Is research into what would go down in the event of a pandemic being called a zombie apocalypse to make it sound trendy, so horror fans will pay attention? That is the most logical thing I could come up with, but I’m more into reality than into zombies/vampires/werewolves, etc, so I really don’t get it...
“so I really don’t get it...”
With something like a pandemic, nuclear attack, etc. the people that are infected/contaminated would have no chance of recovery, they are the walking dead, and if you come in contact with them you will also become infected/contaminated, thus you too will become the walking dead.
To stop the walking dead from causing more death by spreading the disease/radiation to others you kill them.
I recall hearing it discussed when I was a kid during the Cuban missile crisis.