Army in Zombie Apocalypse story

[Ram5]

Is it logical if a government or the entire army actually fails to contain an outbreak?

 

[binarysoap]

Is it logical if a government or the entire army actually fails to contain an outbreak?

Yes?
That seems rather normal actually

 

[Azrie]

Anything is possible with proper justification, but to put it bluntly. Yes, it's something to be expected.

 

[NotaNuffian]

That really depends, does the army respond well during an unwarned disaster that struck half of the country? The answer is probably no. Also, even if there is a proper warning beforehand, there might be the issue of morale in the troops with those that are affected be less likely to function well as a soldier, which in turns mean they dead easy and adds to the undead number. Then there is logistics, is the nation ready to have fallout shelters to house most of its citizens? Food and water? Security, most likely during an anarchy. For the record, zombie outbreak shows the good and bad of people, case and point the real life examples of passengers who got off the cruise and those who self quarantined are now treated like pests. So we may as well just assumes the worst during the Z outbreak, how will the army deal with such issues? Too light and nothing is done, too hard however and a lashback will occur resulting in a vicious cycle of violence.

 

[bananapink]

Hmm, yep.

People's first reaction to that kind of threat is to flee. If the authorities were even a minute or an hour late to contain the area, chances are high for carriers to reach other cities. No matter how systematic and clear-headed the government is, people move according to their instinct when there is a threat. You have to impose heavy consequences to make them obey during chaos.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Hmm, yep.

People's first reaction to that kind of threat is to flee. If the authorities were even a minute or an hour late to contain the area, chances are high for carriers to reach other cities. No matter how systematic and clear-headed the government is, people move according to their instinct when there is a threat. You have to impose heavy consequences to make them obey during chaos.

However heavy it is, if it is Z virus, the people might just opt to break free, as staying back means death by either Z or by the army. You really want me to list the recent pandemic in here?

So yes, if there is really a pandemic of zombies, the army is dead from the start, better start stock up boys!

 

[Epsil]

If A Z Virus did happen, and there was a country with 60% of all living zombies, and they had nukes. Would they nuke themselves to increase the chances of human survival?, or would another country nuke them.

 

[AliceShiki]

It really depends on how the infestation is spread tbh.

Like... If the infestation started in a local area (Let's say, a factory with a Virus), and that virus is only passed by when people are bitten by zombies, and those zombies are unable to run... Then it would be ridiculous for the Police/Military to be unable to contain it. People would easily outrun the zombies and hide in their homes. Police/military would arrive at the scene and wipe them out. Infestation over.
Even if the zombies were able to run, unless they were able to climb stairs and easily break through doors, the infestation would be over in no time.

... If the infestation spreads by air on the other hand? Now we have a real issue.

Or if like... I dunno, someone shot a zombification beam at the moon and from the moon it was reflected and transformed 1/4th of Earth's population into zombies... Then the military would have a damn hard time to solve the mess.

 

[HURGMCGURG]

It depends on how long it took for the outbreak to be noticed, how wide the virus spread by that time, and the environment it started in. Also, whether or not the dead rise from their graves could really mess things up.
Do animals get infected too? Can animals spread the virus?
How long does it take for someone to turn into a zombie? Could they spend days hiding the fact they were bitten and then kill someone? How fast moving or intelligent are the zombies? Could someone who wan't completely turned yet spread the virus to someone else? Can it spread through the water supply or sewage?
These are all important factors to consider.

 

[Ram5]

Or if like... I dunno, someone shot a zombification beam at the moon and from the moon it was reflected and transformed 1/4th of Earth's population into zombies... Then the military would have a damn hard time to solve the mess.

Alice, don't give them the idea...

 

[AliceShiki]

Alice, don't give them the idea...

Teeheehee~?

 

[HURGMCGURG]

I also forgot: What methods would the military employ? Would they go with a scorched earth policy or just try to contain it?

 

[Ram5]

I also forgot: What methods would the military employ? Would they go with a scorched earth policy or just try to contain it?

If we talking about zombie, scorched earth policy certainly a later act, keep control or contain mostly at the earlier outbreak... first is controlling the media, make sure the people do not panic...

 

[Epsil]

I mean we do have knowledge on zombies unlike those in zombie movies. So we could just hide until they all decompose or smth

 

[LostinMovement]

Introducing COVID19.

If one thing that this virus has taught us is how horrible governments can be at containing outbreak of highly contagious viruses. So yes, take inspiration from reality.

 

[CL]

Is it logical if a government or the entire army actually fails to contain an outbreak?

Battle of Yonkers.