Zombie Virus
So I was asked by National Geographic to comment on the zombie virus. Could there really be a virus that would drive people nuts that fast? Too bad people don’t show the same interest in slower real-life plagues, like that of Alzheimer’s disease.
“As the population lives longer, Alzheimer’s is the defining disease of this generation,” said Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who is trying to fight the budget cuts and sharply increase spending for research.
But, give National Geographic credit, they put things in perspective:
The majority of viruses on Earth infect single-celled microbes, and have no interest in us humans. “We’re kind of a sideshow. This whole planet’s really about microbes,” Chandran said, “just waiting to take it back.”
That should put your mind at ease.
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Someone once told me that zombies were more to do with addiction than viral or bacterial plague — would be interesting in setting up/exploring a situation where it’s a combination – the virus causes an addiction to something.
(While I did enjoy reading WWZ, not so sure I’ll bother seeing the movie.)