Poll: Indefinite survival during a zombie apocalypse: Logical?

[Flying-Emu]

Before this gets started, let me say this is a purely hypothetical question.

In the event of a zombie invasion, would it be possible to survive indefinitely against such odds?

To explain, let's say there are roughly 6 billion people in the world. 75% are turned by airborne, 24% turned by bite or devoured. 1% survives immune to both contact and airborne strain.

Even escaping to a deserted island or building some sort of super fortress wouldn't succeed (see Land of the Dead), because the zombies would eventually overrun it. Either that, or supplies would run out, and the survivors would die from hunger or disease. There's also the question of reproduction.

What I'm saying is that, logically, it would be impossible to "ride out" a zombie apocalypse. You'd either turn or be eaten, or die of starvation and disease.

 

[Fenring]

Yes.

 

[Chickenlittle]

Fairly easy. Just build gigantic walls around a country or continent, after sterilizing the interior, and slowly expanding outwards.

Or start at high altitudes, and work your way down. Hell, even starting from a military underground bunker would help, as they likely have hunnerds of hydroponic labs down there.

There's also the example in World War Z novel, where one country built all new homes on concrete stilts, and had planks to cross from building to building, that could be removed to prevent spread.

 

[Snow Fire]

Stock up on ammo, and eat the zombies you kill, after cooking them as to destroy any nasty little surprises. Also being on giant island is an advantage, kill all the zombies there, rebuild society, train a powerful army. If you need more zombie jerky, get in the battleship, go to the mainland, and kill more zombies to stock your reserves of meat.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Stock up on ammo, and eat the zombies you kill, after cooking them as to destroy any nasty little surprises. Also being on giant island is an advantage, kill al the zombies there, rebuild society, train a powerful army. If you need more zombie jerky, get in the boat, go to the mainland, and kill more zombies to stock your reserves of meat.

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Wouldn't the virus be contained in the meat?

 

[Jadak]

Stock up on ammo, and eat the zombies you kill, after cooking them as to destroy any nasty little surprises. Also being on giant island is an advantage, kill al the zombies there, rebuild society, train a powerful army. If you need more zombie jerky, get in the boat, go to the mainland, and kill more zombies to stock your reserves of meat.

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Wouldn't the virus be contained in the meat?

Aren't the 1% alive because they were immune?

 

[Snow Fire]

Stock up on ammo, and eat the zombies you kill, after cooking them as to destroy any nasty little surprises. Also being on giant island is an advantage, kill al the zombies there, rebuild society, train a powerful army. If you need more zombie jerky, get in the boat, go to the mainland, and kill more zombies to stock your reserves of meat.

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Wouldn't the virus be contained in the meat?

Why I said cook the meat, any virus, bacteria, even parasite would be killed by the extreme heat. Take your pick, boiled, baked, deep fried zombie.

 

[bioVOLTAGE]

I bought a guide for this situation a few years ago, and it gives a few tips. I totaly think that it would be possible if you plan it right. Besides, you don't have to wait forever. The zombies are dead and decomposing, albeit at a slower rate. They can't heal from the little things like scrapes and what nots. If you wait a few years, a decade at most, most of them would be rendered harmless.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Stock up on ammo, and eat the zombies you kill, after cooking them as to destroy any nasty little surprises. Also being on giant island is an advantage, kill al the zombies there, rebuild society, train a powerful army. If you need more zombie jerky, get in the boat, go to the mainland, and kill more zombies to stock your reserves of meat.

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Wouldn't the virus be contained in the meat?

Aren't the 1% alive because they were immune?

Well, yes, but I can't imagine eating rotting flesh being good for you, immunity or not.

 

[Snow Fire]

Stock up on ammo, and eat the zombies you kill, after cooking them as to destroy any nasty little surprises. Also being on giant island is an advantage, kill al the zombies there, rebuild society, train a powerful army. If you need more zombie jerky, get in the boat, go to the mainland, and kill more zombies to stock your reserves of meat.

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Wouldn't the virus be contained in the meat?

Aren't the 1% alive because they were immune?

Well, yes, but I can't imagine eating rotting flesh being good for you, immunity or not.

Not true, there's a man who eats rotten meat, been free from all ailments, so guess it's healthier than McDonald's.

 

[Jadak]

Probably not, but at least the Virus would be irrelevant.

 

[Sneaky Paladin]

after reading the zombie survival guide ( sequel to world war z that I dont see mentioned much here ) in a zombie world your suppost to ride it out wait till the zombies die or die on your island with friends you brought along in the houses you built or some crap

and if the island you bought is far away from society barely any zombies could get there if the walk under the ocean they'll die of pressure anyway

 

[IpostIn8-bit]

Read the book "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks. He lists some reasons why humans could survive, one of which can answer the question : Could we outlast the zombies?
The answer is a fantastic yes. If all that left are immune humans, we can look at it from a logical standpoint. Zombies are usually beat up, ripped apart DEAD humans than can walk around, requiring no air, no sleep or nourishment from what we can tell aside from other humans brains(I am of course, basing this off the idea of normal zombies, not specialized zombies as featured in "28 Days Later" where really they're still alive just driven mad). This being said, as I've never seen a zombie dying of hunger, Mr. Brooks provides an interesting answer. Zombies, never receiving nourishment, and always exerting themselves to maximum levels in the pursuit of flesh, will eventually deteriorate their muscles, and run themselves into the ground. Humans actually wear and tear their muscles all the time, but we eat, drink and sleep the microscopic cuts away, which zombies don't seem to do. I believe it possible to outlive our zombie counterparts, we just need to survive long enough for them to destroy themselves.

 

[Yaky]

after reading the zombie survival guide ( sequel to world war z that I dont see mentioned much here ) in a zombie world your suppost to ride it out wait till the zombies die or die on your island with friends you brought along in the houses you built or some crap

and if the island you bought is far away from society barely any zombies could get there if the walk under the ocean they'll die of pressure anyway

Actually, World War Z was the sequel to The Zombie Survival Guide. Just letting you know. =]

 

[Sneaky Paladin]

after reading the zombie survival guide ( sequel to world war z that I dont see mentioned much here ) in a zombie world your suppost to ride it out wait till the zombies die or die on your island with friends you brought along in the houses you built or some crap

and if the island you bought is far away from society barely any zombies could get there if the walk under the ocean they'll die of pressure anyway

Actually, World War Z was the sequel to The Zombie Survival Guide. Just letting you know. =]

well thanks because I was under the assumption it was

p.s. my answer is yes to this poll I didnt mention it straight in my post

 

[Motti]

Just leg (or sail) it to Antarctica. You'll only have to deal with 900-odd zombies (depending on whether or not it's winter and zombies have no body heat (I assume) so they will quickly freeze anyways. Need food? There's penguins, whales, seals and krill. Lots and lots of krill. Aside from food, you can also get oil and furs from these animals which can be useful.

 

[CanuckMan216]

Just, fly your 60 mil people to mars, wait a few million years, come back to earth with future star wars tech and blast the zombies wit turbolasers. Works every time.

 

[Kyouran]

as they likely have hunnerds of hydroponic labs down there.

Good point, for starvation you need to be able to not only have supplies, but have a means to procure more via farming, or roasted zombie, or the like.

The same actually goes for defense: you not only need the skill to kill a zombie with whatever tool is available, but you also need a means to procure more tools or maintain existing ones, via scavenging for more weapons, proper maintenance of swords, bayonets, or firearms, and of course finding or making more ammo.

Feasible!

 

[Marv21]

Depends on the virus, I would say more than probable, however unlikely. I wouldn't be suprised if 4 people banded together, possible to find 4 people in any town that would be uninfected. Hell if you have a radio you can call in help to get you to a safe spot....If anyone noticed, this is the plot of L4D.