Am I the only person rethinking core skills for the zombie apocalypse?

Medics obviously stay on the list but who really wants rule-breakers with a total disregard for health and safety on their team right now? 

I’m coming around to the idea that hunters are entirely over-rated as well – they wander about too much and take altogether too many risks vis a vis infection! 

Give me some gatherers, organised methodical and likely to have stocked up on paracetamol long before the restrictions were even thought about. And thermometers too (though I know my partner is an outlier on this one).

& now that I’m thinking about it, that just describes mothers.

Plus the zombie apocalypse definitely needs pets. Dogs are good, but cats are better not because they’re practical because they’re mostly not. Unless you have a big dog, they’re really not practical for defensive purposes, and to be honest, there’s not so much defending as expected but lots more lurking in confined spaces 

Cats, whatever their size and pedigree will at least chase rodents (mine won’t kill the beggars but they will bring them home gift wrapped) And they really excel when it comes to small space entertainment when they’re in the right mood and when they’re not, they’ll chill and relax the room right down.

Because the real problem with the zombie apocalypse is boredom so I’m going to reserve a place on my team for a storyteller or two, someone with rather less STEM and a bit more humanity.