The Zombie Apocalypse Has Arrived

[Morningkill]

http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm

There has been a small outbreak of “zombism” in London due to mutation of the H1N1 virus into new strain: H1Z1.

Similar to a scare originally found in Cambodia back in 2005, victims of a new strain of the swine flu virus H1N1 have been reported in London.

After death, this virus is able to restart the heart of it’s victim for up to two hours after the initial demise of the person where the individual behaves in extremely violent ways from what is believe to be a combination of brain damage and a chemical released into blood during “resurrection.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the alert to phase six, its highest level, and advised governments to activate pandemic contingency plans.

In Mexico, the epicentre of the outbreak, President Felipe Calderon urged people to stay at home over the next five days.


CONFIRMED CASES
Map
Mexico: 168 suspected deaths - eight confirmed - 12 zombies
US: one death, at least 91 confirmed cases
New Zealand: 13 confirmed cases
Canada: 19 confirmed cases
UK: 5 confirmed cases
Spain: 10 confirmed cases
Germany: 3 confirmed cases
Israel, Costa Rica: 2 confirmed cases each
The Netherland, Switzerland, Austria, Peru: 1 confirmed case each


There are many cases elsewhere - including the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Israel, and New Zealand.

BBC health correspondent Mark McGrith says the raising of the WHO alert on Wednesday suggests a global epidemic, or pandemic, is imminent.

In the latest developments:

* The Netherlands confirms its first case of zombie swine flu, in a three-year-old boy recently returned from Mexico. After passing away early this morning, he rose from the dead and lunged at his mother.
* Ghana has become the latest country to ban pork imports as a precaution against swine flu, though no cases have been found in the West African country
* China's health minister says that the country's scientists have developed a "sensitive and fast" test for spotting swine flu in conjunction with US scientists and the WHO. The country has recorded no incidence of the flu yet. There methods, however, have been uneffective in spotting the H1Z1 strain.

At the meeting of health ministers in Luxembourg, a French proposal for a continent-wide travel advisory for Mexico will be discussed.


SYMPTOMS - WHAT TO DO
Swine flu symptoms are similar to those produced by ordinary seasonal flu - fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, chills and fatigue
If you have flu symptoms and recently visited affected areas of Mexico, you should seek medical advice
If you suspect you are infected, you should stay at home and take advice by telephone initially, in order to minimise the risk of infection.

If you feel yourself passing away, then notice your strength and vigor returning at an alarming rate, please attempt to restrain yourself to prevent infection and harm to others.

It is unclear whether the EU executive has the power to impose a travel ban.

Several countries have restricted travel to Mexico and many tour operators have cancelled holidays.

Other members are resisting calls to implement travel bans or close borders, on the grounds - backed by the WHO - that there is little evidence of their efficacy.

The EU ministers will also try to agree on how to refer to the new virus.

The European Commission has been calling it "novel flu", replacing the word "swine" to avoid prompting a fall in demand for pork and bacon.

On Wednesday, Egypt began a mass slaughter of its pigs - even though the WHO says the virus was now being transmitted from human to human.

Break out the shotguns and chainsaws, people! AIM FOR THE HEAD!

[Freakshow]

http://www.woostercollective.com/zombie2.jpg

These guys knew.

[Contra]

Resident evil has prepared me well

[WampusCrandle]

fucking finally! can't wait to fight them off!

[Drunky McBetidont]

photoshop mike has got to be jerking off to this.

[DarkHippie]

I've got my cricket bat

[ToiletCrusher]

This is fucking amazing.

And here's the theme song. Sorry, embedding disabled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEySrDerj0

[brettmojo]

Are we talking Shawn Of The Dead type zombies or I Am Legend scary shit? Cause' I ain't all into running for my life but I'll briskly walk.

[WampusCrandle]

Are we talking Shawn Of The Dead type zombies or I Am Legend scary shit? Cause' I ain't all into running for my life but I'll briskly walk.

read the article - violent like 28 days later

[brettmojo]

read the article - violent like 28 days later
Well maybe it's momentary violence. They're coming back from the dead and I can relate you know... I'm pretty irritable when I wake up in the morning.

[DarkHippie]

This is fucking amazing.

And here's the theme song. Sorry, embedding disabled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEySrDerj0

i was thinking something like this

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[WampusCrandle]

Well maybe it's momentary violence. They're coming back from the dead and I can relate you know... I'm pretty irritable when I wake up in the morning.

look - none of this is important - all i need to know is who will join me in my Zombie Survival Squad?

I need a team of 10! I am already in! 9 more slots!

[brettmojo]

look - none of this is important - all i need to know is who will join me in my Zombie Survival Squad?

I need a team of 10! I am already in! 9 more slots!
As long as I get to be the one that always panics and thinks we're gonna' die.

[Morningkill]

look - none of this is important - all i need to know is who will join me in my Zombie Survival Squad?

I need a team of 10! I am already in! 9 more slots!

I'm in as long as there are Cheetos.

[Foster]

look - none of this is important - all i need to know is who will join me in my Zombie Survival Squad?

I need a team of 10! I am already in! 9 more slots!

I think we should try to reason with them, ask them what their needs are

we can end this peacefully

[bigtim666]

look - none of this is important - all i need to know is who will join me in my Zombie Survival Squad?

I need a team of 10! I am already in! 9 more slots!

I'am in !!!

[WampusCrandle]

As long as I get to be the one that always panics and thinks we're gonna' die.

it should be mentioned that about 1-3 may die ..... so, i think you might fit in.

I'm in as long as there are Cheetos.

no Cheetos - they stain your teeth.

[DarkHippie]

As long as I get to be the one that always panics and thinks we're gonna' die.

can I be the one that smacks you and says "get a hold of yourself!!"

[WampusCrandle]

I think we should try to reason with them, ask them what their needs are

we can end this peacefully

you are not in the Zombie Survival Squad - you are weak, and i will tie you to the ground as bait so my Squad can escape.

[Morningkill]

no Cheetos - they stain your teeth.

I'll settle for combos, or anything that starts with C. Except cock.

[Freakshow]

I'll settle for combos, or anything that starts with C. Except cock.

cum?

[WampusCrandle]

can I be the one that smacks you and says "get a hold of yourself!!"

yes, we will definitely need a man slapper in the Squad.

[DolaMight]

i get all my news from bouncewith.me.uk. I especially like the template they borrowed from the BBC.

[Biking Mexican]

I always wondered how 2/3 of the country is obese, but once they are zombies, they turn into Olympic sprinters.

Anyway, I'm in for a little of this....
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/dawn-of-the-dead-head-explosion.jpg

[Morningkill]

cum?

Dammit! I should have been more specific.

[WampusCrandle]

i get all my news from bouncewith.me.uk. I especially like the template they borrowed from the BBC.

i hate you ... why can't you let dreams live?

[Foster]

http://www.tailcast.com/uploads/images/normal/349x550.8e081ab69aa6a0b7c1fb781c9d460847.jpg

they really seem ok

[ScottFromGA]

this thread reeks of awesomeness.....


but I'm getting up high and hiding...loaded to the bore and picking them off till they figure out how to climb or chop down a tree....and even then I'm gonna do a backflip out of it Jackie Chan style, doing a Ryu style, leg out spinning in a circle move with a knife taped to the end of my shoe, chopping heads off as I land on the ground. Then I'll start doing Super Roundhouse kicks like Chuck Norris to clear the perimeter around, after that I'll kneel on one knee and blast a round off into 3 heads, watching them pop like waterballoons. THEEEN, I'll run to the nearest convenient store that sells milk, take a huge sip and make the "Ahhhh" sound after I swallow with a gulp.

After that, I'll make my way to the roof where I'll proceed to heave malatoff cocktails and pump of more and more rounds until I run out....and after that...hopefully someone comes with more ammo....if not....its just me and my trusty knife.


cracka gotta have a battle plan, yo. :surrender:

[Death Metal Moe]

i was thinking something like this

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Christ, that guy's video card can't handle a few wondering ghouls in the background without getting choppy? Time for an upgrade or time to turn your settings down.

[strawberrypop]

Science ponders 'zombie attack'
By Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent, BBC News

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46221000/jpg/_46221267_zombie_pa_226.jpg

If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively.

That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out by researchers in Canada

They say only frequent counter-attacks with increasing force would eradicate the fictional creatures.

The scientific paper is published in a book - Infectious Diseases Modelling Research Progress.

In books, films, video games and folklore, zombies are undead creatures, able to turn the living into other zombies with a bite.

But there is a serious side to the work.

In some respects, a zombie "plague" resembles a lethal, rapidly spreading infection. The researchers say the exercise could help scientists model the spread of unfamiliar diseases through human populations.

In their study, the researchers from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University (also in Ottawa) posed a question: If there was to be a battle between zombies and the living, who would win?

Professor Robert Smith? (the question mark is part of his surname and not a typographical mistake) and colleagues wrote: "We model a zombie attack using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies.

"We introduce a basic model for zombie infection and illustrate the outcome with numerical solutions."

To give the living a fighting chance, the researchers chose "classic" slow-moving zombies as our opponents rather than the nimble, intelligent creatures portrayed in some recent films.

"While we are trying to be as broad as possible in modelling zombies - especially as there are many variables - we have decided not to consider these individuals," the researchers said.

Back for good?

Even so, their analysis revealed that a strategy of capturing or curing the zombies would only put off the inevitable.

In their scientific paper, the authors conclude that humanity's only hope is to "hit them [the undead] hard and hit them often".

They added: "It's imperative that zombies are dealt with quickly or else... we are all in a great deal of trouble."

According to the researchers, the key difference between the zombies and the spread of real infections is that "zombies can come back to life".

Professor Neil Ferguson, who is one of the UK government's chief advisers on controlling the spread of swine flu, said the study did have parallels with some infectious diseases.

"None of them actually cause large-scale death or disease, but certainly there are some fungal infections which are difficult to eradicate," said Professor Ferguson, from Imperial College London.

"There are some viral infections - simple diseases like chicken pox have survived in very small communities. If you get it when you are very young, the virus stays with you and can re-occur as shingles, triggering a new chicken pox epidemic."

Professor Smith? told BBC News: "When you try to model an unfamiliar disease, you try to find out what's happening, try to approximate it. You then refine it, go back and try again."

"We refined the model again and again to say... here's how you would tackle an unfamiliar disease."

Professor Ferguson went on to joke: "The paper considers something that many of us have worried about - particularly in our younger days - of what would be a feasible way of tackling an outbreak of a rapidly spreading zombie infection.

"My understanding of zombie biology is that if you manage to decapitate a zombie then it's dead forever. So perhaps they are being a little over-pessimistic when they conclude that zombies might take over a city in three or four days."

[boosterp]

Someone's been playing Left4Dead.

[Patient zer0]

I'm going to hand out flowers and be friends with them.
Kill em with kindness

[Dude!]

wow
i so hope i get infected

[KingGeno]

http://www.eeriebooks.com/horror/book-club/pride-prejudice-zombies.jpg
http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/717/717755/marvel-zombies-20060710030345387-000.jpg

Can't recommend these two books enough

[Misteriosa]

there is a really good website for zombie apocalypse survival. ill post it when i get home. for anyone looking for real life scenarios, watch The Colony. ive had to reshape my plan after watching that show...

[WampusCrandle]

there is a really good website for zombie apocalypse survival. ill post it when i get home. for anyone looking for real life scenarios, watch The Colony. ive had to reshape my plan after watching that show...

yes, please do - we must all know the rules of survival.

[Furtherman]

Man Punches Another He Accuses of Being a 'Zombie'
Monday, October 26, 2009

PrintShareThisIOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa City police are investigating an early morning assault in which a man accused another of being a zombie, then punched him twice.

Police say the assault occurred at 1:17 a.m. Sunday at an Iowa City restaurant south of the University of Iowa campus.

A man was ordering food when he was approached by another man who called him a zombie, then hit him in the eye. When the victim tried to call police on his cell phone, the man punched him again, breaking his nose.

The man then ran out a back door.

The victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Someone needs to clarify something for me so that I may build my defenses accordingly. Are these Zombies virally infected humans or are we talking about the magically animated dead at the behest of a necromancer?

The viral ones are a bitch because one spot of saliva in your bloodstream and you're fucked (unless you get it out quickly) the ones being controlled by a necromancer would be easier to deal with because unlike the hungry brain dead variety, these guys are driven to some common directive by their master. This makes it easier to somehow figure out who the master is. Find the master, kill him, game over.

I must know folks.

[Hottub]

Prepare for the worst.
Hope for the best.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Prepare for the worst.
Hope for the best.

Sir we don't have room for speculation. We must be ready!!!

Some preferred weapons, remember they don't run out of ammo.

http://www.swordsofmight.com/ProductImages/Masahiro_Tiger_Katana.jpg

http://www.trueswords.com/images/prod/c/templar_broadsword_540.jpg

http://www.medieval-weaponry.co.uk/acatalog/DX3041Close.jpg

http://sas.narfed.com/Images/claymore.jpg

We'll also need lots of salt, lots of gasoline and lots of FIRE.

The salt will turn a magical zombie against its master or just dehydrate the fucc out of a viral zombie. We use the fire to create a perimeter and the claymores as a secondary perimeter.

[boosterp]

Well, all I need is a few cases of C-4 for my stockpile and I will be set. Anyone know where I can pick some up cheap and without alearting homeland security?

[JohnCharles]

I'd hurl babies at the zombies.

[boosterp]

I'd hurl babies at the zombies.

You'd run out of babies quicker than shotgun shells.

[JohnCharles]

You'd run out of babies quicker than shotgun shells.

After babies, I move to throwing puppies.

[boosterp]

Kittens, calves, your own loved ones, when do you get to the awesome head explosion making 12ga shotgun with 3.5 inch #4 shot?

[Furtherman]

Maybe he knows something we don't.


A self-described "zombie enthusiast" was busted at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in possession of swords, knives, burglar tools, night-vision goggles and hand-drawn blueprints, The Post has learned.

Christopher Rodger, 25, first drew the attention of two PA cops Tuesday when he was spotted wearing a trench coat on a warm night, and had an "empty" look in his eyes, sources said.

PA Officers Thomas Kemble and Leonard Trubia grew even more suspicious when they spotted the long camouflage bag Rodger had slung over his shoulder.

When the cops questioned him, Rodger blurted that he was carrying a gas-powered pellet gun. That prompted a search which also turned up five samurai swords, three daggers and other knives, police said.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/armed_zombie_arrest_IIJkVSAoZz9a9ze1PNsDSI#ixzz1Ir zguhPi

[OGC]

another dope who can't separate fiction from reality.

[keithy_19]

another dope who can't separate fiction from reality.

But what if we're the fiction?

I just blew your mind, didn't I? 25 dollars since I like your face.

[Judge Smails]

I've been in the Port Authority after midnight and that place is crawling with Zombies. If anything, this guy should get a medal.

[keithy_19]

I've been in the Port Authority after midnight and that place is crawling with Zombies. If anything, this guy should get a medal.

Just because people eat from the garbage and will settle for human flesh doesn't mean they're zombies. It means they're survivors.

[Contra]

Just because people eat from the garbage and will settle for human flesh doesn't mean they're zombies. It means they're survivors.

http://images.wikia.com/survivor/images/6/6b/Survivor_Universal_Logo.jpg

Tonight on survivor

One must be sacrificed to feed the rest, who will win immunity? !

[keithy_19]

http://images.wikia.com/survivor/images/6/6b/Survivor_Universal_Logo.jpg

Tonight on survivor

One must be sacrificed to feed the rest, who will win immunity? !

http://throatchopuniversity.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/gloria_gaynor.jpg

[Contra]

http://throatchopuniversity.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/gloria_gaynor.jpg

Zombie Gloria Gaynor would be a beast

[keithy_19]

Zombie Gloria Gaynor would be a beast

Indestructible.

[Crash]

another dope who can't separate fiction from reality.

Or maybe you just don't get reality...

http://metaphilm.com/images/philms/TwelveMonkeys.jpg

http://www.loftcinema.org/files/Terminator-Poster-C10283496.jpeg

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! See what I did there?!?

[foodcourtdruide]

Zombie Apocalypse? Yes, please.

[Photoshop Mike]

www.Zombiehuntershow.com :D

[Crash]

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/4956385434/the-first-zombie-proof-house

Call me crazy, but the laws of economics dictate that things like this don't get built unless there's a need for them.

DICTATE I SAY!!!

(run for your lives)

[cougarjake13]

house looks fucking awesome

[Crash]

house looks fucking awesome

AND it's zombie proof.

Not sure they mention that in the article.

[disneyspy]

i saw this on tv last month,yes the CDC wants you to be prepared for a zombie attack (seriously) http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies.asp

[Misteriosa]

Zombie Training!!

Live out your zombie chase fantasies with this amazing 5K zombie run. Participants in the 5K will race through a challenging obstacle course, while zombie volunteers chase them down.

This Baltimore event is called Run For Your Lives, which sounds about right. Runners will wear flags (which represent life) while jumping and leaping over obstacles throughout a 5K course (unless you get lost, that is) while zombies chase them down and try to rip off their "life." If you cross the finish line without any remaining flags, you're dead (and ineligible for the prizes at the end of the race). Don't want to run? Don't worry! You can sign up just to partake in the fun afterparty and live music fiesta after the race!

I'm seriously thinking about doing this race, and I would love it if other io9ers wanted to try and huff it through a zombie 5K with me. Seriously. So, who's with me?



Holy smokes. i would have nightmares for weeks... :glurps:

http://io9.com/5825803/zombie-5k-obstacle-course-has-you-racing-from-the-undead

[CountryBob]

Zombie Training!!



Holy smokes. i would have nightmares for weeks... :glurps:

http://io9.com/5825803/zombie-5k-obstacle-course-has-you-racing-from-the-undead

They tried this down here in Kingsport, TN - hardly anyone came out for it.

[Misteriosa]

it didnt work because people were supposed to be running, not cruising on a hover 'round :dry:

[CountryBob]

it didnt work because people were supposed to be running, not cruising on a hover 'round :dry:

Implying all southern people are fat and unable to run?

[Misteriosa]

Implying all southern people are fat and unable to run?

why yes. yes i am. :lol:

[CountryBob]

why yes. yes i am. :lol:

Oh OK :smile:

[furie]

it's a great idea but i could see it getting campy.

i'd rather see a zombie siege with paintballs

[Gutter]

it's a great idea but i could see it getting campy.

i'd rather see a zombie siege with paintballs

Furie, I have a friend that does a Zombie survival class weekend. The end of the weekend is a giant zombie excursion with paintballs. I'll get the info for it when i get home and can get on facebook.

[cougarjake13]

Furie, I have a friend that does a Zombie survival class weekend. The end of the weekend is a giant zombie excursion with paintballs. I'll get the info for it when i get home and can get on facebook.



this sounds so much better than running

[keithy_19]

this sounds so much better than running

Running is one of the worst parts of life.

[cougarjake13]

Running is one of the worst parts of life.

luckily in our current style of life as humans we only have to do it for exercise


and we have the right to choose not to do it

[CountryBob]

Zone One - a subtle meditation on loss and love in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, which has become the city that never dies.

[Judge Smails]

Let me get something off my chest that's been bothering me for some time: Enough with the fucking zombies already! Thanks for reading my post. I'll hang up now.

[furie]

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width_scaled/hash/4c/ea/4cead3f8036da25836e5ee25bc398f96.jpg (http://www.examiner.com/zombie-in-denver/dia-s-zombie-horse-picture#slide=32519221)

[cougarjake13]

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width_scaled/hash/4c/ea/4cead3f8036da25836e5ee25bc398f96.jpg (http://www.examiner.com/zombie-in-denver/dia-s-zombie-horse-picture#slide=32519221)

what else would the zombie cowboys ride?

[Crash]

Not for nuthin'...this beats that "converted-fire-house-into-a-haunted-mansion-for-halloween" by a fuckin' mile.

http://www.adultswim.com/blog/gobbledegook/guide-to-the-zombie-apocalypse.html

[bohicanator]

This video is highly watchable, the audio track is amazing.

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[hanso]

http://i.imgur.com/nNuO2.jpg

[Furtherman]

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So this guy dresses up like a zombie and decides to scare the locals.

[disneyspy]

course offered at michigan state on how to survive the upcoming zombie apocalypse http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=771750

[hanso]

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[Chigworthy]

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_full_width_scaled/hash/4c/ea/4cead3f8036da25836e5ee25bc398f96.jpg (http://www.examiner.com/zombie-in-denver/dia-s-zombie-horse-picture#slide=32519221)

That horse is what greets you when you drive up to Denver International. That horse killed the artist that made it. There are alternate-reality communist propaganda murals, gargoyles, and a Black Mesa-style tram. Crazy conspiracy theorists say that there is a secret base beneath the airport and that the world' elite will wait out the New World Order decimation there. They say that elites from around the world have bought property adjacent to the airport, which is basically empty prairie land. I hate these Alex Jones types, but having been to this airport many times, the artwork that saturates this place is totally out of character for your standard US airport decorum. Look it up, its a weird story.

[hanso]

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The Canadian Foreign Minister took to the floor of the House of Commons and vowed that a Zombie Apocalypse will never happen under his watch.