THE CDC offers advice on the zombie apocalypse

 WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, HAVEN'T WE?

The CDC has advised new guidance not on COVID.. not on Ebola.. But on the impending zombie doom..

 FROM THE REPORT:

The CDC recently updated the Zombie Preparedness section on its website — yes, this is a thing. While the section isn’t new — it originally launched back in 2011 — it does make for interesting timing given that it's been updated in the middle of a global pandemic that just so happens to be happening in the year of a predicted zombie apocalypse.

The CDC makes it clear online that this is a joke, albeit one with a serious message about the importance of disaster preparedness. "Wonder why zombies, zombie apocalypse, and zombie preparedness continue to live or walk dead on a CDC web site?" the landing page reads. "As it turns out, what first began as a tongue-in-cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform. We continue to reach and engage a wide variety of audiences on all hazards preparedness via 'zombie preparedness.'"

The CDC offers up lesson plans for teachers on zombie apocalypse preparedness, a downloadable poster that reads, "Get a Kit. Make a Plan. Be Prepared," next to a zombie’s face, and general information about disaster preparedness.

The CDC has done this before. It creates headlines and they get a rash of social media play every time. You would think ACTUAL worries about COVID would prevail during this pandemic, but.. nah..

So, why this sudden cringe-worthy alert of zombie news stories?

Blame it on old possible (maybe?) Nostradamus quatrains..

Some are claiming that Nostradamus predicted a zombie apocalypse for 2021, pointing to the following passage that the French philosopher supposedly wrote: "Few young people: half−dead to give a start. Dead through spite, he will cause the others to shine, And in an exalted place some great evils to occur: Sad concepts will come to harm each one, Temporal dignified, the Mass to succeed." Hmmm, that doesn’t exactly say the words “zombie” and “apocalypse.” The words “half-dead” and “great evils” may suggest zombies, but it could apply to some politicians as well...

So that's that.

Get ready. Zombies are coming.