1. Scientifically Speaking, A Zombie Apocalypse Should Only Last A Few Months At Most
The zombies in the show are essentially characterised as reanimated dead bodies who like to eat humans. For those that aren't up to speed on how fast dead bodies decay, the answer is very fast. The show has alluded to this fact by gradually making the zombies more grotesque over time, but scientifically speaking, every zombie in the world should be nothing more than a pile of dust after just a few months. Firstly, there's the issue of heat. Dead bodies don't do well in heat and the bacteria inside will cause the bodies to bloat over the course of a few weeks before exploding all over the place like a gush waterfall off blood and guts. That mains that any survivor who lives in a tropical or subtropical part of the world will probably be fine, provided they don't do anything stupid. Secondly, there's the issue of the cold. Human bodies are almost entirely made out of water and when water freezes, it's going to make movement of any kind impossible, even for zombies. For survivors in cold places, the frozen zombies will basically be frozen, suffer nasty freezer burn, and basically be destroyed before you even step out of the house. Lastly, dead human bodies can't heal from day to day damage. So as a zombie stumbles and bumps into every wall in search of human flesh, it will eventually grind itself down into a weakened husk, so much so that a gust of wind could take it out. So really, by the time Rick wakes up in the hospital, the zombie apocalypse should've been over and the only thing he would've had to deal with was Shane screwing his wife behind his back.
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