Whats the difference between a zombie outbreak and a disease?
Zombies infect humans by biting them so that the person becomes a zombie and goes on to bite other people. The really nasty thing about zombies is that they don’t get better: once a zombie, always a zombie! So, zombieism could spread much faster than an infectious disease. People carrying an infectious disease can fly all over the world before their symptoms can be spotted. So we end up with multiple outbreaks. This makes it very hard to deal with, as happened with the latest outbreak of swine flu. But then again, it’s unlikely that zombies would go on foreign holidays so we would only have to deal with one centre of outbreak. But, if we did find a cure for zombieism, could the ex-zombies be re-infected or would they be immune? Could a zombie virus mutate like the flu virus? The problem with models Models are only representations of an idealised reality. Even Naomi Campbell is the fashion industry’s ‘idea’ of a perfect woman. Fashion designers use her to try out new ideas for clothes.
