# Centers for Disease Control: There is no Zombie Apocalypse **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129 "2012-06-05T04:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/1 "2012-06-05T04:40:52Z")
[Not yet, anyway.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/03/zombie-apocalypse-after-g_n_1566257.html) > [@](#): > > 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. Well, **I** feel reassured . . . [piles furniture against front door] . . . ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/2 "2012-06-05T06:37:38Z")
Awhile back, we had 3 human bite wounds come in the ER in 1 shift, now ordinarily, it might be 1 in 3 years. I was heard to warn my co-workers not to let the pts get between them and the door. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/4 "2012-06-05T12:32:53Z")
I blame the popularity of vampire fiction… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/5 "2012-06-05T13:06:19Z")
> [@](#): > > “CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms),” Well of course they would say that! ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/6 "2012-06-05T13:26:26Z")
Is there a term to describe a denial that only makes the hearer more suspicious? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/7 "2012-06-05T13:49:48Z")
Send more paramedics. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/8 "2012-06-05T13:55:53Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Is there a term to describe a denial that only makes the hearer more suspicious? Biden-Cheney Syndrome? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/9 "2012-06-05T13:55:58Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Is there a term to describe a denial that only makes the hearer more suspicious? That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking - “Zombie apocalypse? Who said zombie apocalypse? We’re having a zombie apocalypse?!?” ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/10 "2012-06-05T14:07:03Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Is there a term to describe a denial that only makes the hearer more suspicious? “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” _Hamlet_ Act 3, scene 2, 222–230 ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/11 "2012-06-05T14:14:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Well of course they would say that! They’re too busy dealing with Captain Trips to deal with Zombie nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/12 "2012-06-05T14:26:05Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Is there a term to describe a denial that only makes the hearer more suspicious? > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking - “Zombie apocalypse? Who said zombie apocalypse? We’re having a zombie apocalypse?!?” I don’t recall saying, “zombie apocalypse.” However, I do want everyone to remain calm while I check out what that scraping at the window is. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/13 "2012-06-05T16:44:26Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Is there a term to describe a denial that only makes the hearer more suspicious? [Suspiciously Specific Denial.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuspiciouslySpecificDenial) ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/14 "2012-06-05T16:48:46Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > However, I do want everyone to remain calm while I check out what that scraping at the window is. Only after everyone else has gone to bed, there’s a thunderstorm that knocks out the power and you’re out of shotgun shells. ---
**Author:** ![Chipacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Chipacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chipacabra)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/15 "2012-06-05T20:01:56Z")
I, for one, applaud the CDC’s noble efforts to maintain the distinction between ghouls and zombies. They’re not the same thing, people! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/16 "2012-06-05T21:31:09Z")
> [@Chipacabra](#): > > I, for one, applaud the CDC’s noble efforts to maintain the distinction between ghouls and zombies. They’re not the same thing, people! If my face is in imminent peril of being eaten, I’m not sure I’m going to care about the distinction between ghouls and zombies. Heck, I’m not even going to ponder “9mm? Or .40 S&W?” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/17 "2012-06-05T22:36:32Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Heck, I’m not even going to ponder “9mm? Or .40 S&W?” Sound thinking. Good man. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/18 "2012-06-06T03:27:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Not yet, anyway.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/03/zombie-apocalypse-after-g_n_1566257.html) Ironic considering that last year [they warned us](http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/) about just that. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/19 "2012-06-06T06:31:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Send more paramedics. One para medics isn’t enough. Send a few pairs! ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/20 "2012-06-06T09:27:53Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > If my face is in imminent peril of being eaten, I’m not sure I’m going to care about the distinction between ghouls and zombies. You know who else thought like this? Hitler! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/21 "2012-06-06T10:47:09Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > You know who else thought like this? Hitler! Hitler is a zombie?:eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129.md?page=2)