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Which in theory with any sort of living zombie all youβd need to do is wait out the zombies for a few weeks/months while they inevitably starve to death.
Because wht we learned in the last couple of years is humanity as a whole is totally capable of isolating for a few months without issues
Feel like watching your neighbor eat the face off of your other neighbor is a little bit more motivation to stay inside than a microscopic virus. Then again, it isnβt the most wise thing to bet against human stupidity
Yeah but what if you run out of toilet paper?
Or need a haircut?
The zombies outside: braaaaids
Then I started blasting.
I assume they would starve as humans are only good at hunting because of tools. Helpfully weβre not getting the Land of the Dead variety of zombie that is smart enough to use tools.
Oh and exposure would probably get them too
Only carrion animals are going to eat those bodies. Unless they poison a water supply, it'll be fairly limited for it being a hotspot for infection.
What about insects, like mosquitoes or spiders?
Yeah I can see what you mean. Reminiscent of 28 Weeks Later.
THE ECONOMY! Everyone must return to work, despite the very low and acceptable risk of being eaten by zombies, in order to keep our real estate investments worthwhile.
If we did the traditional 40 day quarantine of old rather than the shitty 2 weeks lockdown we may have lowered the spread better... But even China tried hard to do zero covid and eventually succumbed 2022 when covid still managed to go out of control
Or they're eaten by birds and dogs