Avoiding the Infection

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You're in the middle of the zombie apocalypse and things are getting worse and worse. More and more people are becoming infected as you try to keep your distance, praying that you don't turn into the walking corpses that are now taking over the world.

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Epidemics, like a zombie apocalypse, are quickly spread diseases over a population (1). What causes this disease though? As you may know, the bite of a zombie is extremely fatal, which in as soon as a couple of hours will turn you into the flesh-eating monsters you've been trying to avoid. No one knows where this infection started but it had to start somewhere. Wherever it started, someone had to be the first zombie. Once that person has turned, they then begin wreaking havoc, biting as many people they can before he or she is eliminated. Those who were then bitten cause a chain reaction, doing the same until a whole area has been infected. This is how epidemics occur. Someone gets infected and later on infects the entire area around them.

Now how can these epidemics be stopped? There are many ways epidemics can be contained. Treatments such as vaccines are some of the most common solutions. After the disease is confirmed, scientists get to work and create a cure for the epidemic which is later produced into a vaccine given to everyone to keep them safe or to help them get better. Some serious treatments can include quarantining an area, which means sealing infected people off from the world so the disease cannot spread. However, some diseases, such as the one that has infected people turning them into zombies, has never had a cure created which turns an epidemic into a pandemic. A pandemic is a disease that has affected, or diseased, the entire world. 

To keep safe from the infected area you must survive in, you should follow some simple instructions to keep yourself and the other survivors around you safe.

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• Keep your distance - If you know someone's infected in the area, try not to be near them.
• Be prepared - You never know what's going to happen. Always have a plan.
• Stay clean - You don't know what kind of germs zombies could have been carrying. If you were to get anything on yourself, wash up.
•  In the event you get bitten, don't hide if from others. Tell others to keep them safe.

References

(1) Anomaly, J. (2014). What Is an Epidemic?: Currents in Contemporary Bioethics. Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 42(3), 389-391

(2) Zombie [Photograph] (2014) Retrieved from: http://plantsvszombies.wikia.com/wiki/File:ZombieHD.png 

(3) Crowd of zombies chasing a man [Photograph] (2014) Retrieved from: http://www.shutterstock.com/s/zombie/search.html?page=1&inline=133835138

(4) Beware of zombies sign [Photograph] (2014) Retrieved from http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-116889769/stock-photo-beware-of-zombies-a-caution-road-sign-warning-you-to-beware-of-zombies-in-the-immediate-area.html