Comment Why planning for zombies makes sense (Score 1) 219
People tend to have basic ideas for acting in natural disasters, but planning for zombie outbreaks adds the advantage of planning for a disease outbreak without the concern in the general public about infectious disease planning. It also gets the planning people to think outside of their usual box. I know it sounds silly, but it's a good exercise to get people thinking about population movements and control, disease spread, natural resource limitations due to deadly agents, overloading of medical response personnel, ect.