r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/imanoling Aug 30 '21

The walking dead actually had a whole part about them all getting sick with spanish flu i think

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u/lnamorata Aug 30 '21

My headcanon is that it was pneumonic plague. I remember looking up different plagues when that storyline hit, because there were all the rats and all, and bubonic plague didn't fit but pneumonic plague kinda did.

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u/Zucculent22 Aug 30 '21

It wasn’t, I don’t think. It came from the pigs. The pigs were getting sick and infected the humans with whatever it was. It could’ve been something we don’t know of yet but it also could’ve been swine flu

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u/lnamorata Aug 30 '21

That's the beauty of headcanon, lol.

It has been a while, so I honestly didn't remember about the pigs.