Inside zombie brains: Sci-fi teaches science
(CNN) -- An airborne virus is rapidly turning people into zombies. Two-thirds of humanity has been wiped out. Scientists desperately look for a cure, even as their own brains deteriorate and the disease robs them of what we consider life.
Relax, it's only fiction -- at least, for now. This apocalyptic scenario frames the new novel "The Zombie Autopsies" by Dr. Steven Schlozman, a child psychiatrist who holds positions at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Program in Child Psychiatry.
Slow, stupid, and shambling I can deal with. Airborne zombie virus, not so much. The article makes some interesting points about how the fictional zombie outbreak can yield clues into other avenues such as tracking pandemics and, for our purposes, survival practices. The article talks about using zombie outbreaks to get young people excited about science; it's equally possible that it might be a way to make survival prep more mainstream as well. It's along the lines of "I'm not gearing up for a total collapse of civilization, I'm getting ready for the zombie apocalypse"...
Just, like T-bolt says, don't use a shotgun for anti-zombie defense...
That is all.
2 comments:
Stealth Gunnie Recruitment! I's Likes It! "Your Honor, the Sheriff has denied my Permit to Concealed Carry". "Why do you feel the need to have a Concealed Carry Permit, Sir?" "Because I have learned from a Harvard -Trained Doctor that there might be an Airborne Virus that could Create Zombies someday, and I want to be Prepared just in case there is ever an Outbreak". "Airborne, you say, hmmm. I Hear-by order the Sheriff to Immediately issue this Gentleman a Concealed Carry Permit. And I am also ordering all my Bailiffs to replace their Tasers with M4 Carbines. Next case".
Hey, it could happen.
Check out Zombiehunters.org They use the ZA as a emergency prep tool.
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