Apathy in Walking Dead scenario

Not saying or doing something about a bit is my biggest issue with characters in zombie things. Off them and be done with it. It sucks, but you get bit and you're pretty much dead any ways. And a future problem for the rest of the group potentially. You've got enough problems at that point, no need to add biting betty to the mix.

Given the fact that it takes blood about 1 min to make a round trip through your body, you would have to be very fast with the arm chop!Even then, a bit to the forearm would mean you would have to cut (rather quickly) at the shoulder. Now you have to get the wound cauterized so "friend" won't bleed to death.... If the bite don't kill him, the cure will. Bullet time baby!

The question requires a better understanding of the scenario. There are so many variations of the zombie sickness that knowing the type is important to this answer. Walking dead allows amputation as a means of quick save for a recent bite. I am not a fan of it personally, but I would definitely try it first. The next logical step would be to restrain the bitten comrade until the danger is clearly gone. I don't like this idea though. I think that if you are bit then the sickness is in your blood stream and through your body quicker than an amputation could be done. Hasty head shots on the other hand only make your group smaller and lower your chance of survival. People are resources too and they need to be salvaged whenever possible.

If it was immediate then I would try the arm chop, but if any time has gone by then its the head shot. I really think they are playing with the concept of the group being in survival mode for too long and losing all humanity. They are stretched very thin at this point.