Were I BITTEN by ZOMBIES, what SHOULD I do? How much time does I REALLY have here…?!?

Question

Will I definitely end up as Dead-Man walking?
If there’s no cure for this, what’s the best thing to do, so that I won’t endanger the others living-being?

Answer 1

Once you’ve been infected, you’re pretty much dead. As zombies are created from a virus (the Solanum virus), antibiotics don’t work. The only way to fight the virus, immunization, is also useless, as even the tiniest dosage will lead to a full blown infection. So far, the only way to stop the infection we’ve found is the immediate severing of the infected limb. (Provided this is the location of the bite) Even this, however, is not a definite cure. This treatment is successful only about 10% of the time.

If you wish to stop the zombification process, the only way to do so is kill yourself. You must make sure that your method of suicide will destroy the brain, as destruction of the brain is the only way to kill the zombie. If you die with your brain intact, you will still zombify.

Answer 2

I believe the term "zombie" is a derivative of "somnambulism" which is a sleeping sickness. As such, unlike how zombies are often portrayed in movies, they move very, very slowly. You should be able to out-run/maneuver them. If you are bitten, just go to a coffee shop or buy an energy drink. I would suggest asking for Starbucks gift cards for your birthday, Christmas, etc. or getting a prescription from your doctor for a portable intravenous drip of, say, triple shot mocha latte.

Answer 3

first tell me were these zombies are lol then you will have to go out and kill as many zombies as you can before you turn that will help the most casue then if you take down 5 then 5 for 1 is reducing the amount of zombies sure they are also making more but hey if you just decide it does no good to kill them thier numbers increase 2x faster

Answer 4

Assuming that you are bitten by something resembling a cinematic "crawling dead" type of zombie, and not the Caribbean-style "mort levant" which is more of a tetrabotoxin-induced somnambulist....

Keep in mind that these plagues are going to be hugely variable in terms of both how quickly you turn and how contagious you are to others. In some films people become undead within a few hours, in the _Night of the Living Dead_ films it can take nearly two days depending on the depth and severity of the wound.

If this is the *former* kind of infection, I doubt you will be *able* to do much of anything as your immune system will be running riot: fever, delirium, chills, vomiting uncontrollably, and rather rapid cell death, not to mention toxic (anaphylactic) shock as your blood becomes poisonous to your own self. You will be very, violently sick for a few hours, after which you will be this *thing* that meanders about muttering "Braaiiiinssss..."

Your best bet in that scenario is to have a trusted friend or three at your side at all times the *minute* you hear of an outbreak. Arm yourselves with firearms, and make a mutual pact to blow each other's brains out at the first *hint* of infection. Quick, merciful, and it solves the problem before contagion becomes an issue.

Assuming that it is *not* the worst case scenario, that it is more like _Night of the Living Dead_ and that you have more than a few lucid hours left....

Assess the wound. If it is a wound to your head, neck or torso, get a gun, *end it*, there is no way short of a full-blood transfusion that you are going to keep the infection from taking hold. If that is not the case, and it is just a limb or extremity...

If we are talking about a finger, toe, hand or foot--and a single small wound--apply a tourniquet, and get the limb amputated well above the wound site. Cauterize the stump (a friend or field doctor would be best for this) with a hot knife once the amputation is complete. Once that amputation is done and you wake up, if you are still lucid and show no further signs of degeneracy, get to a functional hospital, and see about going on a *very rigorous* regimen of both antibiotics and chemo-therapy drugs together at the same time, immediately after getting vaccinated against *rabies AND anthrax*. Tough sailing? Yes. Is this likely to get you killed? Oh hells yes. But you do have to act quickly, you've at best bought yourself *days* not weeks with the amputation, and you need to hit any lingering infection hard on all fronts: viral, bacterial *and* on the level of cell pathology at the same time.

If you can survive a month of *that*, chances are the infection will be beaten down into remission, to enough of a degree that you can live in seclusion and not pose a threat to others. You won't turn, but this is no guarantee you won't be contagious.

As for deeper wounds to arms and legs? You *could* try to just cut out the wound channel itself and then cauterize what remains, instead of a full amputation, but keep in mind you will have less lucid, non-degenerate time to work with. The closer the wound gets to your head, neck or upper torso, the closer your odds of even *trying* to survive dwindle to zero.

Your best bet, at any event....is to simply *not* get bitten in the first place. Keep yourself going on good intel....and invest in the *paranoid's* solution. Buy the shark-proof diver's chain mail. Invest in some heavy firepower in terms of firearms. Buy multiple butane torches, one for your home and one for your ride at least, so that when you run out of ammo, you can start burning them. Buy a *potato launcher* and get used to the idea of *launching roadkill* far away from your home before leaving it, so that the foes are at least distracted.

The main thing though is to create a good "bug out" kit and keep it ready at all times: have your weapons, a flashlight with fresh batteries in it, a radio with same, a first-aid kid, some warm clothes, and some basic, non-perishable dried or canned foods ready. Your basic one-month survival kit in other words.

And include in that kit a *simple map* to at least *two* different bug-out hideaways in two *different compass directions* so that if the zombie plague is from the south, you *can go the other way*. So to speak.

I hope this helps. :) Sorry about the prognosis not looking so good.

Answer 5

HOW MUCH TIME DOES YOU HAVE? YOU HAS NO TIME! RUN AND HIDE! YOU WILL TURN INTO A ZOMBIE TONIGHT! YOU WILL DEFINITELY END UP AS DEAD MAN WALKING! THERE IS NO CURE! YOU NEEDS TO LOCK YOURSELF IN YOUR ROOM AND HOPE THAT YOU DOESN'T ESCAPE AND KILL!

Are you kidding me? Zombies don't exist. See, most people have this thing called common sense, which prevents them from asking shockingly stupid questions like this one.

Answer 6

Being bitten by a Zombie does not convert you to a Zombie every one knows that.

Answer 7

First thing you should do is STOP playing the Resident Evil games although they are really addictive (I should know I am in recovery). Second you have about 1 hour. Third you already are a danger to others.

Answer 8

How much time? Do you mean before the men in the white coats come to check you in at the "Happy Hotel."

Answer 9

Nothing would happen to you. There is no such thing as a "zombie virus". To stop them, you simply take their heads off.

Answer 10

If you were bitten on your arm, cut it off! If you think you are really gone, just blow your head off so you don't wake up and kill more.