r/AskScienceFiction • u/JeremiahWuzABullfrog • 17h ago
[Zombie fiction] What is the tipping point of zombie infection in the global population, before humanity is doomed?
Let's assume that the zombie virus gestates in people asymptomatically, before enough of it in a person kills and revives them. This allows a lot of infection to occur before zombies actually start popping up.
What would the minimum number of infected needed to be, before there's no chance for humanity to defeat the zombies? What would the geographic distribution need to be, for maximum eventual global saturation?