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The infected of Cargo

FilmInfected, still aliveShamblesA virus2010 to today

Cargo is an Australian film in which a couple and their baby travel through rural Australia during a virus outbreak. Its infected take up to 48 hours to turn rabid. Aboriginal characters, some of whom have returned to traditional ways, are central to the story.1

Battle it
First appeared
2017
Released 2017
Source work
Cargo (2017)
Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke
Made in
Australia
What causes it
A virus
A virus; no origin is given.
How you become one
A bite; the victim turns rabid within 48 hours.
How it moves
Shambles
They shuffle about and attack the living.
Weak spots
  • fire (an Aboriginal community burns the infected)

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2017

Released 2017

field notes

What the sources say

1

Victims suffer seizures and their eyes seem to weep a marmalade-like fluid1

2

A government emergency kit is issued for the infected1

3

An Aboriginal girl hides her turned father, believing a healer can restore his soul1

4

Expanded from a seven-minute 2013 Tropfest short that became a YouTube hit1

5

Stars Martin Freeman; released worldwide by Netflix in 20181

6

The bitten can count on up to 48 hours before they turn1

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

The infected of Cargo about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Cargo (2017 film) - Wikipedia

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