Possibility and Implications of a Zombie Apocalypse

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Is the Zombie apocalypse possible and would it occur. In my opinion, I believe that yes it will happen because of the diseases that have come through today’s society and one of those disease, which is called Ebola, is a well-known deadly disease, which can kill up to 600 hundred people with one infected Ebola patience. Ebola is a true nightmare that is 100% fatal and that it causes your insides to turn to liquid and pour out through every place in your body. Zombie may not exist and be described as the ones that today’s society know about, but in Haiti Zombies did exist and they were used as slaves. I have chosen this specific topic as there is a rise in Ebola death counts and evidence shown that recent Ebola patient thought to be dead resurrected …show more content…

Is the Zombie apocalypse real and would it happen, in ways it could because in most countries reports that there are signs of real Zombie sightings, but occurring from Ebola. Zombie actually came from Haiti, but they are not what people usually show on TV and movies. In Haiti, there were witch doctors that would use these poor people as their slaves. A poison drugs the person, which is from a puffer fish called Tetrodotoxin, which paralyse the patient making it seems as if they have died. The person is then buried then witch doctor comes back at night and dugs out the supposedly dead victim. Once the Witch doctor has gotten the unfortunate victim, she then drugs them in a state of confusing where they lose their memories of their previous life. They are sold and used as slave labour sweeping floors, cutting wood and so forth. Some films shows what most people think today’s society Zombies would look like, but those films judge zombies based on their description. Ebola has similar symptoms of the Zombie virus internal bleeding that is bleeding from the eyes, mouth, ears and quick weight loss, which describes what a zombie would look like. The zombies that most people described are always the bloody brain eating ones, and are always created by some out of control and highly contagious pathogen. However, Ebola could be possible to start a Zombie

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