Worst Case Scenario

cherryghost

What would be the worst case scenario if a zombie outbreak occurred here? Besides the fact that we live an Ireland already has us on the backfoot.

Carsinian Thau

100% infection of the (surviving) population.

MarkHall

Yeah CT that's pretty much it.
Not sure what your looking for here in regards worst case senario.
Being Caught in open Naked would be a Bad senario when the horde starts.

SimpleSam06

Zombie mosquitoes, unless you're living inside an active volcano, thats pretty much it for the human race.

Drunkmonkey79

mosquitoes wouldn't touch infected blood, so we're safe enough there!

SimpleSam06

Drunkmonkey79 wrote: »

mosquitoes wouldn't touch infected blood, so we're safe enough there!

True, its not like malaria kills millions annually.

Drunkmonkey79

True, many deseases are spread by animals but if you believe the theory of Solanum* being the cause of Zombies then the fact is Solanum unlike malaria would kill an animal carrier/host. Due to its toxic nature there bodies would be unable to survive long enough for the virus to spread, kill them and then reanimate them. They would simply die from ingesting solanum infected flesh or blood. There for they are said to have a primal instinct to leave it well enough alone or to put it another way "mosquitoes wouldn't touch infected blood"

*considered to be the virus assosiated with the rise of zombies by Max Brookes

SimpleSam06

Drunkmonkey79 wrote: »

True, many deseases are spread by animals but if you believe the theory of Solanum*

Aha, I'm more of an old school "hell is overflowing" theorist myself.

Drunkmonkey79

"When there is no more room in hell. . . . . " thats fair enough but consider this.

Female mosquitoes hunt their blood by detecting carbon dioxide (CO2) and 1-Octen-3-ol from a distance.

CO2 comes from exhaling which zombies don't do and 1-Octen-3-ol comes from breathing and sweating which i'm pretty sure Z's don't do either. So given that a only the female mosquitoes drink blood for supplemental nutrition of protein and Iron. I think we'll be fine either way (solanum or dead rising) as solanum revolts animals and the risen dead don't produce protein, sweat or breath!

SimpleSam06

Drunkmonkey79 wrote: »

comes from breathing and sweating which i'm pretty sure Z's don't do either.

Yes, and mosquitoes don't suck coagulated blood. However many of the infected who have not yet turned do breathe and do sweat pretty heavily. This is especially nasty in tropical areas, where you have the infected sitting in bamboo huts waiting to die while mosquitoes feed on them. A few million undead mosquitoes later, and its game over, baby, game over.

irish_boy90

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Yes, and mosquitoes don't suck coagulated blood. However many of the infected who have not yet turned do breathe and do sweat pretty heavily. This is especially nasty in tropical areas, where you have the infected sitting in bamboo huts waiting to die while mosquitoes feed on them. A few million undead mosquitoes later, and its game over, baby, game over.

Are there Mosquitoes in ireland?
think i'ts a bit too wet and cold for them :pac:

SimpleSam06

irish_boy90 wrote: »

Are there Mosquitoes in ireland?
think i'ts a bit too wet and cold for them :pac:

Not the undead variety, which would have been my whole point.

Nothing to stop them motoring up to Alaska and back.

mawk

irish_boy90 wrote: »

Are there Mosquitoes in ireland?
think i'ts a bit too wet and cold for them :pac:

actually there are. two separate species no less. one of which can carry malaria