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NEWS >POLITICS > U.S. GOVERNMENT STARTS PREPARATION FOR ZOMBIE OUTBREAK
U.S. GOVERNMENT STARTS PREPARING FOR ZOMBIE OUTBREAK
September 16 2009
Washington, D.C. – Over the last forty years the zombie has become one of, if not the most, pervasive and popular of all movie monsters. From the first appearance of the creatures (in their modern form at least) in the legendary horror film ‘Night of the
Living Dead’ the idea of the dead returning to life to feed on the living has haunted many a dreamer and many a multiplex. Branching out into books, comics, and videogames, the zombie has well and truly become an integrated part of western society and will likely continue to stalk our world for many years to come.
Perhaps because of that popularity Zombies have entered into mainstream society and even into the world of science. A recent work by a group of Canadian researchers, for example, created a mathematical model of how a real zombie outbreak would occur and how governments should react. Though the creatures are, as far as we know at least, completely fictional that model has startled U.S. Government officials into action. A new initiative by the Obama administration has put the fear of the zombie into the real world with its efforts to predict the progression of the zombie outbreak and will need to be done to combat the undead villains.
“I have set forth an initiative to a specially formed group of scientists, military personnel, law enforcement agents, and other experts to try and predict how a zombie outbreak may in fact occur. I want to be clear here. We are not predicting that such an event will occur in the near future but it is incumbent on us to prepare for such an eventuality,” said President Obama. “This program will detail a number of different scenarios under which a zombie outbreak might occur. It will track it’s progression from numerous points throughout the United States and in neighbouring countries and will make recommendations as to how we should deal with such an occurrence should it happen in the future.”
Because of the slow moving nature of most zombies a widespread outbreak has often been seen as unlikely should it be inspired by some type of viral or bacterial agent. Such mass outbreaks are likely only with a wrath of God type of scenario.
“Since the release of Night of the Living Dead the government has looked at possible scenarios involving such an outbreak but most dismissed it simply because of the extreme unlikelihood of something like that occurring. Of course a major terrorist attack on American soil was
considered very unlikely as well and that thinking ended up being quite flawed,” said Scrape TV Apocalypse analyst Seth Morris. “The real issue, just as it was with terrorism, is that without an identifiable threat, an incident, it’s very hard to convince Senators and Congressmen to potentially put their jobs and reputations on the line to okay the type of financing required to start a full scale study. They need to be sufficiently satisfied that the American people are scared enough to vote for them in the next election should they okay the funding. Unfortunately it is often too late by then.”
Many experts predict that the greatest threat related to a zombie outbreak is likely to be the panic created in the public at large which would cause many to abandon jobs, loot, and commit other crimes in the face of the impending apocalypse.
“The biggest concern here is Barack Obama himself. He has so many things on his plate and is asking for so much in the way of change and finance that he runs the risk of wearing out everyone, including his supporters. If the zombie program fails in gaining financing the first time around then it may never gain footing and leave the American public and the world vulnerable to zombie extinction,” continued Morris. “What Obama needs, and ultimately what the world needs, is some kind of small outbreak that will show Americans how dangerous flesh and brain-eating zombies truly are. That would cause a shift in the standard thinking and inspire real change and protect humanity from a zombie holocaust.”
Due to the age of the population many experts believe that any zombie apocalypse would likely begin and be most heavily concentrated in Florida.
Edward Bastil, Political Correspondent
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