Do you use a gun, a sword, a series of elaborate traps involving wild animals, or something else to defeat the zombie horde at your door? Whatever your weapon of choice, I think the great zombie weapon debate misses a crucial point--to even think about battling zombies, you first have to prevent becoming one. Over at The Bostson Globe, I explore seven steps to turn your home into a virus-free space, looking to the biolabs where we work on some of the deadliest diseases we know of. Here's an excerpt:
Now shuffling into its fourth season, the popular zombie-themed TV show “The Walking Dead” has recently added another obstacle for its survivors: infectious disease. Drawing on the same terrifying trope that animated “Outbreak,” “Contagion,” and “28 Days Later,” the show’s creators have conjured up not only an unidentified airborne pandemic zombie virus, but also a killer influenza virus like the ...
