How long would it take for a zombie plague to spread across a city ?

[UM-Bot]

A new study has determined the amount of time it would take for a zombie apocalypse to overwhelm a single city.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/371757/how-long-would-it-take-for-a-zombie-plague-to-spread-across-a-city

[godnodog]

so in a few words, we would be doomed easely, as some would claim a hoax, others would be sceptical, others would call an infringment of their "God given" rights, thus unintentionally sabotaging any real containment efforts.

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by godnodog

[NorthenerON]

I.E. COVID

[Nicolette]

So morale is... don't be a zombie denier.

[+joc]

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But what if a zombie virus outbreak was to actually happen in real life ?

What if the moon turned into gooey chocolate and starting dripping down on Earth?  

What if The clouds started raining pizza?  

What if fire ants started growing to the size of school buses?

 

[Jon the frog]

1 hour ago, joc said:

What if the moon turned into gooey chocolate and starting dripping down on Earth?  

What if The clouds started raining pizza?  

What if fire ants started growing to the size of school buses?

 

 

[Nicolette]

4 hours ago, joc said:

What if the moon turned into gooey chocolate and starting dripping down on Earth?  

What if The clouds started raining pizza?  

What if fire ants started growing to the size of school buses?

 

While I understand the sentiment, the thing is that a zombie virus is a much more likely event. Like pathogens with this capability are already in existence.  The high potential paired with the likeliness for ignorant, unethical or careless researches to accidentaly kick off such an event is clearly taken seriously by the government as it would require fast action. As silly as it sounds, it is very important that we are prepared enough to handle these types of situations. 

Personally i feel that while it was good practice, the hype behind covid did alot to negate the seriousness this would be met with as it was a total mockery for anyone with common sense and would add to the amount of "zombie deniers", after some governments having gone overboard over a cold. It is very likely that a more serious infection like this will be disregarded by those that lost trust in the media and met with more skepticism due to our experience with sensationalism. Along with the lack of public knowledge and research we have about diseases and parasites causing extinctions, which is probably a great deal more common than people realize. It was very eye opening seeing how clueless the average person was about how viruses work and how to not spread them. As well as our society's requirements from work and school not allowing everybody to take proper precautions.

It was recently a headline that chinese scientists acually found a virus with this capability in the bottom of the ocean and for some idiotic reason it was retrieved. Get ready. There are more viruses on earth then estimated number of stars in the milky way. It's not at all a stretch of imagination. For example we don't even know for sure what caused the dancing plague in 1518. Very similar situation.

Edited October 29, 2023 by Nicolette

[pellinore]

5 hours ago, Nicolette said:

So morale is... don't be a zombie denier.

8 hours ago, godnodog said:

so in a few words, we would be doomed easely, as some would claim a hoax, others would be sceptical, others would call an infringment of their "God given" rights, thus unintentionally sabotaging any real containment efforts.

No one knows how they would react if there was such an epidemic:

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by pellinore

[XenoFish]

12 minutes ago, pellinore said:

No one knows how they would react if there was such an epidemic:

1) Question the validity of these zombies.

If legit.

2) Hide. 

3) Come out of hiding when I absolutely must.

Probably won't last a week though.

[pellinore]

17 minutes ago, XenoFish said:

1) Question the validity of these zombies.

If legit.

2) Hide. 

3) Come out of hiding when I absolutely must.

Probably won't last a week though.

I'd join the zombies. Less stressful and since we have to die anyway at least it would be a bit of fun.

[Occupational Hubris]

5 hours ago, joc said:

What if the moon turned into gooey chocolate and starting dripping down on Earth?  

What if The clouds started raining pizza?  

What if fire ants started growing to the size of school buses?

 

all my dreams...

[Shadowsfall]

How do they predict the incubation period surely that’s a very important detail…..

[qxcontinuum]

The population under attack will fight zombies with a newly developed vaccine which will cure them of the disease and restore the Eutopian state of the city. 

[MysteryMike]

Yeah after what was the fiasco that's COVID and the stupidiness it unleashed. I'm fairly convinced we'd fall during a zombie apocalypse.

How people did COVID parties. I'm sure there'd be dumbasses who'd do zombie parties.

[SiliRat]

On 10/29/2023 at 2:03 PM, joc said:

What if the moon turned into gooey chocolate and starting dripping down on Earth?  

What if The clouds started raining pizza?  

What if fire ants started growing to the size of school buses?

 

I'd ride a fire ant to the chocolate pizza parlour. Wouldn't you?