Posts Tagged ‘disease’
Bristol City Council Plans for Zombie Attack
10, Jul 2011When Zombies Attack! Bristol City Council Ready for Undead Invasion Local authority reveals ‘top secret’ plan outlining self-defence strategies should zombies invade Steven Morris, The Guardian (July 8, 2011) We’ll always have England! I live and work in Bath, which is a mere 11 miles or so from Bristol. It is safe to say that [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture
- Tags: disease, marketing, zombies
Social Media: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse Ali S. Khan, CDC Public Health Matters Blog (May 16, 2011) Ah, zombies — irrepressible, insatiable, instantly recognizable… and the ultimate marketing tool! Librarians most recently squeeeee!ed over a comic book of zombies and information literacy. Apparently the delicious braaaaaaaaaaaaaaains of someone (or someone’s kid) from the Centers for [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture
- Tags: disease, marketing, zombies
1,000 Irradiated Dead Bodies in Japan
7, Apr 2011Up to 1,000 Bodies Left Untouched Near Troubled Nuke Plant Kyodo News (March 31, 2011) I started this new post on the aftermath in Japan before today’s announcement that another earthquake had hit the country and that a potential tsunami was forecast. These most recent events will only compound Japan’s problems but they also contribute [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Death + Disaster
- Tags: disease, Japan, mass graves, research
Japan Begins Mass Burials
24, Mar 2011Hasty Burial for the Dead Collides With Tradition Michael Wines, The New York Times (March 24, 2011) Families of the tsunami’s victims faced a mass burial in a seaport town in northeast Japan, where mathematical reality has made cremation impossible. 99%. That is the number which kept going through my head when I saw the [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Death + Disaster
- Tags: disease, Haiti Earthquake, Japan, mass graves, research
The (un)Diseased Dead
19, Jan 2010Infectious Disease Risks from Dead Bodies Following Natural Disasters (pdf) Oliver Morgan, Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2004;15(5):307–12. In the wake of the deaths from the Haiti Earthquate — 200,000 at the most recent estimate — officials are struggling to provide appropriate and respectful body disposal. In an earlier post John mentioned the common [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Burial|Death + Disaster
- Tags: disease, Haiti Earthquake, mass graves, research