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Will humanity survive?

Geo92Geo92
edited July 2013 in The Walking Dead
For starters: I only played/finished The Walking Dead story by Telltale, not the comics nor the TV series.

Back to topic; you think humanity will survive the apocalypse? Let's take the US of A as an example, currently in reality it has around 316,265,000 as population.

How big of a percentage of that population is still fully human at the end of season 1 (roughly somewhere between 110-120 days after the start of the outspread) you think? The numbers are against the remaining survivors, but how big?

Do you think in the end, humanity will survive, or will it be the end of the human world and nature's way of destroying an entire race?

Also, out of curiosity: it doesn't affect animals does it? First time I actually wondered that.

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  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited July 2013
    I think after sometime it might go back to normal, how long I don't know, ten years 50 years 100 years, who knows, I just know at a point all the walkers will decay to a point that they will no longer be a problem, people may continue to be a problem but they will rebuild, maybe to not be exactly the same, but a good life will be possible again.
  • YertosYertos
    edited July 2013
    Bioshock Infinite WD wrote: »
    I think after sometime it might go back to normal, how long I don't know, ten years 50 years 100 years, who knows, I just know at a point all the walkers will decay to a point that they will no longer be a problem, people may continue to be a problem but they will rebuild, maybe to not be exactly the same, but a good life will be possible again.

    People will continue you turn at death though, so the threat remains. We'd get better at dealing with it though.
  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited July 2013
    It won't be easy but it will get better at a point, just like what Lee told Clementine, don't give up hope and soon enough it will get better.
  • HudomonkeyHudomonkey
    edited July 2013
    It could be possible to create a society which is flawless, self sufficient and is able to dispose of bodies quickly enough to ensure that none turn...
    But I think eventually even such a society would fall due to one death and humanity cannot survive long term through such an apocalypse...
  • Rock114Rock114
    edited July 2013
    I'm not certain if this apocalypse is the end of all humanity, but it is definately the end of society as it was. I'd say a good 95% at least of America's population would be dead by the end of Season 1 (just dead, not neccessarily walkers), and that the world would never be able to return to the way it was before the dead rose. At most, I can see settlements like Woodbury and Tavia's community surviving, as well as other, smaller camps (like Lee and Co. at the motel and Shel's group at the diner) scattered around.
  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited July 2013
    Maybe after a very long time they would unite but that would be a very, very long time, so maybe at best Clementine could see the world slowly go back to normal, if she could live to the age of 90 or something like that, which I would like to see happen.
  • ZeruisZeruis
    edited July 2013
    No. As long as there is no cure, there will always be more zombies than humans. Due to the fact that everyone turns when dying, humanity will eventually vanish if there's no cure.
  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited July 2013
    Well then I guess I am just a optimistic person, which is also why I keep hoping that Kenny is alive, because I am optimistic, which also means I will be the first person to die when the zombies do come.
  • 07JonesJ07JonesJ
    edited July 2013
    I don't think humanity will physically die out, but will we resemble humans in spirit after 20 years of the apocalypse?
  • Geo92Geo92
    edited July 2013
    Since it is useless to start mass killing zombies since every human that dies will become one. What is the best strategy? The sea perhaps? Find a random rich island with not a lot of people and claim it? Might sound like a strange idea, but there must be something.
  • MornaiMornai
    edited July 2013
    Most of humanity would die out but a small percentage would survive and adapt around the infection. It's one of the human's greatest strengths, after all. No cure needed, but we'd get to it eventually.
  • 07JonesJ07JonesJ
    edited July 2013
    I actually think this "Settlement" is the best idea at the moment, in theory at least. Crops can easily be grown, leading to sustainable food. Obviously have water close by.

    The countryside surroundings would also make it easy to see Walkers coming, as opposed to living in a dense area such as a city.
  • The FallenThe Fallen
    edited July 2013
    I would say yes, but we'd be set back hundreds of years before we get anywhere close to the world that was lost. Things would be very tribal for a long time.
  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited July 2013
    I just wonder if Clem could live long enough for to see life go back to normal.
  • saladdayssaladdays
    edited July 2013
    It depends on the state of the zombies. In some stories, films, games, etc., zombies are able to live in a decayed state for a long time. Others have them living a much shorter time.

    How long have the zombies been around in the comics? If they live for a long time, there will be far fewer survivors, and society will have a much harder time recovering.
  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited July 2013
    I think the comics are up to 2 years, and walkers do not seem to be as common as they were in the early issues, but that could be because of the survivor groups now.
  • saladdayssaladdays
    edited July 2013
    Bioshock Infinite WD wrote: »
    I think the comics are up to 2 years, and walkers do not seem to be as common as they were in the early issues, but that could be because of the survivor groups now.

    Well, that helps eliminate a large zombie population probably after a couple years, but there would be a problem with people dying turning into zombies even when the outbreak has been controlled, so there could be a danger of rogue zombies for quite a while.

    I think society could eventually recover, but it would never be quite the same as it is before the apocalypse.
  • watertommyzwatertommyz
    edited July 2013
    Cremation rituals and willed deaths would solve a lot of problems in their world.
  • ZeroShootZeroShoot
    edited July 2013
    It depends on man's ability to adapt to such a situation. Our history is long and humanity has proven itself to be dangerously stupid throughout centuries, to be honest I think people'd end up killing themselves over something meaningless and stupid, but that's just my guess...
    /edit: one such stupid thing is "power" or "leadership"
  • amigosolitarioamigosolitario
    edited July 2013
    For me TWD series has no end. They have seen the comic and film and there is a vaccine, I win, my translator was almost accurate, or that you think Puzzle.
  • watertommyzwatertommyz
    edited July 2013
    amigosolitario wrote: »
    For me TWD series has no end. They have seen the comic and film and there is a vaccine, I win, my translator was almost accurate, or that you think Puzzle.

    I was only able to understand the first half of that sentence.
    ?????
  • KaserkinKaserkin
    edited July 2013
    Yeah. We survived worst. And I still think the dead have come back to life only in the U.S.
  • TTaing987TTaing987
    edited July 2013
    Maybe they will clear out the walkers, but the people are probably mentally ill, it's hard to recover from a situation like that
  • saladdayssaladdays
    edited July 2013
    TTaing987 wrote: »
    Maybe they will clear out the walkers, but the people are probably mentally ill, it's hard to recover from a situation like that

    I'm guessing some would develop mental illnesses, but I don't think it will be everyone as you seem to be suggesting. Also, children born after won't have any of those memories themselves.
  • 07JonesJ07JonesJ
    edited July 2013
    Kaserkin wrote: »
    Yeah. We survived worst. And I still think the dead have come back to life only in the U.S.
    Nah. The infection is airborne, and somehow managed to infect pretty much everyone even if Walkers weren't exactly nearby.

    This is worldwide.
  • KaserkinKaserkin
    edited July 2013
    Airborne doesn't mean worldwide. The US could be under quarantine. Just saying.
  • Bioshock Infinite WDBioshock Infinite WD
    edited July 2013
    I think the whole world got hit, but I think Humans will survive, it will take forever but I will happen at a point.
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