What Zombie Movies Can Teach Us About the Coronavirus Pandemic

Police in India recently hit the streets, acting like the undead. Unlike most zombies in popular culture, these sported telltale coronavirus spikes on their heads. The parade was part of a measure to promote social distancing in the world’s second most populous country. It’s not the first parallel between the coronavirus and zombie movies. In 2002’s “28 Days Later,” a zombie pandemic is caused by a virus.