Zombies in film: Undead

“Crazy has come to town for a visit.”

Film: Undead

Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig

Written by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig

Produced by Spierigfilm

Story: In a small town in Australia there is a fisherman everyone says is crazy because he believes aliens are coming to turn us all into zombies. When the zombies come this fisherman is a prime example of how being prepared pays off even if everyone else thinks you’re a nut job. A small group of survivors try to find their way through acid rain, alien barriers and hordes of the undead until a surprise ending shows things are never what they seem and an even more surprise ending shows that the threat is never over.

Zombies: The zombies in this movie have a few problems with them. First off limbs continue to move and attack even if severed from the body and, in turn, the head. The realism of the movie is somewhat lost on the zombies who spring back to their feet like a rake being stepped on (never mind energy drinks being able to kill a zombie.) These strange events make it hard to pry fact from fiction in this film.

Survival Lessons:

• Three shotguns are better than one.
• Five shotguns are better than three.
• You can never have enough guns.
• Grabbing a new gun is sometimes faster than reloading, reload when it’s safe to do so.
• Don’t kill everything that looks like a threat.
• Don’t climb infinitely tall, spiky walls.
• Panic rooms won’t save you.
• Never let your guard down.

Warnings: It is hard to find the truth in this film through the entertainment.

This is an extremely enjoyable piece of film and covers a wide range of events and possibilities. Including aliens, acid rain, where zombies come from and most importantly that looks can be deceiving. Not everything that looks like trouble is but in the same vein most things that look safe probably aren’t. The film also proves that you will never kick yourself for having more handguns then your average western movie but even if you are the best it only takes a moment’s weakness for you to fall.

Stay vigilent, may the infection never reach you, and those close to you have the resolve to do what is needed should you be so unfortunate,

Mike D.

Combat tactics: unarmed combat

Hello fellow survivors.

I would like you to think for a moment about your opponents. Note how they do not breath, they do not feel pain, they do not tire and they will only die with destruction of the brain. Facing these undead is unlike any fighting you've done in the past, or is it? The most efficient combat against humans is based around pain and distraction, two things that will not phase the undead. However there are advantages and training that can come in useful. Zombies do not think, they will not fight back; they will not maneuver, flank or use kung fu or cheap tricks. This makes fighting them not necessarily more difficult but simply different.
This sort of fighting is called zombat. It is the art of engaging in combat with zombies. When in zombat you must think in a different way than when facing a normal opponent. Everything about hand-to-hand fighting changes when facing the undead and many who try to engage in combat against these foreign creatures end up joining the ranks of the recently turned themselves.

Many modern styles of combat can still be used against the undead. Focus on forms that remove the opponent from your own space and put distance between you. Or styles which focus on defense and not letting the opponent touch you. Styles such as Judo and Aikido. These styles are readily available to study and both focus on controlling your opponent's body in order to protect yourself. Avoid boxing, karate or similar striking styles: the reason for this is they focus on knocking out or disabling an opponent with blows. Unless you have the strength and toughness to smash bone -namely, a skull- with your bare hands, these techniques will do little for you when facing the undead.

Note that to kill a zombie in hand-to-hand combat is not complicated but will require a level of competence and brutality very people are not capable of. This will change as time progresses but right now you must prepare on how to survive the first few weeks and the experience needed to actually kill the undead will come if you can survive long enough to earn it.


Below are described some basics which may help you get started in your training.


Basic Stance:

• Face forward, maintaining a straight posture with your upper body. Keep your shoulders square. Feet lightly wider than your shoulders.
• Place one leg forward about six inches, bending the knee slightly.
• Place the other leg about a foot and a half back, keeping it straight. Think of riding a motorcycle, that is how much room should be between your feet.
• Be sure both feet face forward and both heels touch the floor.
• Distribute about 60 percent of your weight over the front foot; 40 percent over the back foot.
• Arms at your sides with elbows bent slightly. Hands open and loose.

Label grab defense:
This defense is can be used if a zombie has grabbed you with both arms on your torso.

• Immediately grab one of the zombie's hands on your body with your opposite hand. Do this by reaching across your body over the top of both the attacker's arms. Place your palm on top of the back of the zombie's hand. It doesn't matter which hand you use if the zombie is holding you with both hands. You just have to make sure you are grabbing the hand on the opposite side of your body.
• Throw your other arm completely over the top of the zombie’s hands the other way. At the same time step back and turn your body sideways by moving your back leg backward. You will be pivoting your body on your front leg. Keep throwing your arm over until the hand you are holding is under your arm pit.
• Snap your body downward with all your weight. You must do this at the exact moment the zombie’s hand that you are holding is at a right angle to the ground. To do this throw both of your legs out while keeping a firm grip on the zombie’s hand.
• Slide your rear foot backward as you come down on the zombie's wrist. Sliding backward pulls the zombie off balance and focuses the impact on the wrist. If you do this in a fast, snapping motion the zombie's wrist will break and it will fall to the ground.
• Quickly get up and move away from the downed zombie.

Harvesting:
When a zombie is moving toward you from the front you can use this defense. Note it is easiest to perform if you move your first leg as the zombie moves its same leg (your left and its left for example.)

• Place both of you arms to one side of your body, outstretched downward. As the zombie moves within arms’ reach slide your back foot forward in a large circular motion to make your opposite foot the back foot and bring your arms up in a circular motion above your head and to the same position on the other side of your body.
• Your leading hand should make contact with the arms of the zombie and continuing the circle will push them aside. Your back hand will make contact with the zombie’s head; grab the side of the head firmly to avoid it turning to take a bite.
• Continue the circle by moving your opposite foot which is now the back foot backward to bring your entire body 180 degrese. Continue the circle with your arms. When you are reaching the end of the circle the zombie should be falling of their own weight and momentum, you can help this along by giving a final push with the hand grasping its head. Be careful not  to hold onto the head too long or you will be pulled down with the zombie.
• Once the zombie is on the ground quickly move away from the downed zombie.

Grasp escape:
This defense can be use if a zombie grabs one of your forearms with its same side arm (your left forearm with its right arm.)

• Immediately position yourself so both of your hands are in front of your ki. Do this by touching your thumbs and pointer fingers together in the shape of a diamond. Then touch your thumbs to your belly button. Move your hands about four inches out from your body. This is roughly where your ki is (practice this and make sure to find your ki as it is important in any fighting style.)
• Once in your ki, move the foot furthest from the zombie backward along the ground until you are back to back with the zombie. Do this quickly and forcefully, never letting your hands leave your ki. This will break the zombie’s grip on you.
• Once facing away from the zombie quickly move away.

This technique is the starting point for a great number of techniques that can be used to knock over or destroy the zombie threatening you. Provided examples of each.

To knock down:

• Once stopped behind the zombie continue to move your upper body and slam your elbow into the zombie’s back, knocking it off balance.
• As soon as you have your balance, shoot out your pivoting foot to hit the zombie in the knee. This will knock the zombie over and with enough force break its knee.

To kill:

• Before the zombie is forced to let go of you, spin your moving leg and matching arm (left leg with left arm) in a circle to hit the zombie in the back with your foot and elbow.
• As soon as you make contact with the zombie’s back move the sliding foot back forward so you and the zombie are now spinning toward each other.
• As you come around slam your elbow into the zombie’s forehead. This entire move must be done quickly and with extreme force. It will snap the zombie’s head back and break its neck. This maneuver does not require an extreme amount of strength but is more difficult then it appears and must be done with a lot of momentum.

This can be done alternatively to knock the zombie down:

• When slamming your elbow into the zombie, hit it in the chest to knock it onto its back. This maneuver does not require an extreme amount of strength but is more difficult then it appears and must be done with a lot of momentum.

These are only a few examples of ways to use this technique. Of course avoiding being grabbed by a zombie is ideal but for situations when it does happen this technique will turn certain death into a variety of possibilities.

If you notice the key point of all of these techniques is the quick removal of you from the threat instead of removing or destroying the threat. Look for tactics like these when training for zombat. If the maneuver keeps you clear of the opponent’s mouth and gets you away from them then it is worth learning. If the maneuver is based on pain or harming your opponent pass on it, you may have to use these when facing raiders or bandits but the key threat of the zombie apocalypse, is zombies.

Be prepared, may the infection never reach you, and those close to you have the resolve to do what is needed should you be so unfortunate,
Mike D.

Zombies in film: Edge of Darkness

"So many zombies to kill. So little time."

Film: Edge of Darkness

Directed by Blaine Cade and Jason Horton

Written by Blaine Cade and Jason Horton

Produced by Zapruter Productions

Story: ... well... you see... it's an anthology... sort of... this movie sucked. There are three stories going on. One about the anti-christ, one about vampires and one about a computer that sucks the life energy out of things. I tried to put some sort of reasoning to this, such as hidden messages about living computers, narrateing each other's lives, things that live off destroying life, it didn't work. Upon reading up on the writer he has admitted the story failed. So if you are looking for any reasoning behind this film just stop it. Nothing ever gets explained or makes sense and there is no set rules to the universe these three stories take place in. The one good thing I can say about this movie is the character attempting to go about their daily lives as if nothing had changed. For many people this will be the only way to coop but it will not help you survive. Priorities must change and daily events must always play second fiddle to safety and zombie removal.


Zombies: The only thing that brings these stories together (besides the narrator having his own completely unrelated story) is there are zombies outside. Now the zombies are... good... they are slow, dumb, killed by destryoing the head. But don't actually play a very important role in the film besides being a deterant to going outside. They don't appear to pose any sort of threat as long as you are inside a building and don't have the anti-christ drawing them to your location.


Survival Lessons:

• Don't do gardening.
• Set traps but always know where your traps are so you and fellow survivors don't get caught.
• If your partner is simply a drain on resources and keepign you an unsafe location: lose him.

Warnings: This movie doesn't make sense. You've been warned!

In the end this movie looked good and had potential but turned out to be an experiment and a waste of time. Do yourself a favor and read Walking Dead instead.

Until next time, may the infection never reach you, and those close to you have the resolve to do what is needed should you be so unfortunate,
Mike D.

Definitions of "Zombie"

Oxford dictionary:

A soulless body. In the Voodoo cult of Haiti, a zombi is the slave of a magician. The soul may have been removed by magic from a living person, or the body of someone recently deceased may have been brought up out of the grave after the soul had been separated from it by regular rites of death. As the lord of the dead, Ghede has the power to animate corpses as zombis.


Free Online Dictionary:

1. A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States.

2.

a. A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse.

b. A corpse revived in this way.

3. One who looks or behaves like an automaton.

4. A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice.


Another online dictionary:

1. a person who is or appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgment; automaton

2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a supernatural spirit that reanimates a dead body

3. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a corpse brought to life in this manner

4. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the snake god of voodoo cults in the West Indies, esp Haiti, and in scattered areas of the southern US

5. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the python god revered in parts of West Africa

6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a piece of computer code that instructs an infected computer to send a virus on to other computer systems

Urban Dictionary:
1.

The Walking Dead. Scientific name Homo Coprophagus Somnambulus.

A deceased human being who has partially returned to life due to indeterminable causes. The brain retains base facilities, namely gross motor function. In its near-mindless state, it grasps no remains of emotion, personality, or sensation of pain. In rare cases, some of the reanimated have reflexively preformed routine activities from their past lives.

The rotting bodies of the undead operate on a fraction of the level at which our bodies normally function. Circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems are unaffected by reanimation. Labored breathing, choking, and moaning are reflexive but no oxygen is carried through the blood. The nervous system functions primarily within the brain and brain stem. Sensory reception is minimal at best and seemingly unnecessary in the pursuit of prey. The undead are incapable of fatigue and will persist at any cost. They will even crawl when their legs have been removed. Even if the head is removed from the body, it will continue to live. The only way to stop the reanimated is to destroy the brain. To prevent reanimation in the recently departed, decapitate the corpse and burn the body.

The only observable action a zombie takes part in is killing living creatures, especially humans, and eating them. Many theories and speculations surround this disturbing behavior. One theory is based on the thought that reanimation is the result of a contagious infection or virus, and that the primal drive to feed will spread the disease to other host bodies. Research has shown that although the majority of zombie attacks result in fatal wounds, all corpses return to life soon after passing, regardless of cause of death. Another theory is that zombies eat the brains of the living to refuel the "un-life" giving chemical serotonin. Because digestive and circulatory systems are incapable of bringing these elements to the brain, this just cannot be true. The final speculation seems the most obvious, that the dead feed for sustenance to satiate their unnatural metabolism. But because the gut has no function in the undead, this is also false. One documented encounter claims that a zombie was unable to move due to the sheer mass of undigested flesh resting in its distended gut. The creature continued to eat even after it's gut had burst open. Studies regarding the nature of feeding have proven that zombies will try to eat when their stomachs and even jaws have been removed. One explanation offers that the walking dead are the incarnation of death itself, a mockery of life that uses the vessels of the living to carry out their dark intentions, they are the opposite of life and are driven to simply undo it.

"When there's no more room in hell, the dead shall walk the earth."

2.

when a girl is with a guy and gets it in her eyes so she cant see and she walks around with her arms extended looking for a towel to wipe her eyes with looking like a zombie.

3.

A drink consisting of White Rum, Dark Rum, sours, and pineapple juice
Got the name because of its grey green colour (like a zombie skin)

"I'd like a Zombie please.."

4.

A person who accepts the status quo because of fear and/or lack of conviction. They generally only act out of anger and by then it's to late. They live without beliefs other than the following- Go to school, get a job, make money, buy lots of crap, die. Frequently encountered in the American school system and the suburbs.

5.

Slang for marijuana, pot, refer, or herb in Australia.

"Travelling in a fried out Kombie, on a hippie trail head full of zombie."
  

6.

A song by The Cranberries

...With their tanks, and their bombs,
and their bombs, and their guns,
In your head, In your head, They're cryin'... In your head, In your head, Zombie Zombie Zombie-ie-ie-ie...

7.

A synonym to the "n" word used usually by white people in a a "ghetto" area. The term is used out of fear of being stabbed, shot or raped.

8.

An undead soul, possessed and sent out of the grave to thrive upon the flesh of the living.
After a dead body rots underground for a time, it may come to life, first its eyes will reopen, and fingers will begin twitching. The thumping of the heart may return, unless the heart has been removed. This is the rebirth of a human, the birth of a zombie.
Deteriorating, fallen apart and reeking of the foul stench of death, a zombie will raise from the grave by smashing through the coffin and lifting an arm out of the ground, in the normal zombie style. The zombie will proceed to lift itself out of the soil and moan, usually moaning anything like 'Yaaarghhh...' or 'BRAINS!'
If you fall victim to the zombie's feasting of your flesh and brain, you will become a zombie, forever walking, undead.

9.

A type of virus which sends numerous amounts of useless packets to a computer or a server and floods it to crash it's connection.

"Wow i just scanned this server for open ports and i found a couple and owned it with some zombies."

10.

A theoretical being that some philosophers use to discuss consciousness. A zombie is identical to a regular person in every way (including his behavior), except that he has no subjective, conscious experience at all. The thought experiment goes something like: "How do you know if someone is a zombie?"
Philosophers like John Searle assert that the theoretical possibility of zombies severely hinders our ability to observe and study the phenomenon of consciousness objectively.
Many materialists, however, assert that if a being was structurally and behaviorally identical to a regular person, then consciousness would result as an emergent property -- zombies cannot exist.

Daniel Dennett doesn't believe in zombies.

11.

1) Crack, or an addict to crack.
2) Unconscious state.
3) To be between life and death, to be braindead. Some of the other definitions do better than this.

12.

Gore-drenched Lucio Fulci film about an Island full of the living dead. Considered to be one of the greatest horror films of all time.

I was really surprised that blockbuster carried zombie, but it had that 'youth restricted' sticker on it.

13.

A slow and/or dull girl that only goes after guys with brains. After the guy has been caught, the guy becomes dumber as a result of her lack of intelligence. Its as if the girl had figuratively eaten his brains.

"My ex was a zombie. She wanted me for my brains, but then sucked away all my intelligence."


Field Guide to Monsters by Darren Zenko:
They advance slowly, in eerie silence punctuated only by the occasional moan and the sound of feet scraping the ground. From a distance, the horde may appear to be a shambling crowd of normal humans. The truth is revealed on closer inspection: ripped and bloody clothes, gaping wounds, rotting flesh and the nauseating stench of the grave. These are the walking corpses, the living dead... zombies.

...The zombie was once human - and a human body, even (or perhaps especially) a dead one, is a strong and powerful object. Many methods, technological and magical, take advantage of this potential to bring about zombification. Even a quick sampling of recorded zombie outbreaks reveals zombies brought to life by evil spells; zombies created by meteorites from space; zombies as the result of secret biochemical experiments; zombies created by strange viruses; zombies as the result of ancient curses; and zombies spawned by radiation from atomic weapons tests. In most cases, zombieism is highly contagious and spread by bites or scratches.

...Note that, although the word "zombie" is derived from the Haitian voodoo word zombi, the true Haitian zombi is not undead. It is a living human, turned into a mindless slave by means of powerful drugs - do not blow its head off! Suspected zombie encounters in the areas of known voodoo activity call for careful inspection for rotted flesh and other indicators of zombification. Remember the zombie hunter's rule of thumb: "Signs of decay? Fire away!"

In summation:
It is important to know what a zombie is. Thus a look at the different ways the term is used in popular culture. The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks goes into great detail about laying out what a zombie is in terms of the powers and abilities they possess as opposed to some of the myths created by movies and stories. Zombies A Record of the Year of Infection Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly lays out the infection from a scientific view point. The most clear definition however seems to come from Urban Dictionary: the first one provided by them. Being able to identify what a zombie is gives survivors the advantage once the end comes about. This definition provides the best view on zombies because it not only states what the creatures are but also what they are not. It clearly points out the falsehoods to many of the misconceptions about the undead. Knowing what a zombie is or is not is one of the first steps in being prepared for days of initial contact and not becoming one of the millions to first fall when the final outbreak occurs. I provide the other definition because it is also important to realize what others may misinterpret a statement about zombies to be or how others may be misinformed and what sort of preconceptions you may face when dealing with other people surrounding an outbreak of any size.

Stay prepared, may the infection never reach you, and those close to you have the resolve to do what is needed should you be so unfortunate,

Mike D.

Morale and interaction

Hello follow survivors, this post will cover a number of topics regarding morale so strap in and put your thinking caps on.

First we start by mentioning games, which serve a number of purposes after the fall. The number one reason for games is to occupy your mind. The long term effects of boredom can be devastating.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bored--find-something-to-live-for

This article is one of many that can be found  describing the effects of boredom. The most interesting thing mentioned here is this, "This heightened appreciation of self and immediate surroundings also lies at the heart of mindfulness." Now when could one be bored during the zombie apocalypse one might think. After all you will appreciate your surroundings a lot more. But boredom also has to do with growing tired of repetitive tasks, lack of entertainment and a number of other things which will still effect a person even when the undead have taken the world.

In an ideal situation you will be bored a lot. If you’ve done your job and are in a safe location your contact with the undead should be at a minimum leaving a lot of time in your hands. There are many ways to use this time. Here are a few: Building/setting/checking traps, Farming/gardening, Caring for animals, Prepping food, Searching for supplies, Training/practicing, Exercise.

These are just a few of the ways to pass the time and they should all be done regularly but you will still manage to find time in which your mind needs to refresh. These tasks are quite mundane and after doing them for even a short period anyone will begin to grow tired of them. One way to refresh the mind can be in the form of talking with other survivors but that brings about its own problems. Social interaction in the post-apocalypse can be strange and foreign. After all many of the things we talk about everyday will seem very minor compared to the daily fight for your life. You will also find that you are forced to be with people by circumstance who you may never have interacted with in our world.

But these are not as large of obstacles as you may think. You can still talk about the past as you would talk about it now. The main difference is to be aware that it is in fact the past and your new life doesn’t have to be horrible but may seem as such when compared to the past. For this reason I would still suggest staying away from the topic unless all survivors involved are fully settled and accepting of the new life they lead.

Some things to think about your new life are: no longer having to pay insurance, no more bosses or managers, not having to pay for anything really, learning new things like the barter system, fewer hate crimes, new social order, no traffic laws, never having to pay for parking. The list of things better about the apocalypse are almost numberless though they appear small. It will be in this time that the people who can appreciate the small things in life will serve a better chance of making it in the long run. It is so easy to lose hope in our world as it is, once most of the world is dead hope and happiness will be hard to find but rest assured it is there! Being able to find the joy in the small things will help you stay in high spirits which is one of the most important parts of surviving any battle, any military mind, sports fan, soldier or player can tell you that most of the battle is in the mind, if morale is low chances of winning drop to zero but if morale is high every movement and task seems easier. This fact is so true it even affects our relationships and chances of success when dating or doing daily tasks like laundry and cooking: which will still exist after the fall.

So as long as people are able to live in the current world and not lose hope then talking about the past can be both therapeutic and entertaining. Another caution though is to let go of judgments passed on past lives. It is good to know a person’s skill set from before but their “social rank” no longer applies. A homeless person will have a completely different skill set then a lawyer and it will not matter how much money either one has after the fall. Each person must be judged solely on their merits. Not on how much of the idea of money they possess.

To understand this, understand that money is only an idea. Money is the idea that the whole world agrees how much wealth a person has. If the whole world decides that money is no longer worth anything then those people who are rich and powerful suddenly lose all status. In the end knowledge and training, skills and materials will become what is truly of worth and value: money will be an idea without a purpose or meaning therefore no longer giving those who have it power.

The more people to talk with the more there will be to talk about and more opinions to bounce ideas off of and topics to talk about. This however can also be a downfall of many groups. So many opinions and especially too many leaders in a group will lead to group separations or worse, groups staying together and eventually destroy themselves. Never be afraid to split ways with the people you are with. This will in fact increase your chances of survival as you will have multiple groups with good relations too each other and you can potentially  get help from if you are ever in need and manage to find them. Smaller groups are also easier to hide from hordes or belligerent raiders.

As you discover these other survivors who you never would have known otherwise you will be able to share completely different viewpoints and experiences. Don’t be afraid of this. Learn to accept each person’s opinion as valid and every idea as a possibility. But also beware of people who will try to use you and give nothing back or who lack moral fiber. In the final days any person will be welcome from the loneliness but every person becomes a potential enemy just as much as a potential ally.

If you yourself are a leader you should find people who will follow you and have skills you can use examples might include: soldiers, firefighters, sports players, construction workers, mechanics, handy men, Scout leaders, cooks, drivers, hospital staff, university teachers, technicians, entertainers.

If you are a follower you will need to search for a leader who will keep you alive. You are likely to find leaders among the following groups: police, criminals, hospital staff, writers. Leaders are hard to find, they can be found in any group as any person can be a strong leader, they are often the people who in the real world stick up for themselves and the people around them. They are the people who rock the boat OR make the boat run smoothly. Leader are not the type of people you want following you but they can make very valuable allies and if you are not a leader or an extremely talented survival expert, your best chances of survival are finding a leader to join with and having skills that leader can use.

Being alone is another option but requires a great deal of skill, combat ability and luck. Everyone will have to spend times alone and in these times the weak will die and the true survivors will be left to fight on. But the time alone can be minimized by finding a good leader or being a good leader.

Having people around also offers the ability to play more complex games. As I mentioned, games can be a valuable asset in fighting off morale, fear and in being prepared. There are many zombie games available which keep the player in the mindset of surviving and thriving in a world covered by undead. Obviously these games are not completely representative of the true apocalypse but they can offer suggestions, ideas and allows the players to play test scenarios which may come up in the real world.

Films are also a good source of preparation. The opportunity to watch films may not come up often as time passes after the fall, nor should time be wasted in front of a television BUT nothing will boost morale quicker than a movie night after a long time away from them. And many zombie movies offer different view points on the undead. Views which you can either confirm or deny based on your real life experiences. A film may also provide ideas or tips on defending against the undead or destroying the undead. It may bring up things you never thought to ask yourself about. This is especially important before the apocalypse, to be prepared for as many potential situations as possible. It is not yet known how the virus spreads except via liquid transfer with an infected. Thus the many outbreaks around the world are unexplained as to how they first come about. Many films offer suggestions on how the virus transfers besides direct contact and thus provide ideas of things to avoid or protect yourself against.

I hope this article helped with suggestions about morale and its importance. Also giving some brief insight into interaction with other survivors.

Until next time, may the infection never reach you, and those close to you have the resolve to do what is needed should you be so unfortunate,
Mike D.