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Posted by Victoria on 25-02-2014 at 02:17:

I think the level of threat and devastation depends what kind of zombies would everyone have to deal with. The dead reanimated by some manner of curse, living 'zombies', created by a 28-days-later-esque virus, dead zombies a la Resident Evil, 'zombies' created by nanotechnology run wild or parasytes... things like that (though more than their origin, what matters here is slow vs. fast, can they heal? Can they be killed and how much damage can they take?).

There is also the question of intelligence and instincts. Whether they'd be able to find their own food or just wait for it to stumble across their path. And if we deal with living 'zombies', do they know they need to stay hydrated in order to survive? Oh, and then there's the wonderful question whether (if we are talking viral zombification) the disease would be transmittable to animals. One thing is when you have to deal with humans. Another is when you are chased by diseased dogs, rats, squirrels, cockroaches, pigeons, fleas... actually, fleas are a pretty great vector if you think of it. Black Death anyone? And imagine a zombified moose chasing you down the street, its maw open and ready to bite, drool pouring on the spiky coat matted by blood, bulging, bloodstained eyes fixed on you, the thunder of its hooves... ah, I'm happy I live in a place with no mooses anywhere.

Last but not least, let's read what does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have to say about this:

http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/

And on the matter of parasitic zombification...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucochloridium_paradoxum

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 25-02-2014 at 02:33:

I'm just reeling over the fact that the CDC even addresses this!

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Posted by ElectricWhite on 25-02-2014 at 03:33:

Only in America, TJ!

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Posted by ChrisW on 25-02-2014 at 05:03:

The US Military also has a Zombie invasion survival guide. I think it was a clever way to get people to read about disaster/survival preparedness.

Victoria, have you seen the movie "A Little Bit Zombie"? Havoc is wreaked because of a mosquito that bit a zombie and got zombified itself, then bit another person and infected him. The teaser text for the movie sucked me right in. Something like, "A HR professional tries to make his bridezilla happy while fighting the urge to eat brains."

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Posted by Becky Rock on 26-02-2014 at 00:14:

That would be hysterical, either good or bad.

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