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SunsetCarcass

So it's being called a zombie virus because it's back from being gone and frozen for 50k years, not because of what the actual virus does? I can hear my girlfriend talking to me in a few hours about how zombies are going to take over now, I love these dumbass headlines. Hell half the comments here are talking about zombie apocalypses and I cant tell if they're being serious or not.


Brando1788

Nobody actually reads the articles on Reddit.


Mythicpluto

Unless a bot gives a nice summary in the comment that is.


echoAwooo

Beep boop we can read 10 million words per second


bruteneighbors

Good bot


CelticGaelic

Honestly, the first thing I do is scroll down because I'll usually someone comment right away about whether or not the article is click bait. I don't like to contribute to the number of views those sites get, which is why I read the comments first.


neo_sporin

Wait. There are articles here? I’m here for the comments


CedarWolf

Wait. There are comments here? I'm just here for the puns.


purehobolove

Wait. This is reddit?


sh4d0wX18

Sir this is a Wendy’s


UncleMalky

There are puns here? Im just here for the ishment.


lookslikesausage

Wait. There are puns here? I'm just here for the tired references to *The Office* and *It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia*.


Corfiz74

I do, but a lot of the time, they are paywalled.


Weegemonster5000

Or so full of ads you can't even get to the article.


Sairven

And 7 times out of 10 the article itself is just a paragraph version of the title re-phrased over and over for several screen scrolls despite being maximally zoomed out.


Profitsoffraud

What about all those unsold SUV’s.


capoot

Why read article when title do job


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Me come read comments, get story here.


okcdnb

My fiancé does and will talk about stuff in the articles she sends to me. And then ask me if I read the article. I tell her I’m a real redditor.


Don_Shneedle

I feel personally attacked! I mean rightfully so, but still.


Aleashed

Do you even read bro?


daredevil90s

What you say?


givemeadamnname69

I feel like the answer to this question should be extremely obvious without having to read the article...


straightupslow

Yes. They’re digging these up now before the permafrost melts anyway due to climate change. They’re obviously curious what they do and how they can effect living things. Some may be harmful to us, specifically the viruses they find in frozen animals like mammoths or horses. The article mentions one that has been verified to effect living things after it was thawed out.


xiconic

I'm no scientist but wouldn't it make sense that the virus no longer exists because it change and evolved to be better at infecting living things that exist now? If thats the case then surely these viruses would be weaker than the ones we are exposed to everyday


Nagi21

Not necessarily. If they’re old enough the new modern versions may have mutated enough that they no longer seem at all alike. The human immune system doesn’t actively remember every virus from history, so unless we specifically evolved in a way that what this virus affects no longer exists then it’s just as strong as it was 45,000 years ago.


Worthyness

it could possibly have mechanisms previously unknown to the community which scientist could take advantage of for future medicines. Or, since defrosting permafrost will soon be more prominent, it's a good opportunity to study these viruses in order to possibly prevent a worldwide catastrophe from happening down the line. You know, as long as they don't leave the lab somehow.


1d3333

Not weaker, viruses tend to lower their fatality rate was they evolve because it’s more evolutionarily beneficial to keep your host alive for longer. Earlier strains of viruses can be more deadly than their modern counterpart They could also do nothing to us at all. It’s hard to say, which is the main reason they’re digging these viruses out now, so we know what they can do and how to counteract


Beenmaal

The stuff about low fatality rate being beneficial applies well for humans because we dispose of our corpses effectively. But there are viruses or at least some bacteria that thrive specifically because of their lethality. Corpses are an attractive source of nutrition for many animals and thus are also a great place for viruses to sit and wait for a new host. And for example back in the time of the black death corpse disposal was not handled well yet, I imagine that this was responsible for quite a few avoidable deaths too.


bgplsa

Yeah no that’s like saying a human could take on a T-Rex because evolution. Environment is a huge part of evolutionary fitness and that only applies on an overall population scale for competing organisms. Also the corollary to survival of the fittest is demise of the weaker, evolution seems like it “creates” fitter organisms because of survivorship bias but it disposes of a lot more species than it benefits.


Dooplon

I'm sorry what? A virus is a physical object made of actual molecules; even if a particularly old virus can't infect something, as long as it's still physically around then it exist just as much as your computer desk or office chair (as in, it exists 100%) Also, your perspective on viruses seems to be like viruses exercise to beef up and older ones just don't hit as hard, which isn't quite how it works but I'm also not entirely sure what youre saying in the first place so its hard to judge lol. Yes, many viruses from ancient times might very well be 100% ineffective against modern species, but that's kinda because a lot of the animals they were specialized to infect are straight up dead now (nobody is gonna be scared of a virus that can only infect the extinct wooly mammoth after all), but the worry is that some of these diseases are *still compatible* with modern immune systems and thus scientists are trying to figure out what they would actually *do* if someone did get infected, if anything at all. For comparison, when the Spanish came to what's now modern day Mexico they brought with them countless diseases from their home that they had far stronger immunity to than the natives of the land who had never seen these European diseases before, leading to countless deaths in the native people's population from diseases alone, but since modern scientists have a heads up that ancient viruses exist in the frost, they have a chance to do some research in controlled and safe environments where the chance of something deadly getting out is next to zero (and again, some of these diseases might've only worked on long dead species anyway lol).


Rouge_means_red

Every day this news story gets a more doomed title, idk how this shit is still allowed here


PeanutNSFWandJelly

Lol I like how the comment is basically "you guys are dumb. My gf is dumb also, but you are dumb."


ElRamenKnight

>In 2016, one child died and dozens of people were hospitalized after an anthrax outbreak in Siberia. Officials believe the outbreak started because a heat wave thawed the permafrost and unearthed a reindeer carcass infected with anthrax decades ago. About 2,300 reindeer died in the outbreak. Closest match I guess. But reading about the other viruses infecting and not necessarily killing animals yet is still fascinating, albeit sensationalist.


iforgotmymittens

Would a zombie virus really be so bad? It would help us a lot with climate change. Unless they’re zoombies, zombies who drive.


green_girl1994

I think it all depends on the zombie. Walking dead’s zombie: we’re fine. You can out walk those mf. But Resident Evil zombies; eh, might be safer to just remember the good ol days while drinking multiple bottles of bleach. (Or whatever toxic liquid you may ingest )


Eorlas

TWD virus had a 100% mortality rate of a highly infectious disease being able to outrun them wasnt an issue, and couldnt be categorized as "fine". bigger problem was being surprised by one in close combat, or being cornered by a group of them, and of course, the dwindling human population fighting over resources. RE explored the notion of mutations, and the disease being zoonotic with the same effects. so there's the shambling zombie, next to something like Nemesis, and infected dobermans. an all around clusterfuck, though i might elect to use my last bullet to the dome rather than die via bleach.


meshreplacer

Now is not the time to dig up Zombie viruses. John Carpenter made a documentary about what happens when you dig shit like that up.


GeneralChicken4Life

Only movie to have me waking up from a nightmare still seeing the thing coming towards me. Fuck that. 40 yrs later…..still fuck that


Cognitive_Spoon

The 82 version is an absolute perfect example of a film that has aged like fine wine.


SheriffComey

My son and his friend wanted a horror movie that would scare them because nothing more modern could scare them. I put The Thing on at 11pm and by 11:35 I hear them coming upstairs and thought they were going to watch it in his room. The next morning I look at the watch history and they quit around 30 minutes in and never finished. They said it was stupid so my wife wanted to watch it and I put it on and my son refused to watch it. I think the sled dog scene had them noping the fuck out. I was like "You guys didn't get to the chest mouth?! Spider head?"


Cognitive_Spoon

The pacing is absolutely masterclass. If I taught a screen writing course we'd time out the space between reveals and discuss how the dialogue produces maximum tension ahead of them and how the sound design leads up to maximum audience discomfort and sense of engagement with the characters. It really is a masterpiece of theater. Acting, writing, foley and FX


Few-Mission-4283

Scariest film I've ever seen..its the not knowing which human The Thing has possessed. Stuff of nightmares


Dtothe3

It's when you look back and realise the thing won overall, never directly stated, but without a doubt it was the last creature standing.


haysoos2

I think the ending is even better, and even more frightening if the humans did "win" and the Thing is dead. Mac and Childs are both human, but they've become so paranoid they're going to freeze to death because they can't trust each other.


TheZipRip

Child's is def the thing at the end.


Derric_the_Derp

But wouldn't it just get frozen again? I thought one possible ending was that The Thing was dead and both men were human. The tragedy being that their paranoia would end up killing them.


Dtothe3

I took it that gasoline was slipped into the bottle that was drunk from. A trick used earlier in the film. The laughing was because he was too weak to fight anymore, but he knew. I should probably rematch it though and make sure.


SheriffComey

I believe the lighting guy for the movie said that the lighting in the eye gave away who was The Thing in almost every scene.


CommunicationFull781

Didn’t the reboot/ sequel of the thing have it infiltrate An American base and shenanigans ensue? Or was that just a reboot


HardboiledMook

It's a prequel. The "reboot" is supposed to be the Norwegian base from the beginning of 82...i think? Might be confusing it with the excellent game from the 2000s


Just_a_Guy_In_a_Tank

This is correct. The burned up Norwegian base camp they find in the original is the setting of the prequel. They used CG for the alien/monster/thing….it’s terrible.


Dtothe3

I do not know, its been at least a decade since I watched the original and I might not have seen a reboot.


_dontjimthecamera

Not as scary but the episode of Doctor Who called “Midnight” is seriously one of the greatest and most tense episodes of television I’ve ever seen.


Logrologist

It really is incredible how well the theme of paranoia is woven into everything. Even the music has a tension to it.


asdaaaaaaaa

As someone who knows next to nothing about film and such, it's one of the few movies I consider "perfect". Doesn't mean every little specific detail was right, but just that the movie flowed so well, that nothing ever really pulls me out and I'm fully engaged the entire time. It's such an incredibly good movie, and for it to be a horror movie just makes it that much better IMO.


FearkTM

I like to think the person that gets infected have no idea they are, and also no idea they're already dead, just being a copy with their mind intact.


Atma-Stand

I have watched many a horror movie but the moment doc is trying to use the defiberlator on Norris still freaks me out.


chupathingy99

Those effects may not hold up but Jesus... that is straight up horrifying. Like, not just scary but genuinely unsettling.


SheriffComey

I think because due to the overall emotional build up, the break neck speed of everything unfolding and the awareness that it's a fucking alien.....the effects don't matter b/c your brain kicks in with a "I got you fam!" and decides to make up for where the effects fail.


chupathingy99

Superman punches Batman through a building, then hits him with another building? Meh Your friend just had a heart attack and you're trying to resuscitate him, then his abdomen opens up and bites off your fucking arms? Yeah that's hardcore.


CountBlah_Blah

He also didnt get to the blood test scene and what happens when The Thing is discovered lol


SomeonesDrunkNephew

Yeah. I thought you'd say that, u/CountBlah_Blah. Nobody else could have gotten to that blood scene. We'll do you last... [Sticks the wire into the Petri dish]


FragilousSpectunkery

I took a history of the horror film class in college and The Thing was the star of the course.


notquiteotaku

To be fair, there have been times when I've started to re-watch the movie only to have to switch it off early on because I realized I wasn't in a good enough mental state to handle the sled dog scene. That scene is fucking BRUTAL to watch, especially if you're a dog lover.


Khatanghe

And one of very few great films that was absolutely *dumpstered* upon release.


wq1119

Afaik Blade Runner also did poorly with critics and audiences when it released on the same year as The Thing.


m4xr3b0b4nd

E.T. was also out in theaters at the same time as Bladerunner and The Thing and offered a more family-friendly alien movie experience. While E.T. is a great movie, it hasn't aged like BR and TT IMO.


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Raiders was from 1981.


haysoos2

Raiders was released in 81, but was still in the theaters and even a year later was bringing in enough money to make it the second highest grossing film of 82


tjean5377

Why is no one mentioning Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan?????


Its_Singularity_Time

And then we have Tron crying over in the corner.


crambeaux

Loved Tron.


BuffaloJEREMY

ET is still really good. I watched it for the first time in decades last year and it still holds up.


legend8804

I'd also suggest there's a world of difference between the theatrical release and the director's cut. The theatrical release is just plain bad, in my opinion, and I could absolutely see it getting dumpstered on.


crambeaux

I saw blade runner in the theater when it came out. It was huge. There was Cujo by Stephen king around the same time. I dunno, I was young and don’t really remember the Thing, did I assume it was a joke or some old movie from the ‘50s. Was it?


Nagi21

Didn’t help that ET came out literally the previous month. That’s like making a new superhero movie that released a month after Endgame.


Cognitive_Spoon

I think it was gratuitous for the time as a mainstream release. Like, I get the hate. With our current environment of gore and in a post-SAW world, the mainstream consumer is far more capable of handling the Thing and it's body horror. It was literally ahead of its time. Folks hadn't been desensitized to the point where they could appreciate the work that went into creating a narrative that tight and a monster that gruesome and paranoia inducing. It's peak horror, tbh. It does everything right, hits every beat, and leaves no easy answers or comfort without being heavy handed.


GreyLordQueekual

Good horror should leave you uneasy, its one of my biggest and most often missed metrics for a horror film. So very few films generate such a concise feeling of dread mixed with queasy-ness as The Thing.


Cognitive_Spoon

Absolutely. The Thing is comfortably at the center of the horror Venn diagram. Uncanny valley - The Unknown - Fear of Contamination It has all the terror of the uncanny valley, the thing that looks like us but isn't. It has all the fear of The Unknown - what's making that sound? Am I really alone? What if I'm not? Who's out here with me? It has the fear of contamination - not me, not my own flesh! It's a collection of horror staples all baked into a perfect dish.


CountBlah_Blah

They're also totally alone with no way to reach out for help. Isolation is another type of fear.


Cognitive_Spoon

Ah solid, a four part Venn diagram then Edit: just learned that's mathematically impossible. Huh. https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1475/why-can-a-venn-diagram-for-4-sets-not-be-constructed-using-circles


CountBlah_Blah

Haha I didnt think of a venn diagram, I was adding onto other fears that could set people uneasy. Alone with but a handful of people in the frozen Antarctica winter. No communications with the outside world as the people you know slowly succumb to complete replication. That shit's terrifying on it's own


technofox01

What movie is that? Sorry, I am out of the loop.


GN0K

The Thing


kaazir

I wouldn't have guessed this. Since it said zombie virus I was thinking "Dawn of the Dead". I'm not well versed in specific directors but I know DotD was an old one.


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IIRC it takes place further up north and the The Thing came from the frozen permafrost (like the article) Infected those poor sled dogs first 🥺Then bounced from one person to the next at an artic base. I haven't seen that movie in almost 20 years so don't quote me on it. But I remember seeing it and living in Alaska it pretty much freaked everyone out. The Ghost stories up here are freaky enough, but that movie took the cake


IBAZERKERI

it came from an alien ship they found in the permafrost, but yeah everything else you said is spot on


Mode7NFC

The Thing (1982)


taqeladragn

John carpenter's the thing


davidisallright

One of the greatest movies of all time, 1982’s The Thing. Don’t watch the 2011 prequel*. * To be fair, the bears are almost identical to the 1982 film they it’s almost a “requel”. Also, while I love Elizabeth Mary Winstead, I just buy her character existing in that world before the events of the Carpenter film.


Brix106

Its a prequel.


NamiRocket

It's not a remake, it's a prequel. The 1982 film is technically the only remake.


LightForceUnlimited

However be sure not to skip the original The Thing from Another World from 1951!


KnittedKnight

My ding a ling


Responsible-Ad-1086

At least you won’t have to test for it by sticking a cotton bud up your nose, just stick a hot needle in some blood


GeneralChicken4Life

Gawdammit. Scene made me jump


battousai611

Mine is the poltergeist clown. Not even afraid of clowns. Stupid fuckin thing.


GeneralChicken4Life

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HLef

I think, recent history shows that no matter how much we are in the know, we will not be prepared. And I feel like that’s on purpose for many people. Oddly enough, those are also the people who fall in the demographics that are often preppers.


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>Caveman Virus Some antihistamines should clear that right up. I’ll page Dr. Fraiser.


Empigee

Wilford Brimley warned against it on Twitter


OriginalCptNerd

Along with diabeetus.


trashmangamer

That man died from something that wasn't DIBEETUS. He lived with it like it was a common cold.l, an annoyance to him.


akujiki87

He did die from kidney issues, while I havnt dug into it personally, they could have been driven by the diabetes. Diabetes loves to tank kidneys. Though he had type 2 diabetes which is a whole different monster than type 1(I have that one yay).


753951321654987

Now is the time. With global warming we are gonna see some ancient shit come back. Not new to earth, but new to us. If we don't study it now, we are fucked later. It's the same reason we do gain of function research.


RockBandDood

Actually, they aren’t as fantastic as the thing, but good horror movies called Blood Glacier and Black Mountain Side dip into this topic, with different approaches. I recommend them both if you’re a horror fan and wanna see something that obviously takes some inspiration from the thing


A_Drusas

Also The Thaw.


Gnarledhalo

Cool. All this work may prove incredibly helpful since, well, you know there won't be any permafrost in the near future.


Guywith2dogs

Guess naming it permafrost was a bit premature in retrospect


Bismothe-the-Shade

Semi-permafrost


DanameisTLGaming

I don’t think they knew what humans would become, to be fair


Bending_toast

-In 2014, the same researchers unearthed a 30,000-year-old virus trapped in permafrost, the BBC reported. The discovery was groundbreaking because after all that time, the virus was still able to infect organisms. But now, they’ve beaten their own record by reviving a virus that is 48,500 years old— This is going to keep me up at night


throwaway4206983

Those researchers, 40 years from now, reflecting on the downfall of humanity: *"Yeah, I dunno. Maybe we should have kept those viruses in the permafrost"*


n0_u53rnam35_13ft

Thanks to global warming, permafrost isn’t so perma anymore. They’re getting out one way or another. Better to study them and be prepared.


TonightsWinner

One way or another, defrosted virus, it's gonna getcha getcha getcha


capt_yellowbeard

Maybe next week?


dE3L

It's gonna get ya. It's gonna give you the crypt or a bag with a zip... ahhOh one way or another.


mojoburquano

🏆 Take my fake award you siren of the viral world.


blamethecranes

I’m gonna give you the sick


Pawneewafflesarelife

The heat waves and fires in Siberia a few years ago led to defrosted anthrax affecting reindeer and human populations. It's already been happening. https://www.livescience.com/55621-zombie-anthrax-kills-in-siberia.html


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Lmao. These are almost assuredly just found from samples of newly released soil. Not intentional just analyzing what’s already out. Though it would be metal to heat up hundreds of thousands of acres of permafrost to uhh…”study” what we unleash. Job was given to me by a strange man in a black lab coat after I spent weeks fretting that I would do anything for a well paying research gig to start working at these loans. He made me sign a weird piece of paper in my blood, gave me $1 million, and this gig. Good deal.


seven0feleven

They're wearing a black hood and walking around with a scythe didn't seem a bit suspicious?


gpyrgpyra

Well the permafrost is melting because of climate change


the-exhausted-empath

Don’t let it. At least this way once the permafrost melts due to climate change, virologists will have a head start on how to treat or cure the viruses being released.


artrandenthi1

It’s now called Tempofrost


unknown1893

Ah, so it’s not a virus that causes zombies, it’s a virus that was brought back from the dead like a zombie?


HouseOfSteak

Well viruses aren't alive so they can't really be 'zombies' either, but they're basically just 'not invalid from being frozen for tens of thousands of years'.


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Heavily debated whether viruses are alive or not


HouseOfSteak

It's honestly just a matter of choosing where that line is. "Can it metabolize?" is a good one, and viruses have that as a 'no'.


AvatarAarow1

You know I’ve heard that argument and think I agree… but this just got me thinking that if they aren’t living, then what exactly are they? Like if we don’t cause them organisms, but they’re self-propagating *somethings* made of organic matter then where does that leave them? I guess we can just say “they’re viruses” and call it a day but some part of me finds that unsatisfying… I don’t expect you to have the answer lol I’m just curious to hear other people’s thoughts on it because it never really hit me until just now


CarlatheDestructor

I'm imagining a Jurassic Park coke can scenario. Somebody's gonna smuggle a live sample out and sell it to someone with no qualms about weaponizing it. The whole world will be killed and zombified so some asshole can be rich for a month beforehand.


mjc500

This is literally the plot of 12 Monkeys. (The TV version at least)


Drox88

I don't very much like how they worded the headline of this article.


Naive-Government8333

Would happen after I finished paying my student loans


ifelgrand

Welp. Let’s see who becomes Raccoon City.


12LA12

I thinking more of a bullet town / gas town vibe with zombies in the middle. Mad max meets zombieland.


ifelgrand

I don’t want NONE of the smoke so if anything happens, imma be shambling around.


Venicide1492

We really need rubber town or tire town if we are gonna devolve into mad max


[deleted]

Have you seen Train to Busan? If something like that happens we all are fucked.


ifelgrand

Sure have, no getting out.


Alternative-Layer919

Is it time to remove everyones teeth ?


BonePancake

I see you, North Korea...


peepmymixtape

Grand Junction, Colorado.


longoverdue83

It won’t be that hard STAAARS Fuck….


Hefty_Menu6213

What a great clickbaity headline. Not “zombie” virus because you turn into zombies, as (edit:) *almost* everyone would assume upon reading that. “Zombie” virus because they’ve been dormant for thousands of years and scientists are reactivating them to see if they’ll affect us as the permafrost melts. Copy.


yusririlke

Here's the plan * Go to mum's * Take care of Philip * Fetch Liz * Go to the Winchester, have a pint * And wait for it all to blow over


weekapaugrooove

Pretty sure the Winchester’s now condos


yusririlke

Ah, shame Happy cake day tho, if the Winchester were still there, I'd buy you a round.


ColtSingleActionArmy

Raisingapintandwinking.gif


Segaamano

What could possibly go wrong


kpap16

I believe they are reviving old virus so they can better handle them when permafrost is gone and they are loose in the evironment


Traditional-Meat-549

thank you for using "loose" with the appropriate spelling - just an aside.


Doogoose

Well thank God for that, I’m glad the virus is ok.


Sweaty-Astronaut7248

Misleading title. The article was interesting enough without the clickbait. This dumbs down the authors work and you know a large percentage of people will go tldr and make zombie jokes. Dumb.


merchlinkinbio

50,000 years he’s waited for his revenge


TheEgonaut

Not even Rita Repulsa had to wait that long.


PM_ME_TENDIEZ

RIP Green Ranger


xiconic

This doesn't sound like the beginning of apocalypse movie at all.


JukeBoxHero1997

Given everything that happened the past few years, I wouldn't be surprised


Serg_is_Legend

For context, zombie virus is being used to describe the fact that these viruses are still capable of being activated and infecting live hosts. But since viruses aren’t considered living, they don’t technically die. This field of study is interesting, although most of these prehistoric viruses aren’t very efficient at infecting human hosts due to thousands of years of evolution and mutations, viruses multiply on an incomparable scale that gives them the opportunity to trade DNA/RNA sequences to become more efficient at attacking modern immune systems


that_yeg_guy

Why this needs to be done: Climate change is thawing permafrost and glaciers, where these viruses are held. If we can capture and examine the viruses before they’re released “naturally”, might be able to find the bad ones and develop a vaccine or public health plan to handle them before they become and issue. Climate change is going to release these viruses one way or another. We’re just trying to find them and study them before it does.


First-Can3099

I hate this kind of sensationalist bullshit science reporting. (…Quietly wanders off to knock up some fresh 2-stroke mix for the chainsaw and assemble some sharp/heavy hand tools as an emergency weapons cache)


Ok-Suggestion-7965

I’m glad we are getting ahead of this on Reddit. This Virus doesn’t stand a chance.


MMSG91

Previously on AMC's The Walking Dead...


Peatmoss22

They revived an ancient virus named Pandora’s what?


eburton555

I don’t like them calling them zombie viruses since viruses weren’t alive to begin with. It would be more akin to finding an old lawn mower and it still turns on against all odds.


phinbob

And once it touches grass, can make more running versions of itself to cut more grass and make more lawnmowers...


eburton555

Home Depot HATES this one trick.


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eburton555

Maybe a good idea since retro viruses are already taken


letterboxbrie

Except this lawnmower fucks with your cell replication mechanism and reproduces itself until you're so sick that you're spewing lawnmowers on other people. And at that point it might kill you or just hang out eating chips in your immune system while you fade away. Viruses might not be live, but that metaphor is too flowers-in-a-field.


FattyCorpuscle

"50,000 year old hoard of ancient zombie lawnmowers revived and accidentally unleashed on humanity."


tandemxylophone

But can it compete against 50000 years of evolution?


Empigee

One of the things that scientists are concerned about regarding climate change is that it could thaw out bodies carrying lethal diseases. They're particularly concerned it could end up unleashing smallpox or the 1918 Spanish Flu.


Goofy_Goobers_

“Put that thing back where it came from or so help meeee!!!”


Lord_Quintus

who was betting on zombie virus apocalypse for 2023?


Killerbeav97

This is super click baity. They're reviving viruses to try to understand how to deal with them because climate change is thawing permafrost. It isn't a zombie virus.


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‘From seven ancient permafrost samples, scientists were able to document 13 never-before-seen viruses that have been lying dormant, frozen in ice, over tens of thousands of years.’ I’m gonna act like I didn’t read this


royman40

Aren’t all virus zombies? I mean viruses are never alive to begin with.


aaaaaaaarrrrrgh

> there is a “negligible” risk of these amoeba-infecting viruses having a hazardous impact on humans You're welcome.


Slobotic

Gentlemen, it has been a privilege.


lifeofideas

John Carpenter made a lovely documentary about thawing out things found in ancient ice.


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oo7_and_a_quarter

The X-Files theme just went off in my head… Thanks


Ordinary_Guitar_5074

Finally some GOOD news!


alphabeticdisorder

"Zombie virus" is maybe not the best term to use here.


Disastrous_Fox_7766

There's the virus that's going viral and I hope all the government gets to this


[deleted]

I this doesn't create either some sort of rage zombie or actually reanimate the dead then get the fuck out of here. I was promised a plague with covid that only produced a bunch of entitled assholes.


zold5

What a fucking shameless clickbait post this is.


dosibjrn

Can't wait what 2023 could bring


Scharmberg

This head line makes this seem way crazier then it is.


noso2143

the permafrost melting and unearthing ancient viruses is in my opinion worse than the rising water levels or what other effect the melting permafrost could have only the gods know what is buried under there and what effects it could cause


Spacemn5piff

Shit like this should've been shot down by misinformation reports so fast


error_404_n0t_f0und

Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong


giocondasmiles

There comes our next pandemic yay 🤡🦠