Zombies.
(Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)Social media is up in (sore) arms over a vaccination sites’ choice to screen “World War Z” for those waiting to get the COVID-19 vaccine, as the film chronicles a former United Nations employee, played by Brat Pitt, attempting to prevent a viral zombie pandemic from infecting, and ending, the world.
The vaccine centre’s interesting entertainment selection was brought to light by Twitter user @hotgirlzizke, who tweeted a photo taken by her sister’s friend. “My sister’s friend is in the queue to get vaccinated in cavite and they set it up so that they can watch a movie while they wait. bit of a questionable film choice…”
my sister's friend is in the queue to get vaccinated in cavite and they set it up so that they can watch a movie while they wait. bit of a questionable film choice... pic.twitter.com/6Hs9Bwp5cw
— htgrlzzk (@hotgirlzizek) August 28, 2021
The image has since gone viral (no pun intended), with dozens of Twitter users asserting that it’s actually a fantastic film for a vaccination site. “This is a perfect movie. A disease that turns people to zombie. If you don’t wanna be Zombie. Get your vaccine!” one said.
“Maybe it was meant to be an instructional video,” another joked, while a third chimed in: “Like the movie that they chose. It convinced me to get the vaccine. Lol.”
In a second tweet, @hotgirlzizke quipped, “Imagine if the next one they show is contagion,” which people actually thought would be a great idea. “Contagion will be a great educational movie though especially the pandemic ended with vaccination,” a second concurred, with a third adding, “that contract tracing montage at the end, too.”
That's an amazing choice what do you mean? https://t.co/WmotjQ4O37
— Suho's WIFE LuLu (@Lauren_Babe98) August 30, 2021
One invidual noted that showing questionable films in inopportune moments was very much in line with what they’d experienced in the country, recalling how “they showed us a disaster movie involving another mode of transportation” during a ferry ride.
A second responded with a similar tale, having taken a a large ship their “80 year old grandmother and nervous aunt” when the crew decided to broadcast “Titanic.”
This reminds me when final destination was one of the movie choices on a flight I was on. Like, seriously?! https://t.co/vyyA0hb1Dc
— Curious About Ted Lasso (@oldrebeccarocks) August 29, 2021
At least it wasn’t “Final Destination.”
