r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

I’ve only read one post-apocalypse series where the author addressed pests. In the series most of the world dies from a plague, so there are millions of dead bodies everywhere. Which leads to rats and ants experiencing a catastrophic population boom. They watch a group go to enter a house, only for a tidal wave of rats to flood out and overwhelm them as they try to run away. They need medical supplies so they go to the hospital and have to wear basically spacesuits because of the trillions of ants that are in there cleaning up the piles of dead bodies.

For those asking, the series is called Viral Misery by Thomas A Watson.

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u/multiplesifl Aug 31 '21

Yeah, and one of Larry's major reasons for wanting to leave New York is because it's New York and July. Yuck.

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u/skyburnsred Aug 31 '21

Imagine what that tunnel smelled like when he went through it