In an attempt to get publicity on the need for emergency preparedness, the CDC is using a mock "Zombie apocolypse" theme for their site.- Water (1 gallon per person per day)
- Food (stock up on non-perishable items that you eat regularly)
- Medications (this includes prescription and non-prescription meds)
- Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.)
- Sanitation and Hygiene (household bleach, soap, towels, etc.)
- Clothing and Bedding (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets)
- Important documents (copies of your driver’s license, passport, and birth certificate to name a few)
- First Aid supplies (although you’re a goner if a zombie bites you, you can use these supplies to treat basic cuts and lacerations that you might get during a tornado or hurricane)
Actually, Stephen King did it better:
This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). .. determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated.
Playing "games" let people think about and prepare for a real emergency as in Dark winter.
and few in the west are aware that the SARS virus was stopped with old fashioned things like travel restrictions and quarantine.
sounds good to me, unless we end up with "double dead" meat from an Ebola infected pig..
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