ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE : POSSIBLE?
I always wondered if that is possible, and I came up with very less theories that it is possible. That was exactly four years ago, now, the teen me wanted to do a small research on it and guess what- the stuff I found out is shocking enough for a person to have a heart attack.
Zombies
are undead, walking dead or Reanimated corpses to be scientific.
Whatever you choose to call them, these corpses that
rise from the grave to walk the world and terrify — and sometimes infect — its
inhabitants are one of the top monsters in popular culture.
The word zombie comes from Haitian and
New Orleans voodoo origins. Although its meaning has changed slightly over the
years, it refers to a human corpse mysteriously reanimated to serve the undead.
Ancient voodoo and folk-lore traditions, show the Walking Dead were born.
Nowadays, people use the word “zombie” a lot more
loosely — often metaphorically — to refer to anyone or anything that presents
as apathetic, moves slowly, and demonstrates little awareness of their
surroundings.
But how can a human turn into a zombie?
Viruses, toxins and parasites.
I
know that we are currently facing a virus pandemic and it is not a good time to
bring about another virus, but I am too excited to suffocate
myself from sharing the facts.
We
all know Lyssavirus or Rabies to be simple. Rabies is usually transmitted to
humans when an infected animal bites them. It is a viral disease that affects
the central nervous system which can drive people to become violently mad.
Unlike movie zombies, which become reanimated almost
immediately after infection, the first signs a human as in rabies—such as
anxiety, confusion, hallucinations, and paralysis—don't typically appear for
ten days to a year, as the virus incubates inside the body.
Then rabies sets in, though it's fatal within a week if
left untreated.
Humans typically catch rabies after being
bitten by an infected animal, usually a dog—and the infection usually stops
there.
But
don’t worry our brilliant genius scientists has come up with a vaccine for
Rabies due to which deaths have been reduced. Also, Rabies can’t spread fast and
is not an airborne virus.
But
if we are at a bio war we can expect a Zombie apocalypse. With little
modification to the Rabies genes, we will be enough to start an apocalypse. Flu
and Rabies hybrid can bring a Zombie apocalypse, but if it isn’t a bio war then
we can expect it from many other sources.
A
giant zombie virus has unfrozen, zombie ants created by ophiocordyceys (a toxin
mushroom), an unknown species of Zatypota wasp can manipulate spiders into a
zombie,Phtoplasma(bacteria)can turn plants into zombies and a parasite namedToxoplasmosa
needs a little evolution to damage human brains.
So,
if it isn’t us humans then it’s mother nature who will take a toll on us. But
are we ready to face the apocalypse? Not to mention a zombie apocalypse and do
you think it’s possible? I will leave it upto you readers.
