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[scrdest]

I mean, that's all assuming that the zombies aren't made up of thinking muscle, in which case you'd probably need to use a rocket launcher.

Not even that, if the "... of the Living Dead" movies are any indication, as even the severed bits were able to attack(and infect?). Flamethrowers all the way.

That's artistic license at its finest. A muscle is just a part of a rope-and-pulley system - specifically, the rope. You need a moved object, that being the bone, and the block, tendons and ligaments, to do shit. And with continuous exertion and no influx of nutriments, a severed bodypart would last and hour, tops.

[Karkov]

Yeah, those zombie bits just doesn't make biological or even physical sense.  Now if it were a fantasy setting I could understand, because majicks are strong, yo.

[Orange Wizard]

I'd also like to remind everyone that there's a couple of islands in the south Pacific that (a) are totally useless to nuke and (b) very easy to cut off from the rest of the world.

So on your apocalypse theory.

[GavJ]

For a bush-life, on-the-run all purpose firearm that you would use against ebola zombies as well as living human rivals and hunting game for dinner all in one, useful at medium or close range, the clear choice is a simple, rugged semiautomatic battle rifle or one of the better assault rifles in a common chambering.

Whatever you have on hand, but if a choice, it boils down to:
AK-47 (rugged, higher capacity) or
SKS (rugged, accuracy, slim profile) or
AR-15 (accuracy, higher capacity)

+ a simple knife which is used more for survival than anything but is a nice backup
+ a hatchet, serving very efficiently as both main melee/silent weapon + major utility helpfulness for survival. Most hatchets also have both sharp and hammer sides to them, offering even more flexibility (hammer side = messier, bad if blood contact infects you. But less likely to jam and thus good for small crowds of zombies)

(weapons only discussed, also need filters, canteen, fire starter, etc. of course)

[tahujdt]

Bear in mind that most of the scavengers you'd be competing for resources with would be former Texans, who are some of the most heavily armed civilians on the planet.

Also, yeah, I know there's no way that an ebolazombie would work the way I described. It's still a cool thought, though.

[Bauglir]

Don't worry, the states of Europe actually have fully functional healthcare system (unlike US).

Of which the good Chairman is a member, hence his worry. If I recall correctly, anyway.

[Sergarr]

This is one weird avatar you have, Bauglir.

[Bauglir]

Why, thank you! I pickled the figs myself. I have a variety of hobbies, and drawing stuff like that is one of them.

And I assure you, if duplicated in goat's blood, it almost certainly will not summon an ebolabat. If it does, probably a coincidence.

[Loud Whispers]

AK-47 (rugged, higher capacity)
SKS (rugged, accuracy, slim profile) or
AR-15 (accuracy, higher capacity)

цомерад where are your nuggets? Artyom would be disappointed.

+ a simple knife which is used more for survival than anything but is a nice backup
+ a hatchet, serving very efficiently as both main melee/silent weapon + major utility helpfulness for survival. Most hatchets also have both sharp and hammer sides to them, offering even more flexibility (hammer side = messier, bad if blood contact infects you. But less likely to jam and thus good for small crowds of zombies)
(weapons only discussed, also need filters, canteen, fire starter, etc. of course)

You must make more preparations friend, the ebolabat will get you at this rate. Myself I accept my doom, but there is yet hope for the land of freedoom.

Also, there is no escaping survivor Serbs.

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[Morrigi]

Don't worry, the states of Europe actually have fully functional healthcare system (unlike US).

What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of all our Nobel Prizes in Medicine!

[Darvi]

Nobel Prizes != actual healthcare.

[Loud Whispers]

Nobel Prizes != actual healthcare.

The USA probably boasts the best medical equipment in the world; when the NHS can't deal with something they fly the patient overseas to a hospital with cutting-edge technology, usually this means to Murrica.
Availability though...

[Orange Wizard]

It's because the country tries to run healthcare as an industry, rather than a service.

[tahujdt]

If England were to be the location of the ebola outbreak, they'd figure out a cure in a week. You'd just have to wait 3 months for treatment. It says a lot about Obamacare that they tried to model it after the NHS.

It's because the country tries to run healthcare as an industry, rather than a service.

And this is a bad thing? 'Muhrica runs off of privatization; at least, it used to. You can complain about it all ya want.

I think that any sort of nationalized health-care system is a bad idea, from an economic standpoint. From a (United States) Constitutional standpoint, a federal health-care system is exactly the sort of thing the US Government is not supposed to be doing. If a state tries a state-subsidized health-care system, then I'll still think it's bloody stupid, and I'll fight against it if they come to my state, but it's that state's prerogative to try it out.

My two ('Muhrican) bits.

[Orange Wizard]

It's a bad thing when people can't afford healthcare. I'm not saying the government needs to pay for all of it, mind, but some kind of subsidy for accidents or infectious diseases is better than nothing.