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Zombies are an irrational re-occurring fear of mine.
It reassures me to recall how badly corpses fare in pretty much most outdoor situations. Muscles, eyes, ears and soft tissue go bad so fast. Rotting happens to be a favorite subject of mine. Also, not only would one's own lack of circulation and bacteria work against a walking corpse, but maggots aren't picky about feasting on moving targets. Gangrene attracts flies about as well as a fully dead body, they only thing that slows the process is the animal shaking off the bugs.
Diseases like ebola and rabies are difficult to spread since they require direct contact of some form. Additionally, 28 Days Later type zombies would wither away much faster than in 28 days. How long can one's body perpetually spew blood? We have, on average about 6 liters of blood. It goes fast when you are constantly losing it and about 2.5 liters lost will kill someone fast. Though a zombie may not require blood, all that moisture loss is going to affect them. Fluid is what keeps us supple, dead or alive.
Finally, people seem to have proven that we will be prepared in the event of a crisis. Maybe the government will be less than helpful, but there are enough gun fans in my neck of the woods that all I want to do is make sure I don't get infected!
This is solely for my own enjoyment. Comment if you are interested or ignore.
It reassures me to recall how badly corpses fare in pretty much most outdoor situations. Muscles, eyes, ears and soft tissue go bad so fast. Rotting happens to be a favorite subject of mine. Also, not only would one's own lack of circulation and bacteria work against a walking corpse, but maggots aren't picky about feasting on moving targets. Gangrene attracts flies about as well as a fully dead body, they only thing that slows the process is the animal shaking off the bugs.
Diseases like ebola and rabies are difficult to spread since they require direct contact of some form. Additionally, 28 Days Later type zombies would wither away much faster than in 28 days. How long can one's body perpetually spew blood? We have, on average about 6 liters of blood. It goes fast when you are constantly losing it and about 2.5 liters lost will kill someone fast. Though a zombie may not require blood, all that moisture loss is going to affect them. Fluid is what keeps us supple, dead or alive.
Finally, people seem to have proven that we will be prepared in the event of a crisis. Maybe the government will be less than helpful, but there are enough gun fans in my neck of the woods that all I want to do is make sure I don't get infected!
This is solely for my own enjoyment. Comment if you are interested or ignore.