Preparing for a zombie attack

In the United States in 2011, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an instructional guide for how to prepare for a "zombie apocalypse."

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Coincidentally in April 2011, the US Defense Department issued a "secret" document titled CONOP 8888, otherwise known as "Counter-Zombie Dominance," that provided strategic instructions for how to survive a zombie attack.

You might think that these were produced for fun, but it turns out that preparing for a zombie attack is remarkably similar to preparing for other natural and human-caused disasters. Given the rise in natural disasters due to climate change, continued conflict between North and South Korea and the destabilization of the political climate in the US and globally, it's a good time to review these recommendations.

In terms of the military document, according to a 2011 article in the news publication Foreign Policy, planners in the US Strategic Command in Omaha, Nebraska, wanted to produce a guide for the military to protect civilians in the event of any type of attack.