It has begun.

I'm a sucker for end days news. Be it my fascination with zombies, or my obsession with The Stand (now in comic book format), I just love reading about how the world might end.
Enter this news article.

and the man's body would be sent back to South Africa in a sealed zinc casket.

This sound much more "The Stand" than Zombies, but I think that is equally as frightening. The fact that they sealed the body in a zinc casket is what gets to me. Scary stuff indeed. I'll be keeping watch on this, to see if any more people die of mysterious illnesses from Brazil, or South Africa. If I find anything, I'll by a first class ticket to Madagascar.