# That "coronavirus zombie" photo really is incredible **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 19, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110 "2020-04-19T05:07:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/1 "2020-04-19T05:07:04Z")
I was surprised not to see anything about it here. I think it’s going to go down in history as an iconic image. [My caption:](https://twitter.com/SlackerInc/status/1251655576037265411) “They’re not sending their best people.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/2 "2020-04-19T05:41:38Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > [My caption:](https://twitter.com/SlackerInc/status/1251655576037265411) “They’re not sending their best people.” 😃 I was thinking “I want to speak to the manager”. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/3 "2020-04-19T05:42:21Z")
I did see it mentioned here somewhere. I think the people in that image were compared to the Walking Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/4 "2020-04-19T05:57:10Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > I did see it mentioned here somewhere. I think the people in that image were compared to the Walking Dead. The Walking BrainDead. I’m confident many of those protesting are not protesting because they’re genuinely concerned about the economy, or people’s well being, but because they’ve listened to people like Alex Jones and think the virus is a government hoax, it doesn’t exist, and all of the deaths are staged, to, I guess, make us stay at home for a few weeks while the government destroys the economy, devalues the dollar, and administers martial law. I see a picture like that, read the caption, and ignore the associated story. I’m not interested. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/5 "2020-04-19T06:05:15Z")
…my caption: don’t forget to credit to the photographer". [Joshua A. Bickel](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/apr/18/ohio-protest-repoen-viral-image-photojournalist-joshua-bickel), Columbus Dispatch via USA Today Network via Imagn Content Services. An outstanding image. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/6 "2020-04-19T07:13:07Z")
Indeed. Although he said it was his third choice of the eight or so he took in that quick burst. I think his editor knew better. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/7 "2020-04-19T09:40:48Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Indeed. Although he said it was his third choice of the eight or so he took in that quick burst. I think his editor knew better. How can you tell without having seen the other seven? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/8 "2020-04-19T10:48:57Z")
It is mentioned in [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=894252) pit thread. (I brought up in that sub-thread (but got no responses) “Is the blonde zombie one of the women from [that Trump rally photo](https://imgur.com/a/QPbsLiX)? I’m thinking bottom left.” Any opinions on that?) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/9 "2020-04-19T12:46:23Z")
Yes, in the other thread I compared it to the iconic Vietnam War [photo of napalmed children](http://100photos.time.com/photos/nick-ut-terror-war), by Nick Ut. I could have cited several other representative-of-their-time images; that Time Magazine site offers the stories of many such. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/10 "2020-04-19T13:57:21Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It is mentioned in [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=894252) pit thread. > > (I brought up in that sub-thread (but got no responses) “Is the blonde zombie one of the women from [that Trump rally photo](https://imgur.com/a/QPbsLiX)? I’m thinking bottom left.” Any opinions on that?) Interchangeable. You’ve seen one Trump zombie, you’ve seen 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/11 "2020-04-19T14:30:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I was thinking “I want to speak to the manager”. [MAGA Zombie Karen]I want to eat your manager![/MAGA Zombie Karen] ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/12 "2020-04-19T14:38:14Z")
Apparently the woman on the left is running for a seat in the state senate— [https://time.com/5823670/coronavirus-lockdown-protests-photo/](https://time.com/5823670/coronavirus-lockdown-protests-photo/) ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/13 "2020-04-19T15:02:25Z")
> [@Harrington](#): > > . . . because they’ve listened to people like Alex Jones and think the virus is a government hoax, it doesn’t exist, and all of the deaths are staged, to, I guess, make us stay at home for a few weeks while the government destroys the economy, devalues the dollar, and administers martial law. . . It’s fabricated, self-aggrievement. It makes stupid people feel important. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/14 "2020-04-19T16:32:50Z")
I think this will do better in the Pit. Colibri Quarantine Zone Moderator ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/15 "2020-04-19T18:16:26Z")
I think they look like monkeys in a zoo, screaming at nothing they understand. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/16 "2020-04-19T20:38:56Z")
In a Station of the Metro. The apparition of these faces in the crowd: Petals on a wet, black bough. -Ezra Pound ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/17 "2020-04-19T21:54:37Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > I did see it mentioned here somewhere. I think the people in that image were compared to the Walking Dead. My first thought was this scene in Shaun of the Dead: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35edVOEy3g&t=27) ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/18 "2020-04-19T22:15:45Z")
[This](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVq2YYxU0AAVnTQ.jpg) was the first version I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/19 "2020-04-19T23:18:27Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Apparently the woman on the left is running for a seat in the state senate— > > [https://time.com/5823670/coronavirus-lockdown-protests-photo/](https://time.com/5823670/coronavirus-lockdown-protests-photo/) And it’s no surprise that her position is that the Governor’s actions are an unconstitutional overreach, but Trump has all the authority and can do no wrong. And if Trump doesn’t have good enough arguments to convince states to take action, he should just override them and force them to do it. Waaait a minute … aren’t those the same things they were accusing Obama the Illegitimate of doing? > [@](#): > > Ackison said that while she views DeWine’s efforts as constitutional overreach, she would be fine if Trump were to act with similar authority to force governors to bring states back online. > > “We put President Trump in office for a reason,” she said. “If he’s not able to give a convincing enough argument to these governors that they need to open up, then he needs to do something to take action.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110/20 "2020-04-19T23:32:06Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > And it’s no surprise that her position is that the Governor’s actions are an unconstitutional overreach, but Trump has all the authority and can do no wrong. And if Trump doesn’t have good enough arguments to convince states to take action, he should just override them and force them to do it. > > Waaait a minute … aren’t those the same things they were accusing Obama the Illegitimate of doing? As I told someone on Twitter (who promptly blocked me for it), “States rights, dude. Not just for white supremacist assholes.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-coronavirus-zombie-photo-really-is-incredible/852110.md?page=2)