Whereas plenty has been written about “zombie jobs” and “zombie companies”, he and co-author David Buchanan of Cranfield University examined how we might respond to zombies themselves. “A zombie apocalypse . But fiction – science fiction in particular – has a strong pedigree as a way of encouraging fresh thinking in real life. One Californian hospital organised a zombie apocalypse exercise to test its response to infectious diseases or mass-casualty events. As The Walking Dead underlines, even humans who can recognise a zombie are doomed if they fail to prepare for their next encounter with one.

Source: The Irish Times August 06, 2020 15:05 UTC