SHTF Scenario #1: Zombie Apocalypse.
I was reading about some bee that stings a spider, and the spider then spins a nest for the bee (to the bee’s engineering standards). Zombie-like. A friend said that if one becomes rabid (foaming at the mouth) and they try to drink water they can’t - their body reacts to bringing the glass of water up. Somehow the virus “knows” that the water will reduce the foaming (and the transmission) - and prevents the body from drinking. (Hands start to shake, etc.)
After hearing these types of stories, and others, it is not so far-fetched to think in these terms of human zombies, democrat jokes not withstanding.
I wonder if there is some purpose for the perceived “deaths”, if they are in fact real - which I highly doubt. But, it would be pretty “smart” of the virus to take the victim to the point of perceived death, then revive and be “healed” and presumed to be virus free - while in fact up and walking around and spreading the virus more. Would make an interesting sci-fy story anyway.