Zombie apocalypse would wipe out humankind in just 100 days, according to university research

telegraph.co.uk ^ | 01/05/2017 | Helena Horton

[Jonty30]

It make statistical analysis fun.

[RandallFlagg]

It's been a while, but...

[chud]

It’s already here. I see zombies in the supermarket every time I go in there.

Yep, me too. They're the ones who leave their grocery carts sideways, blocking the entire aisle.

[shotgun]

I am Legend

[RandallFlagg]

I was posting the list as you pinged me.
Had to dust it off, first.

[dynachrome]

“In their model, for instance, they did not account for humans killing zombies.”

huh. I would say that is a flawed model.

[rbg81]

It depends what kind of zombie. I always thought the dumb/slow zombie apocalypse was very unlikely. You watch these shows and the zombies always outnumber the humans. In the early stages of such an “apocalypse”, the humans would outnumber the zombies by thousands to one. And the humans would be armed to the teeth.

But I also believe you’d have people who try to hide loved ones that have turned — that would prolong the outbreak.

The “28 Days Later” scenario is the most worrisome, but also the most unlikely.

[shotgun]

Sad but true!

[MGunny]

LOL!!!!!....Anyway,My compadres and I are quite prepared for the Democratic Apocalypse!

[Do the math]

I took a course in mathematical epidemiology in the 80’s, and we used seir/d models. My professor was a genius, and it was a fun course. We used parameters from real diseases, and some of the results were pandemic in nature. I see nothing wrong with students having fun studying a zombie outbreak, I will be teaching a graduate math course based on the Kerbal Space Program (KSP) game. I like to make learning fun.

[Larry Lucido]

[Sybeck1]

50 next year. But saw it on our local PBS once. It’s on Youtube and its a hoot

[USMCPOP]

This is complete crap. And I resent them publishing a photo of our family reunion without permission. How do I contact the Zombie-in-chief to complain? We wuz havin a good time until they took this picture.

[Chode]

[shotgun]

Farm equipment. Check out swathers, power rakes, combines and corn choppers. But they would be prone to clogging based upon the decay of the bodies. Fresh zombies would be more likely to clog versus a zombie that is several months along in the decay process.

[Hootowl]

A zombie outbreak would be self-limiting due to the effects of maggots, scavengers, and carrion eaters. Zombies would be nothing but bones inside of 6 weeks and incapable of movement long before that.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[BenLurkin]

Ever notice in these stories that it’s always the other guys who are the gang of violent criminals.

[Enterprise]

Women and minorities hardest hit.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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