The threat of a ZOMBIE apocalypse is real, and we’re not ready for it: Study uses the concept of reanimated corpses to highlight how poorly countries tackle disease

Wednesday, December 16, 2015
By Paul Martin

Researcher from Ohio has published a study looking into zombie diseases
She combines fictional diseases with the rise of real-world pathogens
Tara Smith admits using zombies is ‘a way to bring attention to subjects that otherwise might not seem interesting’
But it highlights how poorly governments tackle diseases like Ebola

By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON
DailyMail.com
16 December 2015

From the Solanum virus in World War Z to Trixie in The Crazies, books, films and TV shows have spent decades highlighting the, albeit fictional, threat of a zombie apocalypse.

But such a threat may be more real than first thought.

A researcher from Ohio has published a study that looks at the rise of fictional ‘zombie’ infections in a tongue-in cheek way to draw attention to the real-word threat of how diseases spread.

She also uses it as a ‘wake-up’ call for the medical and community to fund research into how countries tackle outbreaks – using the recent Ebola crisis as an example.

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