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.