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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tetsubo" data-source="post: 3842448" data-attributes="member: 1250">One thing that has always bugged me is how the "biting as vector" type of zombie plagues spread... A zombie is programmed with "eat living" as its sole bit of software. So if they get a human they eat them. They don't bite one and let it go to make more zombies. There is no "catch and release" policy amongst the Living Dead. So how does a zombie plague spread? This is why Romero is such a genius, if you die, for ANY reason, you Rise...    A comic artist by the name of Ross Campbell [<a href="http://www.greenoblivion.com/]" target="_blank">http://www.greenoblivion.com/]</a> has created another zombieverse that is good. I also happen to really like his style. The book is called The Abandoned. In it the Event takes place one random weeknight. At midnight anyone older than 23 just dies. About an hour later they Rise. No explanation, no reason, it just happens. Now that is Instant Zombie Plague! You can pick up a copy on Amazon... There is also the issue of numbers. There are 300 million people in the US. How many bodies are there that could become zombies in a Romero style Rise? Maybe 3 million at any one time? That leaves a LOT of live humans. Even if taken by surprise I doubt there would be more than 6 million zombies within the first couple of days. And a few humans can take down  a zombie without trouble. There is also the issue of firearms. There are a LOT of guns in the US. A LOT. There is also a lot of empty space. So lots of guns and lots of space to run too... I just don't see zombies being a real threat. I see a Shawn of the Dead type of reaction. Lots of panic for 24 - 48 hours and then all the zombies are dead or rounded up...Humans are nasty opponents. Especially when pushed into a corner. We would survive...</blockquote>

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