Fark linked up news that scientists have re-created the 1918 flu virus. Because recreating a virus that killed more people than WWI may at first seem rather imprudent, CNN helpfully included this comforting information:

The public health risk of resurrecting the virus is minimal, U.S. health officials said. People around the world developed immunity to the deadly 1918 virus after the pandemic, and a certain degree of immunity is believed to persist today.

In other words, as the Fark headline almost correctly noted: remember 28 days from [now], you have to shoot the zombies in the head to kill them.

It helps that existing antivirals also work on good ol' 1918. The hope is that this research will lead to deeper insights into the related and potentially far more dangerous Asian avian flu virus.