This weekend will see a nationwide public health menace.
Swine flu? Avian flu? No.
Zombie Behavior Spectrum Disorder, ZBSD. Zombie flu.
Don’t panic. The University of Florida has an emergency response plan.
University officials were not amused, and took the plan off the university website. They thought they had destroyed it. Ha.
IT LIVES!
Have a safe and sane Halloween.
UPDATES:
A Harvard Psychiatrist Explains Zombie Neurobiology
Modeling a Zombie Infection Outbreak
Santa Rosa zombies — with a cause.
British zombies to march on ‘parliament of the living dead’
Humans, zombies rumble in Burlington, VT
Grave concerns over Brisbane zombie plague
Zombie invasion draws near, students prepare
Bride and groom tying the knot as zombies
For Halloween, even zombies might need a self-help book
Flash Mob conhecido como Zombie Walk vai acontecer amanhã, às 15h, no Campo Grande, em Salvador
‘Zombies’ out of control in Winnipeg
Science ponders ‘zombie attack’
More to come
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