are full and correct as you can possibly get hold of.
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The Government Get Involved
As the threat escalates, our Government will become involved. There will be television broadcasts and radio bulletins giving the most general of advice: “Stay in your homes, ensure you have food and water for a seventy-two hour period, don’t travel unless necessary, avoid calling the emergency services except in the event of a dire emergency”. Hospitals will become swamped not just by the sick or bitten but by the paranoid and panicking masses. Don’t go to a hospital unless there is no other option - they will not be a safe haven. Next you will be told by the Government bulletins to: “Lock your doors and windows. Do not answer the door to anyone except the authorities. Keep power use and communications to a minimum or the mobile networks will be given over to emergency use only. International travel will be stopped and borders closed”. There may be a state of Marshal Law declared. In this case, there will be curfews and travel restrictions imposed by law. There will be an increased military presence in most towns and regular patrols to maintain order. During this period there will be increased civil panic and unrest; looting and assaults on
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home owners that are more prepared or have assets that are perceived to be more desirable as the situation becomes more desperate. The authorities will respond but their grip on order will begin to slip as the attacks increase and disorder increases until the rule of law no longer applies and our protectionist government can no longer project the illusion of control. They will then declare a state of National Disaster. We will then be on our own, my friends! Our Government and the authorities will be no better prepared and equally ill-equipped to deal with a Zombie attack as we will be as individuals (unless you live in Bristol, England – see the end of this article). The information and advice we receive will be woefully lacking in useful content and confusing at best. Expect to be bombarded with talking heads that are fuelled by ego, research funding offers and the potential to publish a book. The information they offer will be patchy [? H [??[?? ?[??]?HY H [YH ??H^ [?Y ? ?[Y??? \?[????Y? ^H ?KY[Y\??K ^H ??[?HX?H ? ?YH H?[?Y?]? H ?Y?HY ?X?H??\?Y \?[?? H ?[X\?H ?Y?\?? H]?[??] ?] ?[ ?[XZ[??? [H ?XY????Z[??\ ????[? H?^ \?X?H ?H ?[\??\?? ?] ?H?[?XX?? ? ?\\?H?? ?]ZY? \ [??[?H ???&]?YYH?[??\?[? H?\?[??]?H?Z[??]?\?H? [?\??YY ? [?H??[[??X\?H [?\??[??\?? ?\??]?[[? ]? ??H [?H?\?H[??X??] ?Y? [?H?X?[?H? ?] [?H]?H?\? ?XY X\?H ?X\?? H[?\??]???8?'??\???] H??[??[??X?YH] X??[??'H]\? ?X[B??X[??[X[\????H?] \?H? H?X\??H ?\?HYXH?H??X?YH[??\?][?\??HY?[?][?[[??[\???X?H ??? ??[? ?\?? ?H?H] ? ?Y\? ??[H[? H?]? ?\?XX?\? ]XZ?H H??X?YH?? ?[?\?X?H Y][\??[??\?[?? ?[? ?\?H\?H ?[?[??\??Y??\????H H]X?[?X?\]Y?X?X\?] X???? H?[?]Y[?\?]?[?Y\?[??[?]Y[?YZY? Y\? ?? ??YH??\?XY\?? ?[?H ?Y?K??[?[???