The Millennium Zombie Outbreak (Through the Eyes of the 80s)

The Millennium Zombie Outbreak was a epidemic that took place in California in which a pathogen from testing facilities trying to find a cure for AIDS, but instead a deadly virus would sweep across Eastern California, only being contained by the United States Army in a multi blockade system, known as Operation Cage.

Moral Panick
Once the outbreak became public mass hysteria gripped the world, Zombies were fiction, at least that was before the Outbreak. Pope John Paul II famously said "Haec sunt mundi novissimus dies, Deus Benedicat" before he retreated into the Vatican Crypt to look for 'spritiual advice'. But this was not just a christian panick but in Mecca, Saudi Arabia prayer was vertually 24 hours with many dieing from starvation or exaustion. On December 25th many leaders of the world's nations made speeches, in the USA,Canada and United Kingdom 'Christmas Spirit' was the focus of these speeches and a hope for a better future while in Asia there leaders encouraged faith in there gods and in some cases, National Unity. The Hysteria would end on January 9th as the Outbreak fell. Many would note in the years to come how united humanity was on Christmas 1999.