10 things movies teach us about Virus Outbreaks

7. There will always be two types of people in your group.
One of these people you won't get along with. I'll discuss him later. The other person will be quiet, unassuming, and usually very dangerous. In any group of survivors there's always one person who will either A) be a crazy psychopath, B) be some sort of evil rapist, or C) be a coward/moron who will sell out the group to the enemy group of survivors/the plague monsters/anyone promising him a steak dinner. Think of the person in your group you'd least suspect and that's probably him. Then again, if you pick the one you least suspect, then suspect him the most, that means it's not him, but someone else. And then that guy will be the one you suspect, and then we're off on some horrible acid trip of circular logic that'll drive you Cillian Murphy-mad.

8. Here's the other crucial member of your group to watch out for, but he's a lot easier to spot than the psychopath.
There will always be a heroic last stand to be made, and one member of your group will always sacrifice him or herself so that the important members of the survivor corps can get away. Generally, this will be someone whose wife or parents succumbed to the virus in the earlier stages of the outbreak or someone who spent most of the time in confinement being an asshole. He or she will have nothing left to live for and will need some way to make up for his or her previous behavior. This is always through a hero's death. Afterwards, everyone will think fondly of this person's sacrifice. One good act makes up for months of otherwise reprehensible and jerky behavior.

9. Civilization will instantly turn back to normal once the cure for the virus has been discovered.
All that running and screaming and chaos? It's instantly forgotten the moment the virus is no longer an issue. Aside from the fact that there's a ton of dead people laying around (who are rarely, if ever, properly disposed of), once the threat is over it is completely over. No repercussions. Viruses never mutate or change in any way once it kills people, so once you're immune or properly dosed up with antivirus, you're home free. Even the normal things that kill people, like infections or food poisoning, are nothing to be worried about. Everyone goes back to their normal lives almost instantly, except much better than before.

10. The new world post-virus will be a utopia.
Everyone is dead except for you, your friends, and a random hot girl who magically survived the end of the world. Time to play Adam and Eve, and the world's your garden! Somehow, the events of the plague have managed to end global warming, deforestation, acid rain, urban blight, suburban sprawl, hunger, drought, and all the other problems the world suffered from in the days before the outbreak. You and your new friends set up shop in a charming country village, turn on the water and power, and the disease-ridden monsters are instantly a thing of the past. Yay!

As it turns out, the inevitable swine flu-based apocalypse will end up being a net good for the world at large. While the millions of casualties will undoubtedly be bummed out by the fact that, you know, they end up dead, the survivors will inherit a wonderland.

After all, the flu epidemic of 1918 ended war and famine forever. Ah, hang on...