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Bristol City Council Plans for Zombie Attack

10, Jul 2011

When 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 [...]

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  • By: John
  • In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture
  • Tags: disease, marketing, zombies
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CDC Prepares Citizens for Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

19, May 2011

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 [...]

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  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture
  • Tags: disease, marketing, zombies
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1,000 Irradiated Dead Bodies in Japan

7, Apr 2011

Up 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 [...]

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  • By: John
  • In: Burial|Death + Disaster
  • Tags: disease, Japan, mass graves, research
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Japan Begins Mass Burials

24, Mar 2011

Hasty 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 [...]

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  • By: John
  • In: Burial|Death + Disaster
  • Tags: disease, Haiti Earthquake, Japan, mass graves, research
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The (un)Diseased Dead

19, Jan 2010

Infectious 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 [...]

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  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Burial|Death + Disaster
  • Tags: disease, Haiti Earthquake, mass graves, research
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