# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/42 "2012-06-07T23:19:48Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Any news on Francisco Franco? Yes. We have on the best authority that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is, in fact, still dead. Back to you, Jane. ---
**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 8, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/43 "2012-06-08T01:29:46Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Yes. We have on the best authority that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is, in fact, still dead. Back to you, Jane. Good news for Sci Fi fans, Dick. A Star Trek marathon on channel One. At ten: While Spock and McCoy argue, Captain Kirk saves the universe. At eleven: While Dr. McCoy and Kirk argue, Spock saves the universe. And at midnight, while Kirk, Spock and McCoy argue, a giant ice cream cone eats the universe. ---
**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 8, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/44 "2012-06-08T02:38:04Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > So accelerated growth is still an issue. Alas. Lysine is a dead end anyway, just eat people with lysine and the lock is circumvented. > > ah, well… Undead finds a way. ---
**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 8, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/45 "2012-06-08T02:54:16Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > So accelerated growth is still an issue. Alas. Lysine is a dead end anyway, just eat people with lysine and the lock is circumvented. > > ah, well… I didn’t say that. I also didn’t _not_ say that. In fact, this discussion never happened. ---
**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 8, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/46 "2012-06-08T12:48:06Z")
I would like to add that creating a vast hoard of Mussolini zombie clones would be the height of reckless irresponsibility. Especially if you leave the accelerated growth unchecked. ---
**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 8, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/47 "2012-06-08T13:04:03Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I would like to add that creating a vast hoard of Mussolini zombie clones would be the height of reckless irresponsibility. > > Especially if you leave the accelerated growth unchecked. Gonna need a lot of lamp posts. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/48 "2012-06-08T13:30:09Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Yes. We have on the best authority that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is, in fact, still dead. Back to you, Jane. Considering that this is a thread about zombies, that is hardly reassuring news. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/49 "2012-06-08T16:05:13Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I didn’t say that. I also didn’t _not_ say that. In fact, this discussion never happened. Our esteemed colleague, Dr. H. West, Re, ZhD relates he also did not have a discussion. His research in Canada was enlightening. He sends his regards. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I would like to add that creating a vast hoard of Mussolini zombie clones would be the height of reckless irresponsibility. > > Especially if you leave the accelerated growth unchecked. but the trains would always be on time ---
**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 8, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/50 "2012-06-08T16:39:03Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > but the trains would always be on time I believe you have the wrong deceased dictator. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/51 "2012-06-08T22:41:46Z")
A fat lot of good the CDC did in the Walking Dead! ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/52 "2012-06-08T23:19:20Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I would like to add that creating a vast hoard of Mussolini zombie clones would be the height of reckless irresponsibility. > > > [@G0sp3l](#): > > > > but the trains would always be on time > > > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > > > I believe you have the wrong deceased dictator. No, it was Mussolini who allegedly made the trains run on time. My cite: Lenny Briscoe of Law & Order who wouldn’t allow the subway trains to run until the investigation into a death on the tracks was complete, despite the continuing protests of a subway official. When the investigation was complete, Briscoe turned to the official and said, “It’s all yours, Benito.” (Law & Order had the best writers on TV.) And, of course, [**Snopes**](http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/trains.asp). > [@](#): > > . . . Mussolini needed to convince the people of Italy that fascism was indeed a system that worked to their benefit. Thus was born the myth of fascist efficiency, with the train as its symbol. ---
**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 9, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/53 "2012-06-09T14:38:30Z")
That Mussolini - what a card! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/54 "2012-06-09T16:49:12Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > … > My cite: Lenny Briscoe of Law & Order who wouldn’t allow… [etc]… [Zombie Jerry Orbach](http://onesto-hotel.livejournal.com/120203.html) would awesome. ---
**Author:** ![it\_was\_him\_not\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@it\_was\_him\_not\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/it_was_him_not_me)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129/55 "2012-06-10T16:19:42Z")
here is a link to the “how to” or maybe “how it was” a tad squirmy :- food for thought - whoops a pun! [http://Zombies](http://thegeorgiaguidestones.com/Zombies.htm) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/centers-for-disease-control-there-is-no-zombie-apocalypse/624129.md?page=2)