I'm thinking about possibly writing a zombie apocalypse story in the future. I have a concept for what the zombie epidemic could be like, with an aim for the most plausible model of un-death that I can imagine.
In this universe, "zombie-ism" is a multi-stage disease, with progression as follows:
Stage One - flu-like symptoms; muscle aching, fever, cough, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Stage Two - paralysis, hypothermia, muscle contractures, and dramatically slowed heart and respiratory rate; this stage is often mistaken for death and rigor mortis.
Stage Three - regained mobility, tissue necrosis, aphasia, confusion, wandering, ataxia, and severe cognitive impairment; this stage makes victims look and act like zombies.
I haven't decided whether the "zombie" infection is viral, bacterial, fungal, or other.
In this universe, there is a genuine disease pandemic and it is genuinely terrible. But the Zombie Apocalypse only happens because of people's panic and their belief in zombies.
What do you think?
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