Zombie survival teaches disaster preparedness
Brooks, who has a dry sense of humor, perhaps because he is the son of legendary comic Mel Brooks, lauded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for their zombie preparedness guide.
“I’ve lived through a lot of federal outreach programs to young people,” he said. “But now, for the first time, you actually have young people thinking about bottled water, about medical kits, about radios, about a survival plan. It’s the first time young people have been tricked into taking care of themselves. Even if the zombie apocalypse doesn’t happen, they will be ready for the next hurricane, or the next earthquake, or the next disaster, which I think is wonderful.”
The challenge, Brooks said, is at the macro level.
“Since the 1980s, I’ve noticed that there is a cultural divide between the civilian population and the people who keep them safe,” he said. “There’s been such a division that most people don’t really understand how things work anymore.
“Most people don’t understand that the things that were considered luxuries a century ago, and still are considered luxuries in many countries, are now necessities in this country.”
Many Americans don’t understand how vulnerable they are, he said.
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