Why is everyone afraid of the dead?

[Wyldwraith]

Hmm, The kind of person that would barricade themselves in a basement with no escape route and extremely limited supplies when opposed by a completely relentless, patient and methodical adversary like GAR zombies is the kind of person who is voting for natural selection to select them for extinction. In the same scenario as Night if I didn't have the guts to make a run for it at least I'd take to the roof instead of the basement. If nothing else there's the hope that a sweep & clear team might see and rescue me before my water ran out.

[Staredge]

I'm not afraid of the dead, when they're just lying there. It's them getting up that worries me. This.