Faust Wrote:I know for most people, the zombie apocalypse scenario is a fun what-if, but my girlfriend has a legitimate and actual fear of zombies. I try to explain to her that if zombies actually ever came about (which they won't), in the sociology of the US, they would be fucked up by the joint efforts of eager military/police/civilians that same day. I mean, you might get something like a more aggressive rabies, but nothing that would spread more quickly than we could kill it. And that thing would be "cured" (via carrier annihilation) so fast it would make your head spin.
So I have no plans for a zombie apocalypse. Now if we're talking about some unconventional zombies, like maybe some kind that don't have to bite you, but transmit an airborn virus, and maybe have some kind of hysterical cough or sneeze... that's fucking terrifying!
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It could also be a latent virus, something that technically wouldn't just kill and reanimate you on the spot. There are all sorts of virii that can lay dormant in your system for a month before becoming active. That would allow the virus to be spread cross continent.
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