Humans Would Defeat Zombies in a Global Pandemic

I'll address the claim that there is a cure for toxoplasmosis first, and then address everything else."Also, I have actually found a cure for Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasmosa gondii is the protozoan). When happens is that the protozoan causes the the parasitic disease. So as long as the protozoan does not start anything, people are OK."Ok so right now we agree that toxoplasmosis does not cause people to become zombies in this present time. My argument in the previous round was based on IF an evolved version of this toxoplasmosis appears. My opponent said later in his first refutation Furthermore, according to the exact source my opponent used (http://www.cracked.com......) said:"All it takes is a more evolved version of toxoplasmosa, one that could to do us what it does to the rats.""But they do not explain if there has been an evolved version of toxoplasmosa, so its does not exist thus as of now it is impossible."You're right. It does not exist as of now. But that does not make it impossible. Zombie's aren't running around right now, that doesn't mean a zombie apocalypse is impossible. This whole debate is based of what COULD happen. And what COULD happen is that toxoplasmosis actually does evolve into a more serious zombie-causing infection. And if this happens, it's a whole other game when you try to find a cure. All the cures that exist right now for the not so serious toxoplasmosis would have to be thrown out the window, because“The tremendous evolutionary potential of microbes makes them adept at developing resistance to even the most potent drug therapies and complicates attempts at creating effective vaccines.” – IOM 2003 (http://www.koshland-science-museum.org...)So IF this toxoplasmosis does evolve, then the "cure" my opponent found does not apply."Just because 50% of the world's population is infected does not mean we know which person in the population is infected. Does not mean that exactly 50% of the military is infected because we do not know which individuals are in the military."Ok I agree that there's no way of knowing if exactly 50% of the military will turn into a zombie if the toxoplasmosis is in fact the cause of the zombie apocalypse. I was just giving a general measurement to give an idea of what kind of impact the military would suffer. The point is that the numbers of the military would go WAY down if the toxoplasmosis evolves and causes this zombie apocalypse. Therefore the task of containing zombies in multiple cities, which is already a near impossible task even with the military at full strength, would become impossible."For every 100 citizens, 90 of them own guns in the United States. I am sure they are trained to fire a gun. Also, its not just guns. Chainsaws, baseball bats, swords, knifes, sledge hammers, and many other weapons can kill zombies. Also, we cannot forget vehicles. Bulldozers or semi trucks for example do a good job in running over zombies. I am sure these could also be effective. Yeah, I am sure some people may be nervous, but I am also sure they would want to survive."First off make sure you take another look at my opponent's source (http://www.reuters.com......) The article doesn't say that 90 citizens out of 100 citizens own guns, it says that there are 90 GUNS for every 100 CITIZENS. The article just talks about how the US has a LOT of guns, not how many people own them. There's no general registration of guns in the US, so there are only estimates on the number of gun owners in the US. And those numbers go from as low as 76 million to as high as 120 million. (http://wiki.answers.com...) In 2011, there were 311,591917 people in the US (http://quickfacts.census.gov...) So even if you use the largest estimate for the number of gun owners in the US, it's less than half of the total population.And if you still use the article my opponent used as a source (http://www.reuters.com......) it says that the US is the most armed country in the world. So all of the other countries throughout the world have LESS guns than the US. So because 1) less than half of the population of the US owns a gun, and 2) all of the other countries have less guns than the US and in turn have even less gun owners than the US, then my argument still stands that, considering the infection spreading and turning half of the world's population into zombies (because it COULD happen with an evolved version of toxoplasmosis), only a very limited number of remaining humans would be successful in using guns to eliminate zombies.Other weapons: Chainsaws, baseball bats, swords, knives, sledgehammers, and any other hand-to-hand combat weapons - So you're telling me that after a zombie apocalypse happens people are going to become some hardcore zombie exterminator and go around chopping zombies to pieces? There's a factor to be figured in here - fear. Zombies are SCARY. If everyone was Chuck Norris, then these weapons would be extremely useful. But fear is a VERY powerful thing. All people have an instinctual response to danger. This response is known as fear, and it channels one's energies AWAY from potential danger and into safety. (http://en.wikipedia.org...) Vehicles - Vehicles could be useful in running over zombies, but there are things to consider. What happens when you run out of gas? What if the vehicle breaks down? Then you're just an easy lunch for a hungry zombie. People do have an instinct to survive, but fear has a big impact on a person and their actions. Because zombies do not feel ANY fear (see zombie powers from Round 2), they have a very large advantage over any normal human wanting to find them.Also, my opponent has still not answered how humans know how to avoid zombies...."We already explained the disease my opponent is using does have a cure."I already explained that this debate is about what COULD happen, and IF the toxoplasmosis does evolve to turn people into zombies, there will be no cure for it, and a cure would be EXTREMELY difficult to find."There is more to it than just the effects of cold and hot. Lets say an avalanche happens and buries several hundred zombies under several feet of snow. Do you think they could get out? What about a tornado? That would tear zombies to shreds."Of course natural disasters would tear zombies to shreds. It would tear normal humans to shreds too. But it's not like a tornado or an avalanche happens every single day. The number of zombies affected by these disasters would be very limited."While zombies may have plenty of time to think another route into a building, humans being fast thinkers would find ways to block those entrances faster than it takes a zombie to find a way in."Yes humans can block entrances all day long. Until they have to sleep. Do zombies have to sleep? No. So they still have much more time to find alternative entrances. Even if humans were able to block EVERY SINGLE entrance, zombies have all the time in the day to try to get through those barriers. Zombies don't get tired either, so they wouldn't have to rest at all.Underground BunkersOk sure there are underground bunkers. It's still a big possibility that supplies will run out, but let's say everyone has enough supplies. We as humans hate being contained. There are many other scenarios that can draw people to the surface, like restlessness, checking on other family that didn't get a bunker, additional supplies (medicine, water, etc.). Or another scenario: zombies can stumble across bunker entrances and, being stupid, just decide to break in. What happens then? The idea of bunkers is not foolproof.NukesOk so nukes would also succeed in eliminating human life above ground, thus helping the zombie side. There's no way you can say that every single living thing will be wiped out by nukes. So zombies can still survive, and the ones that do survive would be mutated and filled with radiation. No bueno.My arguments > opponent'sVote CON