The Rise Of A Zombie Apocalypse

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Although it seems like something that only occurs in horror movies people sometimes ask themselves is a zombie apocalypse possible in real life? Whether it’s corpses rising from the dead or the spread of an infection, the human race can fade away in the most unexpected way. The closest people have seen to a zombie is through Mad Cow disease spreading to humans after eating the diseased meat. Often times people are worried more about surviving through the whole thing or finding a cure rather than actually becoming infected themselves. If a zombie apocalypse were to break out would there even be a cure? If so how far would someone go to get a hold of the cure?

“The idea of having hundreds of bodies rising from the dead sounds foolish, however the spread of a ‘zombie virus’ can develop anytime” says Kyle Bishop, author of ‘American Zombie Gothic’. He goes on to talk about how virus’ are evolving and mutating all the time which can cause people to lose control of their natural ability and eventually seem dead. Mad Cow Disease is a virus that attacks the cows nervous system and causes it’s brain to waste away this virus can also be spread to humans if they eat the contaminated meat so far there are fewer than one thousand U.S cases per year. If the number of cases were to start slowly rising the disease would spread like a wildfire becoming far more than just any treatment can help.
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It’s not bodies rising from their tombs, but most likely in the form of a virus spreading wild such as it does in Marc Forsters film, World War Z. In amc’s The Walking Dead everyday people with normal lives are put in a life changing situation where not even they know how to handle it. Not all diseases are curable and the government can’t help every single one of us if it comes down to it will the fight grow easier as time and technology

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