Reply to Thread

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keyser328" data-source="post: 2151432" data-attributes="member: 10111">As Mike noted, the premise is that everyone is infected already and after death, anyone will reanimate so as long as their brain (and central nervous system, I suppose) is intact.With walkers, their mouths carry a huge amount of bacteria (again, not far off from the truth regarding humans, plus all of the raw 'meat' they eat) and when they bite, it causes an infection which can kill, leading to the reanimation.  This is why Rick was able to hack off Hershel's leg and save him, the infection hadn't spread yet.I suppose in theory, the spraying fluids could also cause an infection, but it would be pretty slim, most of the human body is pretty decent at protecting itself.</blockquote>