Venomous Dragon
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Jun 27, 2012 2:17:16 GMT -5
Humans and animals can be demoralized through wounding and fear. Zombies can't. They don't feel pain or fear. And it's not just the zombies themselves. In an apocalyptic landscape, disease, starvation, maurading bands, even your own family can be just as dangerous. Your children might turn on you to save himself for instance. That's the most terrifying thing about an apocalypse. It can hit us hard in so many ways that have nothing to do with the disaster itself. the zombies wouldnt cause an apocalypse in the first place.
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Post by jumbo1 on Jun 27, 2012 22:18:44 GMT -5
Most likely not but remember, diseases spread more frequently and easily now because of globalization. There is overcrowding. People travel more. Ships and planes move from coast to coast, carrying rats with disease. Diseases can strike anybody, of any age or condition at any time. People never know for years they have cancer until it's too late.
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Post by Anomonyous on Jun 28, 2012 9:56:54 GMT -5
People are supposed to turn into zombies in one day. I doubt rats could carry the zombie virus; they'd probably die from a bite and if they survived that, the disease. Of course, small mammals are too nimble to be taken a chunk out of anyway.
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Jun 28, 2012 22:22:25 GMT -5
Most likely not but remember, diseases spread more frequently and easily now because of globalization. Right, because the zombie is gonna go buy a plane ticket. If the disease spreads by bites, there's no way for rats to effectively carry it. They have to survive a zombie bite, be immune to zombieism themselves, and then bite people.
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Post by jumbo1 on Jul 1, 2012 22:37:35 GMT -5
Anyone here has had the chance to read the book World War Z?
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Jul 1, 2012 23:58:41 GMT -5
No. The only zombie book I've read is I Am Legend.
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Post by jumbo1 on Jul 2, 2012 1:10:08 GMT -5
Here it is: A mathematical model of a zombie outbreak. mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/Zombies.pdfAdvice: skip to page 14 (unless you are familiar with biomathematics) so what are everyone's thoughts on this study? Anom says he'll be back in 4 days and I'm curious to hear his response.
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Venomous Dragon
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Jul 2, 2012 3:10:35 GMT -5
They are right that it would need to be an aggressive quarantine.
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Post by Wyvax on Jul 2, 2012 18:05:51 GMT -5
I've read it (WWZ), and though I didn't really care for it, it was well written and very thought out.
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Post by jumbo1 on Jul 3, 2012 6:26:54 GMT -5
You know what's strange though? Why don't zombies attack each other?
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Post by Anomonyous on Jul 5, 2012 16:11:50 GMT -5
Here it is: A mathematical model of a zombie outbreak. mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/Zombies.pdfAdvice: skip to page 14 (unless you are familiar with biomathematics) so what are everyone's thoughts on this study? Anom says he'll be back in 4 days and I'm curious to hear his response. The quarantine? Honestly, shoot them. Preferably before they zombify, which would be best and spare the victims a painful death, instead of after, which may allow a chance of breakthrough in the infected population. If I were bitten, I would be just fine with getting killed before I turn into a hunk of putrid mass which I know will attack and kill innocent people if given the chance. (although I would like to say that I'd prefer to put the gun to my head instead of having someone else do it) However I certainly do understand this would raise qualms about morality and human life. In that case, shoot them after zombification. It's riskier but still works all the same, and corpses are not protected under the law.
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Post by jumbo1 on Jul 6, 2012 2:45:53 GMT -5
The term "total war" is impossible for 2 reasons.
One, not everybody in the nation can participate in the war. What about the hospitalized, elders, babies, and just people protesting the war? What if you're in the bathroom or a restaurant? It's physically impossible for all individuals in a nation to participate in a war.
Two, nations have strict mental/physical limits. A cut food supply, loss of troops, injuries, bad weather, harsh terrain or broken gear are all such factors.
With zombies it's possible. They don't feel fear or pain. They do not tire. They have no need for self-preservation. They don't run out of resources. They multiply. And every one individual of the 40 million or so undead horde is 100% committed to consuming and infecting all life on earth.
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kikomia
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Post by kikomia on Jul 6, 2012 8:33:25 GMT -5
There's only one explanation for this....Zombies.
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Post by Anomonyous on Jul 6, 2012 8:55:33 GMT -5
With zombies it's possible. They don't feel fear or pain. They do not tire. They have no need for self-preservation. They don't run out of resources. They multiply. And every one individual of the 40 million or so undead horde is 100% committed to consuming and infecting all life on earth. They are also slow bumbling idiots that make excellent target practice for 8 year old children.
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Post by jumbo1 on Jul 6, 2012 9:01:23 GMT -5
only a head shot (destroying the brain as they say) kills a zombie. Shoot his lungs, liver, legs, arms- he'll keep coming. And you'll eventually run out of ammo and by then hundreds more undead will have replaced the ones you killed.
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