"CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)," wrote the US government agency spokesman David Daigle in an email to The Huffington Post.

  • eselqueso

    This is such a government conspiracy and coverup. ZOMBIES ARE REAL!

    • madopal

      I want to see the running script at the CDC that watches for incoming press inquiries with the words “zombie”, “apocalypse”, “contagion”, and “virus” that pops out the automatic denial response.  
      They even went through the trouble to give this “David Daigle”  a respectable LinkedIn profile.  The CDC has clearly been planning for this denial for a while.

  • Mark_Frauenfelder

    This is like a real-life zombie movie — the CDC always says there’s no truth to the zombie rumors.

    • http://www.creaturesoflight.com dagfooyo

      Time to buy that full-body riot armor and stock up on crossbow bolts.

  • satn

    …an email he sent from a military helicopter en route to the desert zombie research lab/shelter.

  • http://profiles.google.com/stephen.schenck Stephen Schenck

    I wonder if any Christian groups will be upset by this statement.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher

    I just wish the CDC had added that, even though there is no evidence of re-animated dead or anything that would cause zombie-like conditions, if you are attacked by a cannibal it is still advisable to either remove their head or destroy their brain. 

    • ZikZak

      Solid advice.  But experts are still undecided on whether, after destroying the assailant and discovering you were bitten in the struggle, it is advisable to dramatically insist that a friend or relative shoot you in the head.

      • Finnagain

         No, it’s usually best to hide the wound and carry on as if nothing had happened.

  • Mark_Frauenfelder

    This

  • autark

    Rabies always sounded like a zombie inducing disease: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies

  • Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga

    I present to you the CDC’s very own zombie apocalypse preparedness plan: http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/

  • nmcvaugh

    And they say there’s no hunger problem in America.

    • Finnagain

       Our collective lack of braaaaaains may save us.

      • nmcvaugh

         I’ve gotta fever for the flavor of a frontal lobe..

        • Brandon Wright

           As I read on some other site:
          “As memes go, I find this one tasteless”…

  • Rich Keller

    Is the only cure for cannibal fever more cannibal cowbell?

  • http://twitter.com/PaulArnaudo Paul Arnaudo

    well that’s a relief

  • http://twitter.com/ethicalcannibal Ethical Cannibal

    I had no idea there were that many cannibals out there. 

  • pupdog

    Big Thumbs-Up on the kittens for these stories. At least something nice to think about…

  • BarBarSeven

    Cannibal Cat! Cannibal Cat! He knows where he’s at! Cannibal Cat!

    “Hey Cannibal Cat! What do you think about the CDC claiming to not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead?”

    “Dead, schmed… Cover up, schmover up… THIS IS RIDICULOUS! WHY ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN PURCHASE WET FOOD EATING EACH OTHER! For that matter, after they eat each other… WHEN WILL THEY COME FOR ME!?!”

  • ewoksoup

    I suspect that the real explanation for all this somehow involves a local groupon

  • bryan rasmussen

    The problem is that zombieism is a memetic virus. Exposure to too much zombie related fiction, blog posts, and governmental denials has corrupted the minds of people turning them into pseudo-zombies, they are still alive although extremely fast, strong, and resilient, and they are able to think relatively clearly in attempting to achieve their goals of eating other people.  As such the world we are entering into is much closer to that of The Signal than of Dawn of the Dead. Enjoy.

  • PeterArgent

    It would be so much easier to take the CDC seriously about the Zombie Apocalypse if they hadn’t played it for laughs already. Grow up, CDC, and stop with the Zombie Logic  http://zombielogicblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/cdc-is-preparing-for-zombie-apocalypse.html

  • Palomino

    Tetanus.

  • http://aqfl.net Ant

    Braiiiiiiiiiiiiiins!