies exist. Emergency preparedness is not really true, better get ready for the end of the world because we are not taking care of it.

The people who are complaining that this is a waste of government money need to go back and reread the article. At least no more of a waste than normal government spending.

If you read the article carefully you will notice that it is cleverly disguised message general disaster preparedness. See references to hurricanes, fires, tornados etc. I think that this a great way for the CDC to reach out to wider variety of people on how to prepare themselves for a real emergency. An I also think that some of the people that have left comments about the waste of their on working on this information are just making themselves sound stupid.

It is quite obvious from the way that different types of disasters are stressed in the article that the CDC is, in fact, just using this spin to get people prepared for common emergencies.

Maybe you people who thought more about the whole zombie aspect should take more time to actually read and understand the information. While I agree with the people who are concerned about government waste, I disagree with the target. This post cost no more than — a very liberal estimate — thousands of dollars. If you are concerned with cutting government waste look no further than your elected Congressman.

People take everything so literally! You nay sayers are going on the version of zombies that are portrayed in the movies when everyone knows that movies are an overblown version of actual events or details or things that either can or have happened. God, I hope this is just a parody and not really real. For real, CDC? Some of your writters watch too much Resident Evil. I look forward to new updates and will talk about this site with my Facebook group.

Chat soon! Great way to get some attention to the CDC, what you do, and how you help people in times of crisis. Seriously, you PR person deserves a raise off of this one. Great to see the CDC finally taking this issue more seriously. If you want to really outlive the zombies, however, you are going to need backpacking equipment, and it better be if you expect to outrun the zombies. The last thing you want to do is to leave your town. Everyone else will try to leave town, so that will cause traffic jams, and will leave you all like sitting ducks.

Basically waiting to get eaten. I Belive it def can happen, What about Dec. But i dnt belive the CDC will be there for us all the way though…its one man for himself right? I am very happy we have Preparedness Zombie Apocalypse, and as another person wrote I believe we need :. I think my manager is a zombie. He smells bad and has a blank look in his eyes like nobody is home.

What should I do? Love it…. I think some of you are missing the point here. Great information you got here. I had a great time reading this. I saw epsode 6 of the show the walking dead 3 weeks ago and ive been having nightmares ever since this just made it worse.

I know this is way late but,I wanna read the zombie comic and all I get is a pdf file in scripts when i just wanna read it! I feel that the zombie appocolypse will happen not by a dieses that kill you then brings you brings you back to life but in fact attacts the nervous system killing brain cells and erasing every sense of being civil. Should Ali Khan do the next one on foreign vampires, and how to survive being attacked likened to an Ebola virus outbreak in a third world country with risk of it spreading here?

Just to let all of you non-believers out there know. This will happen! That is exactly why the US Government has posted this website! If you do not believe you will perish! So get ready while you can and at least be prepared for the worst. But curiosity got the best of me and I had to see what CDC has to say of this dreadful matter. All wrapped in an entertaining package! Is it really going to happen? Is it even possible?

Some say No, but as the above article mentions i rekon its coming so to have your survival kit ready makes sense. It is especially poiniant here in Thailand at the moment where the flooding just seems to get worse and worse and the rain never seems to stop. We have all ready ran out of most essentials like bread and water is now getting pretty expensive. For all of you complaining about how much this cost YOU, get your panties out of your crack.

Bravo CDC! They sleep during the day. They awaken at night. They are among us, and yet not quite fully human. No, wait,.. By alternating between scenes which are very silly and scenes that are just a little bit creepy, young children can begin to learn the joys of incorporating monsters into their imaginary worlds. I will be mentioning this to the family soon.

There are already rage viruses in 3rd world countries cause innocent citizens to become infected and filled with hunger and rage going ravenous on the village. I thought this was hilarious and creative what a better way to get some very needed info out to people who would otherwise never read it.

Its sad to think that people believe in Zombies and would be concerned about an imaginary threat as opposed to a real one like a Hurricaine or a terror attack. Here are a few more scenarios you might consider: — rampaging genetically re-created T-Rex a la Jurassic Park — Extraterrestrial invasion — planetary collision — worldwide financial collapse caused by incompetent greedy investment banks forget it; too unlikely — nuclear war caused by blithering idiot in White House using wrong phone to order pizza — Tea Party presidential candidate winning election — Eton College alumnus becoming British Prime Minister Oh no, already happened, aaaaiiiiiieeeeee!!!!!!

I thought the comic was entertaining and educational. I have printed the preparedness guide for future reference. I feel that the CDC is always looking out for all of us and our families. Thank you for this helpful preparedness advice. I would like to suggest that it also pays to educate yourself about the best tactics to take ahead of time, so that in an emergency, when you have little time to think, you will make smart choices. We just watched Zombieland last week. Somebody was thinking when this approach was chosen!

Great way to get the message across! Congratulations for just earning yourselves a HUGE fanbase now. When you start needing more funding, I suggest you make a more comprehensive list for the Zombie Apocalypse. Trust me when I say that there are plenty of people willing to pay for that. Zombie apocalypse, giant earth quake, a meteorite the size of the moon hitting earth, or however it is that the world is gonna end.

I still have lots to do in my life. NBC nightly news mentioned this post in its broadcast yesterday. I doubted it at first, but it is true. We must not let fear run amok and become haters of things we do not understand. Oh please I do not think any of that from the zombies and the apocalypse. This is science fiction, and uqe humans have enough intelligence to sencivilidad and Morino anything other than this.

Come visit my new forum, for anything zombie related. Make an account, start some threads, and help us grow! Thank you. You think its funny. But have you heard of anyone getting sick for months straight? That is why humans are getting so violent more because they get angry over something so small you will kill the other person, not really biting them or anything but find something else to use.

I believe that the zombies will be the devils creation to wipe out the rest of human race that worship him. I say be prepared for whatever, may never know what will happen or how it will happen. Just be prepared for the worst. Is it true that the CIA, has intel that a certain govt.

This article seems to appeal to the younger generation and it shows them to prepare for anything, even if it is a zombie apocalypse. Imagine now how many people have accessed this article and read this?

To some of our younger generation people, this could encourage us to have an Emergency kit, just because we would be ready for a zombie take over. All this talk about over population maybe the cdc needs to make a disease to wake up some Zombies. Think about it, sure would help stop all the useless murdering in the world.

Oh well Good luck all. Ya know many ppl are mad about their tax dollars for this but 3 things are wrong with that. This is a front to get geeks who know zombies are going to take over someday to read this so they make money and 3. Weapons will be needed…Good luck to all of you when the shit hits the fan. Be observant, aware, and always ready.

I always thought people should be aware of the possibility of a zombie apocalypse. BTW Bo ….. Also remember money will be worth nothing! You need a safe blace with no vents! They will smell you! Also be quiet and if you have a battery opperated radio. Water, canned foods, including cannedf fruits! Charcole for cooking and matches out the ass! Sorry, the lord helps them who help themselves!

Hord weapons and ammo! Anything you can get to kill a zombie! Remember YOU have to survive! You get out alive, we can make friends later! Gimme some ieas! Oh I forgot! Keep your full! Gas willbe needed to get you out of a bad situation! Weather it be a tornado, eathquake or flood!.. Keep a spare tire too! Never know! Never stop, just go go go!!! I see no mention on zombie brain deactivating devices ie.

I say if zombies strike is to start creating an underground safe house so you dont get eaten but if something more realistic happens then do what this web page has talked about.

But also dont be all uptight and ready for disater to strike at any moment but to have it in mind and be ready. We no matter what happens will survive!!!!

I agree with Naomi. Underground safehouses are key. Remember how important it is to Kill the zombies! My suggestion for any type of disaster or preparing for zombies or a disease outbreak would be to first have a back pack setup with plenty of dry food, one of those water filtering bottles with extra filters and purification tablets as well as the other obvious stuff and a hand gun to defend what you have in the event that you need to bug out in a hurry.

If you do have to bug out, get away from populated ares as far as you can. Second if you are in a good defendable location stay there and dig in for as long as you can.

I live on the top floor of an apartment complex 3 stories up. Clean water, Food, and Self Defence should be your top priority. Haha, we started collecting some supplies al ready, if there is a zombie apocalypse.

The un zombified peoples real chance of survival depends on what kind of zombies they are, will they be able to think independently? Or will they be brain dead veggies?

With they literally be walking dead, therefore having natural enemies like the cold, bugs, and animals?