I recently watched World War Z, starring Brad Pitt as former United Nations employee Gerry Lane, who is tasked to investigate a worldwide outbreak of people turning into vicious zombies 12 seconds after being bitten. Released in 2013, the action and horror film and its take-home message resonates with the Covid-19 pandemic we've been fighting for almost two years. The Spanish Flu is mentioned in World War Z by young virologist Andrew Fassbach, played by Elyes Gabel. A pathogen-derived vaccine is then developed to act like a camouflage against the lethal viral infection in World War Z, which is based on a bestselling novel by American author Max Brooks. Published in 2006, World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War chronicles personal accounts of survivors from around the world while portraying people's fear and horror as well as the spirit of resistance through the apocalyptic years.
