Zombies would most likely wipe out humanity if they really existed, claim scientists

The Telegraph ^ | 8-18-09 | Richard Alleyne

[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.

They concluded there was no point trying to cure those infected or live with them - the best thing was to destroy them as quickly as possible.

[dynachrome]

Well, the mods were in a bad mood and removed this from "breaking" and altogether, so here it is in chat.

What are those Canadians smoking?

LOL

[Lorianne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkzV5AIK8iM

[dynachrome]

Canadian weirdness ping!

[dinodino]

We need to see more of THIS kind of ground-breaking research with practical application! Excellent!

[dynachrome]

And they got taxpayer money to do this, no doubt. I want their job!

[Shimmer1]

for your little rodent, and mine.

[TSgt]

[allmost]

Second thread on this.

[Rodebrecht]

[nomad]

If they really existed?Ever heard of Obamabots?And they`re on the move!

[AmericanMermaid]

That’s great!!! LOL!!!

[dynachrome]

Well, the mods did not like me putting the first one in “breaking news”

No sense of humor today.

[cripplecreek]

They concluded there was no point trying to cure those infected or live with them - the best thing was to destroy them as quickly as possible.

I just divorced mine.

[LukeL]

With my small arsenal I could hold out for a while.

[Cheburashka]

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping, Dynachrome.

[fanfan]

Zombie ping.

[wombtotomb]

*snort* I could have told you THAT! I saw Night of the Living Dead and Resident Evil-

Resident Evil makes me think of what might happen with the swine flu shots.......

[dynachrome]

What are those Canadian mathemeticians smoking, anyway? LOL

[mysterio]

Zombies would ruin humanity like they ruin movies. I hate it when I randomly start watching a movie, the premise looks good, and then zombies show up and turn the whole movie into a big pile of suck. That’s worse than finding out the movie you’re watching is a musical. They always try to sneak that in on you. There oughta be a law, I tells ya.