Someone argued that that was the premise of “The Walking Dead”.
The argument was that the zombies are ciphers for the hordes that will metaphorically eat you if the welfare stops.
It’s been that way for quite a while.
“Zombies” and “Zombia Apocalypse” have been ciphers for the situation when those who sit on their butts for a living waiting on a check start to get hungry.
I imagine it won’t be too long before anything “zombie” is going to be called “racist”.