If you plan on making it through the infestation in any manner of health you will need to know how to be safe and take care of yourself. As with any life thretening scenario it is a priority to be in peak physical condition. Your body will be taxed in ways you have never experienced, you will run for you life on a daily basis, sleep will become a luxury you will rarely obtain, and your nourishment will come from all the things your mother told you never to consume. More than likely your days during the infestation will be lonely and dark. Depression will hit, no doubt about it, and the best way to combat that is to stay active and exercise. A basic knowledge of first aid will prove invaluable as there may come a time in which its knowledge will save your life.

Solanum is transmited via bodily fluids, so keeping your body clean and nursing your wounds and cuts will be a priority over other hygenic areas. Above all else though is your use of common sense, don't be an idiot.

This should go without saying, but your body is the most important thing you need to protect. If the living dead get ahold of your body then there is no hope, so you should take carefull consideration when deciding what to wear. Baggy clothes are a big no, zombies trying to grab at you will have an easy time with so much of your clothing hanging off your body. Along with this is long hair, they can easily grab your hair and pull you in. So my advice is to wear tight clothes, and shave your head Yes ladies, shave your hair because your survival depends on it. The best thing you can do for you body however, is to be in good physical condition, work out to tone your body and sculpt some muscles, run a few miles a day, do whatever to make sure your body will be able to take what is thrown its way.