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To: Kartographer

How come I get this feeling the government is taunting us.


4 posted on 09/07/2012 6:39:12 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: servantboy777
How come I get this feeling the government is taunting us.

I'm actually peripherally involved in this effort. Dr. Khan is a very creative, 'cool' kind of CDC Director. He came up with the concept of linking emergency preparedness to the 'zombie apocalyse' and it took off. There is no taunting, it is as it appears: Have a little fun, make the concept engaging to the public, while instructing people how to be prepared for an emergency.

10 posted on 09/07/2012 6:43:56 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Communist Party = Democrats. Socialist Party = Republicans. WE NEED A CAPITALIST FREEDOM PARTY!)
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Naw, not taunting (much as we’d like ‘em to so we can point and say they are). The department tasked with persuading people to prepare for short-term emergencies found “floods! fires! earthquakes!” rhetoric not very persuasive, but “zombie apocalypse!” made people laugh and eased the tension of considering real emergencies. Heck, the “CDC warning of zombies!” meme went viral. Sometimes the gov’t does something right, albeit in an odd way.


12 posted on 09/07/2012 6:45:11 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
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To: servantboy777
How come I get this feeling the government is taunting us.

Definitely a 'scare'; almost a 'dare'.

They are 'shaping' their Constituency. . .

38 posted on 09/07/2012 7:13:21 AM PDT by cricket
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