US Capitol Capsule: Zombies, doomsday and debt ceilings, oh my
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Seemingly, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could not have picked a better week to issue advice on how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, with political headlines yelping about a much-predicted 16 May crash of the US economy, a 21 May doomsday prophecy and a scandal involving former California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who, coincidentally, starred in the 1991 "Terminator" sequel "Judgment Day".