Originally posted by CommuterBob:
A few things that have bothered me about the premise:
- cells need water to operate correctly; after about 3-4 days without water, the zombies' cells would cease to work. Even if this virus managed to re-animate the brain and the nervous system to control limbs and the mouth, the rest of the body is dead so it wouldn't be able to digest anything and the heart wouldn't be able to circulate blood (liquid) The corpses would literally just rot in place and the perpetual motion of the zombies wouldn't happen. After a few days, a week at the most (not years later) the hordes of zombies would be far fewer. That is, unless, corpses are being generated at a rationed rate by some controlling organization (?).
- how did all the military operations just simply disappear?
- if the zombies can't swim, and react like lemmings, why not just lead them all to rivers and wash them out to sea?
- if the virus has truly infected everyone, how does it only kill those who have been bitten? Wouldn't it kill everyone? Why does being bitten bring on a deadly infection?