My name is Dr. Jonathan Ellsworth and I am a professor of post-mortem reanimation (A.K.A zombieism). I have studied the physical and psychological aspects and affects of post-mortem reanimation on both the general populous and human psyche as well as the physical make up and psychological processes of the post-mortem beings. Through my years of study I have come to a conclusion, if there was to ever be a break out of post-mortem beings, it could quite possibly bring all society as we know it to a halt!

 

 

The mental psyche is a fragile system that with the correct amount of stimulus can be broken down or manipulated. Death is a trauma that no psyche can withstand and will reduce almost all brain functions/memories from before that trauma, to a sort of mindless ravaging animal instinct. When the word zombie comes to mind most people think slow brainless beings with no goal but to eat your flesh. This is semi true and more prominent in the mid to final stages of post-mortem reanimation. But, in the early stages these beings, which I hesitate to use the word being for most brain activity has been reduced to minimum function. But in the early stages, these beings show skills much like beings of the Pre-Neanderthal Era. We have found certain subjects have some form of a memory from their past life and can manipulate common tools that normal human beings would use on a day to day basis. This makes any post-mortem being in the early stages 50 times more dangerous than after the brain begins to deteriorate. Which beings to occur almost immediately but takes up to 52 hours to begin to affect motor skills and these fragments of memory left in the brain after death. The reanimated body within these first 52 hours is also more functional then most would believe. Post-mortem beings will be weak and clumsy, but will for sure be able to still move and react quickly when incentive is present. Scientists who invented the virus that kills and then reanimates dead tissue where very precise on what exactly they were looking to do. They were seeking to make a virus that would kill a living creature, bring dead tissue back to functioning abilities, and extend the longevity of the different tissues. Nucleic Acids were the solution scientist found to slow the breakdown of tissue and help re-animate the body.

 

 

 

Nucleic Acids are macromolecule composed of chains of monomeric nucleotides. In biochemistry these molecules carry genetic information or form structures within cells. A common example of a Nucleic Acid would be DNA, which naturally occurs in the body. Scientist Manipulated these natural occurring Nucleic acids to strengthen cell walls and make them less susceptible to the natural breakdown that occurs after death. By manipulating these Nucleic Acids they have extended the bodies functionality to up to a year and in rare case more than a year. The problem with this process is it opens up windows for adverse affects, cellular manipulation is a process that should only be performed in a sterile laboratory environment. This was one of the main negative factors that led the government to never use these type of biological agents. Unfortunately these agents were never destroyed, which still leaves the possibility for a outbreak or future testing.

 

 

 

In the event that a post-mortem virus outbreak was to occur the possibility that anyone could clearly identify this outbreak within the first 24 hours would be nearly impossible. Only a few specialists in world have been trained with the common knowledge of what a zombie will look and act like. It will most likely be defined as a madness or civil unrest by the local media and the goverment will back up these claims while they try to perform hazmat clean up procedures. Confirmation of an outbreak is crutial to containing the spread of the virus, which will spread via fluid transfer. In rare occasions the virus has mutated and spread in other ways but 99% of the time it will be through fluid transfer.  

 

Stage 1: HASMAT clean Up and quarantine of all affected areas

Stage 2: Clear all areas that have been affected using specialized firing teams and possibly tactical air strikes using smart bombs

Stage 3: Scatter bombing of large area's mixed with large firing squades to level everything to the ground

Stage 4: Tactical Nucular Warheads

 

The government will only go to the fourth stage as a final option and most believe they won't go that far even if all other options have failed. I myself believe the government would use a nuclear strike if it came to that and that is why I believe in order to survive any outbreak you must separate yourself from the heavily populated area's. The government will not strike a rural area where the number will only be at the most in the tens of thousands. The government is more worried about the large cities and heavily populated area's.

 

 

 

Many people have claimed they know the 100% guarantee way to survive a post-mortem virus outbreak and in my opinion there are many ways to survive. But, I believe the #1 way to ensure you have the best chance of survival is preparation. Where ever you end up you will need 4 main things... Clean Water, Food, Shelter, and Protection. SHELTER: Choose your shelter wisely because this will be the backbone that you will build your entire survival on. You will be looking for a concrete walled structure with the least amount of entrances/exits as possible, this includes windows and heating and air conditioning ducts that lead to the outside. You should seal any access to your shelter with whatever you can find using nails and screws if possible otherwise brace objects up against the open area using a board against a wall or the ground. It will most likely be smart to still have a way to get people in and out of your structure fast either using a very securly locked door that can be opened or some other means. You will need roof access or to make it when you get in the building by cutting a hole in the ceiling. The roof is your only escape if the Post-mortem beings gain access to your shelter. So, make the roof access sealable so you can escape if you have too. A generator would be great but is in no way what you should base you decision off of when looking for a structure. Food, Guns, and Ammo are things you should try to bring with you or get before you find your permanent structure. FOOD: Can goods have long shelf lives and will be a good thing to have, MRE's and survival bars will help as well. But know supplies will run out so possibly bring seeds to grow fruits and vegetables so you have a renewable food source. Plan for climate by storing food if you live somewhere that plants cannot be grown year round. WATER: When it comes to water you either want to have your own private well with hand pump or collect and boil it using rain or dew collectors. If you use city water make sure to boil it and store as much as possible in anything you can find. City water will not last if all anarchy breaks loose so make sure you store it and the reason I say boil it is because you don't know if the water has been contaminated or not. PROTECTION: By protection I mean guns, rifles, sharp objects, blunt objects, and anything that can be throw, stabbed, or smashed into a post mortem being. Either have these things before, along with a lot of ammo, or pick them up on the way to your shelter, I don't recommend using fire as a way to kill the post-mortem beings due to the fact that you then turn those beings into moving torches and this could potentially damage your shelter.

 

 

 

After you make it to your shelter and everything is secured and supplies are ample... What Next? Well at this point you will be living with no contact from the outside world, a constant drown of moans and groans from the 100's or 1000's of post-mortem beings outside, and nothing more to do but twiddle your thumbs. This is the hardest part of the whole ordeal, keeping yourself busy will be the only thing that keeps you from turning your own gun on yourself. Scientist speculate that the constant sound of moaning from the post-mortems can have similar affects as it did on POW when they would use music to torcher them. It can cause depression and madness if you let it, that is why you must figure out ways to keep yourself busy. Turn your surroundings into pleasant things that remind you of your life before the outbreak. That way you feel more comfortable and that will reduce your stress levels. Set up a routine and follow it, this will keep your mind off all the bad things that have happened or are happening around you. Try to have fun, if you only do work all the time this will also begin to drain you. So, make sure you do something fun every couple weeks if not days.

 

Rescue, if it is possible, is the best thing you could hope for! You want to make sure that possible rescuers know that there are living people in your building so they don't just pass you by. The best way to accomplish this is to make banners, paint a message on the roof, or anything to catch their attention. You want to use bright colors so a helicopter or plane can see the message. You can use signal fires, but be careful you don't set you structure on fire and that is why I tend to lean towards signs or banners more than fire. This should be one of the first things you do after your building is secure. Rescue will occur within the first 72 hours if it's going to happen most likely. After that the outbreak will be so much to handle that any possible rescuer's will most likely be trying to rescue themselves. If rescue does not happen then you will be in your structure for around a year at least if not longer. You have to wait until all the post-mortem beings have deteriorated enough that you can travel safely. If you have a car in your structure I would re-enforce it as much as possible over that year and start coming up with a plan for where you will go to try to find other survivors. When traveling make every attempt to stay away from big cities as to avoid large groups of post-mortem beings that could possibly flip or damage your car. Your best bet would be military bases that have underground bunkers that people could still be alive in. These bases have been made to sustain people for years and will probably have live people. If you can get your hands on a transponder radio then broadcast a message of help otherwise check the radio on the car to see if anyone else has done that and then try to track them down if you do find a signal. Be cautious because you don't know what kind of people you will run into and after the downfall of society it would be very possible that someone would want to take what you have. Survival of the fittest at its best.   

 

In this stage there are no signs of deterioration, you may be able to see wounds or blood from either bites or whatever may have killed the person. The skin will be pail depending on how new the reanimated subject is and there will usually be dark circles around the eyes.

 Stage 2 Post-Mortem Virus

In the third and final stage of Post-mortem reanimation the skin will be yellowish with major signs of deterioration. They eyes will either be gone or dried to the point that they are hard. Usually most the teeth will be missing along with the lips which get confused for flesh while they attempt to feed. Bone will be clearly visible in several places and the stomach may have burst due to consumption of flesh with no ability to digest. At this point the post-mortem being will be almost completely immobile but still can be ddangerous if you get to close.

 

   

                                                                                   

 

 

Post-Mortem beings are just as fragile as you or me, granted they do not register pain so any superficial cuts or impacts will not deter them. The only way to stop them is to destroy brain. Granted these beings are dead and are running on very little brain function, but if you remove the little they have they will no longer be able to function at all. So either crush the skull into the brain, which takes around 15 PSI to accomplish, or remove the head all together. You can also break the spine to make them immobile, but breaking the spine will not kill the post-mortem being. What it does do is make it so whatever below the break is no longer functioning.  

 

 

 

 

 

There is only one real way to dispose of Post-Mortem remains that will not leave an impact on the environment or possibly cause another outbreak and that is to burn the bodies. You can put them on ice and that will help to reduce the chance of the virus being spread but its only a temporary fix. You burn the body and then bury the ashes, the virus will not be able to survive the intense heat of the fire so there's no risk of contamination after they body has been reduced to ash.