• Dr. Wesker
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    22 hours ago

    The larger threat is based on if they are virus zombies, and not living-dead zombies. To your point, living-dead zombies will just deteriorate are die off. But virus zomies have a chance of still being able to survive for long periods of time. There’s also increased threat depending on how the virus is transmitted, it’s lifespan outside the body, mutations, so forth.

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      6 hours ago

      The way viral zombies are depicted in movies and games, they seem to lack basic survival instincts. That’s going to make them vulnerable to dehydration, which will stop their conquest within a few days. Infected wounds are the next problem they’ll face if they somehow manage to drink enough water.

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        14 hours ago

        Yeah, viral zombies won’t last long in the southwest. I ought to be good with just shutters on the house.