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Not necessarily. The article makes no mention of assumptions about zombie behavior, so any disease fitting the virility assumed by the researchers is susceptibl
by presidentender 17y ago
Not necessarily. The article makes no mention of assumptions about zombie behavior, so any disease fitting the virility assumed by the researchers is susceptible to the same model. Somehow I doubt any government will go for 'eradication' as an epidemic solution, though.
- jacquesm 17y agoThat was the point. If you research solutions for an epidemic you have to come with realistic solutions that can be implemented, not pretend the whole thing is some kind of computer game. Even if 'eradication' would be the only viable solution I still doubt that it would be implemented.
- jcl 17y agoOne of the authors also whiles away his hours making infection models for HIV, malaria, and West Nile virus. http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/ http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/ Modeling a zombie outbreak is not a bad way to keep work fun, and it's a good way to introduce undergrad/grad collaborators to the field.
- diiq 17y agoIt would not be comfortably chosen, therefore it should not be presented as an option? Knowledge is knowledge. I am pro it. Also, the funding came from at least one grant (OERA) that pushes for youth interaction and outreach from active researchers. It seems like zombie math --- 'treating it like some kind of computer game' --- is a pretty good way to accomplish that; how much money was spent to make a few graphs in MATLAB, to such good effect?