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Zombies would most likely wipe out humanity if they really existed, claim scientists
The Telegraph ^ | 8-18-09 | Richard Alleyne

Posted on 08/18/2009 5:10:00 PM PDT by dynachrome

Civilisation would most likely be finished in the event of a zombie outbreak, claim Canadian mathematicians who have calculated the possible devastation caused by an attack by the fictional monsters. Using models developed to calculate the effects of more plausible pandemics, the team from the University of Ottawa have discovered that unless man struck back quickly and aggressively then they would be doomed.

The scientific paper, which is published in a book “Infectious Diseases Modelling Research Progress”, looks at an attack by the undead creatures, who infect the living with a bite.

In their study, titled When Zombies Attack!, the researchers picked “classic” slow-moving zombies such as those in Dawn of the Dead as models and divided humanity into three: the living, zombies and the “removed” – zombies who had been killed by decapitation.

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To: dynachrome

More things to worry about.


21 posted on 08/18/2009 5:16:02 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: dynachrome

And this is why zombie war preparation is vital!


22 posted on 08/18/2009 5:16:03 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: dynachrome

There are zombies among us now!

23 posted on 08/18/2009 5:16:15 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Fill your hands you sons of bitches!)
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To: dynachrome
Only if they were fast-moving zombies. The slow, Romero zombies would be put down. Remember how efficient the gun-choppers were in Black Hawk Down? Same thing.

Yes, might be a little more complicated because of the need for head shots, but our military would be more than capable of accomplishing the task.

24 posted on 08/18/2009 5:16:35 PM PDT by GreatOne (You will bow down before me, Son of Jor-el!)
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To: dynachrome

The biggest problem with zombies is their strange ability to get their must faster human victims to fall down when running away or to hold up in deserted remote farm houses.


25 posted on 08/18/2009 5:16:58 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Watch out, I'm a member of the Mob)
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To: dynachrome

L

26 posted on 08/18/2009 5:17:01 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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“B-r-r-r-r-r-a-a-a-a-a-i-i-i-i-i-i-n-s!”


27 posted on 08/18/2009 5:17:17 PM PDT by dynachrome (I am Jim Thompson!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Zombie ping!


28 posted on 08/18/2009 5:17:17 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: dynachrome
Zombies would most likely wipe out humanity...


I'm inclined to agree

29 posted on 08/18/2009 5:17:44 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: dynachrome
That's what I'm afraid of.

obama zombies
30 posted on 08/18/2009 6:27:34 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Zombie bump


31 posted on 08/18/2009 10:44:30 PM PDT by bamahead (Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
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To: dynachrome

How did I miss this important news?


32 posted on 08/19/2009 9:43:15 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (One man, alone, betrayed by the country he loves, now its last hope in their final hour of need...)
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To: dynachrome

It must be a VERY slow news day. Actually, given the Telegraph’s recent output it must be a very slow news month.


33 posted on 08/20/2009 4:08:30 AM PDT by Vanders9
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