The quest for quality, accurate health information knows no bounds – even on April Fools Day.
Google Health made an update Wednesday to its new approach to providing online health information. It now offers in-depth information every time someone searches for “cerebral hyperphagia.”
That’s the medical term for “zombie infection.”
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“It’s an important update as we head into April…,” a Google spokesman wrote.
Some interesting facts from Google’s breakdown of Zombie infections. Google puts the number of zombies in the United States between 200,000 to 3 million. It notes: “The primary symptom is obsessive hunger for live human flesh so severe that body decay and loss of limbs go unnoticed. The need for sleep is eliminated, and muscle coordination is highly impaired.
“There’s no known cure, however quarantine can help limit its spread through the rest of the population. Dislodging the brainstem can allow the zombie to reach a state of permanent death.”
Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Google on fact-checking this new health information. But, oddly, there was no reference to Mayo looking over this one. Instead it links to this page.
And the “zombies” in the image? They’re drawings of the actual Google team working on the health project (zombie affectations added).
