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Maybe it’s because Halloween is approaching, or maybe it’s because I’ve been binge-watching The Walking Dead: World Beyond, but I’ve been thinking about zombies lately.
A team of Cornell University researchers used statistical mechanics and techniques used in modern disease modeling and critical phenomena to investigate how a zombie outbreak could spread across the continental United States several years ago. The researchers presented their findings to the American Physical Society in 2015, and you can even play with their interactive model, running simulations based on adjustable parameters like “kill-to-bite ratio” and the estimated time it would take a zombie to walk one mile.
“The idea of a deadly disease that not only kills its hosts but also turns those hosts into deadly vectors for the disease is frightening enough to fuel an entire genre of horror stories and films,” the study’s authors wrote in their introduction. “But, at its core, zombism is just that: a (fictional) disease, and as such, it should be subject to the same kind of analysis and research that more traditional diseases have long benefited from.”
According to the researchers’ calculations, zombies will have infested the majority of the United States within four weeks. The simulations, however, show that even after four months, remote areas of Montana and Nevada would be zombie-free. The screenshot below is from the interactive mapping tool, which can be found here, and depicts what a hypothetical zombie outbreak in the continental United States might look like several months into the outbreak. Also, you must try to play this Would You Survive A Zombie Apocalypse Quiz.
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So your best bet is to head to one of those two states or to seek refuge in the Rocky Mountains. If you live in Canada, this guide provides a list of the best (and worst) places to survive a zombie outbreak in Canada, based on factors such as population density, renewable energy sources, the number of buildings with basements, hospitals, military bases, hunting gear shops, and so on.
Here’s what you’ll need in your zombie apocalypse survival kit.
Now that we’ve got a general idea of where to flee and hide from hypothetical zombies, let’s talk about what to bring.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a humorous campaign in 2011 to engage the public with emergency preparedness messages, but it proved to be quite effective. On its zombie preparedness website, the CDC notes that it continues to reach a wide range of audiences on all hazards preparedness through “zombie preparedness.” The website includes a blog, educator lesson plans, and a graphic novel about the subject.
The CDC recommends the following items for your emergency kit:
- The element water (1 gallon per person per day)
- Consumption (stock up on non-perishable items)
- Medicines (prescription and over-the-counter meds)
- Equipment and supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.)
- Hygiene and sanitation (household bleach, soap, towels, etc.)
- Bedding and clothing (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets)
- Documents of importance (driver’s license, passport, birth certificate)
- First-aid supplies (they won’t help you if you get bit by a zombie, but they’ll come in handy for minor cuts and scrapes you might get while fleeing – or during a more realistic emergency, like a hurricane or tornado.
- After you’ve assembled your emergency kit, the CDC suggests making a family emergency plan so that everyone in your family knows where to go if zombies start appearing in the streets — or during any number of other more likely emergencies.
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How would Medtech deal with a zombie outbreak?
I can’t help but wonder how the medical device industry would react to a zombie outbreak. If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it is that this industry is full of really smart, hardworking people who aren’t afraid to jump in and start working on solutions to really big problems. We saw countless examples of medical device and diagnostics professionals stepping up to help wherever they could in the early days of the pandemic, from rushing supplies to the COVID-19 frontlines to working around the clock to develop COVID-19 tests and new ventilators, to ensuring those newly manufactured ventilators were properly tested.
So, if there is ever a zombie outbreak, I will consider myself fortunate to have a medical device engineer in my caravan. While researching and developing a vaccine would obviously fall under the purview of the pharmaceutical industry, MedTech minds would undoubtedly play a significant role in assisting us in surviving until a vaccine is available.
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