![]() ![]() The majority of this retrospective has been overwhelmingly negative regarding both the future portrayed in 28 Weeks Later and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Much like the final shaky-cam shots showing those infected with the Rage Virus dashing into Paris, more contagious strains such as Omicron have spread in the quieter moments of the pandemic. When protections such as mask-wearing and vaccine mandates are lowered, the infection will always come rushing back. You cannot simply get a vaccine and expect COVID-19 to be eradicated. ![]() If there was anything that needed to be learned from 28 Weeks Later, it’s that nobody should be madly dashing to return to normal after the supposed worst of a pandemic is over. Also Read: ‘Plaga Zombie’: The Pioneers in Contemporary Argentinian Horror Cinema The worst part is that government officials and regular citizens alike pretend that their lives can carry on as usual. These numbers are staggering and terrifying. The university also claims that there have been over 515 million cases worldwide ever since COVID-19 was first identified. According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the United States has registered over 1.2 million cases of COVID-19 and over 11,000 deaths over a 28-day period. Even though we have coronavirus vaccines and booster shots, COVID-19 is still raging worldwide. Unless a new COVID strain makes you feral and want to bite other people while bleeding profusely, the 28 duology won’t be used as motivation for medical treatment organizations any time soon. One of the primary reasons Contagion was revisited in 2020 is because of how similar its virus and its symptoms were to the novel coronavirus. It would be remiss not to acknowledge that COVID-19 and the Rage Virus are two very different beasts. District One was never going to be safe enough because the risk of infection never died. The damage was done long before the sea of survivors became a sea of infected. It isn’t until the large mass of survivors crushing and climbing over each other to avoid those newly infected, that the British and American forces realize just how flimsy District One’s protections really were. 28 Weeks Later, on the other hand, imagines a post-virus world where preventive measures are easy to break a safe haven can quickly become a living hell. The ending of Contagion leaves it unclear whether the vaccine developed to treat its virus was actually successful or not. This is why 28 Weeks Later is such a haunting yet underrated pandemic film. Also Read: Return of the Living Dead III is a Punk Rock Zombie Love Story for the Ages Even those who believe in the vaccine’s effectiveness are dropping their preventative measures because they don’t feel like following them anymore. The plethora of COVID-19 vaccines that have been developed since the pandemic, which have overwhelmingly been proven to be effective in reducing the risk of transmission, are fought against by fringe groups. Both the government and a sizable portion of the world have agreed that the virus is no longer a big deal even the bare minimum of transmission prevention isn’t necessary anymore. However, the world is not the same as it was two years ago. The Rage Virus comes back with a bloody and claustrophobic vengeance. After a reunion kiss goes terribly wrong, thanks to the family patriarch Don (Robert Carlyle), every protection protocol and barrier in District One falls. The question that needs to be answered is why she hasn’t exhibited the side effects of the Rage Virus. She is then quickly taken into the compound for experimentation. Tammy and Andy sneak out of District One and stumble across their lost mother, Alice (Catherine McCormack). Unfortunately, these precautions are not put into effect. Also Read: ‘The Sadness’: Rob Jabbaz’s Deeply Disturbing Zombie Film Is Coming To Shudder This May As long as the necessary precautions are taken to ensure that the Rage Virus does not enter District One. While obviously not an ideal situation, survivors like siblings Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) still have the chance at a comfortable life as they heal from the obvious trauma caused by a massive Rage outbreak. Meanwhile, scientists are working to figure out the secrets of the Rage Virus to create a potential cure for it. ![]() Both British and American forces patrol the safe zone known as District One. Amidst the dropping number of infected, NATO began reclaiming the region to rebuild society as much as it can. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, it depicts a world where the zombie-like victims of the Rage Virus slowly died of starvation after its initial outbreak throughout Britain. 28 Weeks Later, released on this day in 2007, is the anticipated follow-up to Danny Boyle’s harrowing 2002 horror 28 Days Later. ![]()
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