| | The Virus
What are zombies ? How are they created ? What are their strengths and weaknesses ? What are their desires, and needs ? Why are they hostile to humanity ? Why do they only feed on warm human flesh ? Before we discuss any of the survival techniques, we must first learn how to separate fact from fiction. Zombies, in fact, are not a work of black magic or supernatural force.
To date, what causes the dead the reanimate is the work of a virus - Solanum. First discovered by a person called Jan Vanderhaven.
Solanum works by entering the human bloodstream and is considered 100% fatal and 100% communicable. The virus is neither waterborne or airborne, but it transfers through fluidic contact. A zombie bite, by no means, is the most recognizable sense of transferrence of the virus. Though there are reported cases that humans are in the risk of infection by brushing their open wounds against those of a zombie, or having the infected blood enter the bloodstream either through the mouth or anywhere that leads into the bloodstream. However, ingestion of the infected flesh, leads straight to permanent death rather than infection, as the infected flesh is highly toxic.
To quote:-
Solannm works by traveling through the bloodstream, from the initial point of entry to the brain. Through means not yet fully understood, the virus uses the cells of the frontal lobe for replication, destroying them in the process. During this period, all bodily functions cease. By stopping the heart, the infected subject is rendered ''dead." The brain, however, remains alive hut dormant, while the virus mutates its cells into a completely new organ.
The most critical trait of this new organ is its independence from oxygen. By removing the need for this allimportant resource, the nndead brain can utilize, but is in no way dependent upon, the complex support mechanism of the human body. Once mutation is complete, this new organ reanimates the body into a form that bears little resemblance (physiologically speaking) to the original corpse. Some bodily functions remain constant, others operate in a modified capacity, and the remainder shut down completely. This new organism is a zombie, a member of the living dead.
-kinGz |
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