If you kill a walker and its teeth land on your skin does it count as getting bitten?
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In episode 3 when the walker grabbed hold of Duck and Katjaa, I did not see a chance for the walker to bite duck, only when the walker fell on duck that was the only time the walker even touched him because katjaa was holding the walker... This has made me think that maybe dead walkers can infect you too? So if Carl kills a walker and their teeth lands on Carl will Carl get infected too?
In episode 3 when the walker grabbed hold of Duck and Katjaa, I did not see a chance for the walker to bite duck, only when the walker fell on duck that was the only time the walker even touched him because katjaa was holding the walker... This has made me think that maybe dead walkers can infect you too? So if Carl kills a walker and their teeth lands on Carl will Carl get infected too?
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If there is even a cut which is exposed to any bodily fluid of a walker, then you can catch all kinda of anti biotic resistant diseases. Doesn't have to be a bite, just is some saliva, or blood, gets in your body through any opening, you're in a heap of trouble
doesnt the governer kiss penny in the comics though?
Well, I have not read the comics (damn hard to get ahold of where I live), but if he kept her clean enough, made sure she didn't rot too much, or eat uncooked meat, she might be clean enough to kiss without becoming infected. Or maybe he just has an immunity to those particular diseases which were breeding in her.
Anyway, the walker didn't fall, it was overtop of them. Lee shoots the walker afterwards. So the walker did bite Duck. However, as another had said, any type of fluid or sexual contact(not just a simple kiss unless you want to exchange tongues or other parts of her) would infect someone.
What you are saying about dead walkers killing people is possible, if you were to get them to bite you, it'd have the same effect. People die today from dead bodies that infect them with diseases by maybe a finger scratching them or a tooth bite, or eating them :P. However, such is very unlikely anymore. But I mean, if you took a dead walker head and slammed it into your leg, yeah, there is a possibility(if you opened up a wound or something pierced your leg) you could get infected.
Genius survivors indeed.
Eh, I'd say that's not true. I'd rather sit behind a strong metal fence with a large pole than in a field with a rifle. But I guess that is preference.
I actually have three. One is an old water pipe made of perry that is cut to arm length, sharpened on one end, I'd say a couple inches in diameter. Also, a copper pole for curtains/clothes, that lost it's safety on one end, and an old flag pole with the tip. Do you not have a pole lying around? An old mop, broom, flag stand, staircase rail, etc? In a zombie apocalypse, weapons would be scarce, and so using household items as weapons would be more necessary. Characters of TWD in comics and the show use household items to kill walkers all the time. Glenn even uses a metal pole in the show to kill walkers while behind the fence.
Poles are very handy, durable, many hard to break, and can be used in all sorts of situations :P
Why do you have a computer?
HAHAHA
What I'm trying to say is, it happened off-screen during the struggle. At least, that's what i think.
Seriously how hygienic can a dead rotting corpse be? One that eats people alive and *gasp* doesn't brush its teeth?
The bite kills you, and once you're dead you turn. If the wound is severed from the body quickly enough you can live, but otherwise it is guaranteed death.
Everyone is already infected with the 'zombie' virus. The bite basically kills you and then when you're dead the zombie virus kinda...activates? So if you die in any way, shape or form and your brain isn't destroyed, bitten or not. You will turn.
The bite apparently kills everyone, and those that die turn, no matter what. It doesn't matter if the bite doesn't cause you to turn, since 'everyone' is infected, meaning when you die, you will turn. Getting bitten only kills you(as far as we know).
I find it much easier to explain it as a virus. Then we can just say the bite is a sort of adrenaline boost to the virus already residing within every human, giving it enough strength to overcome the host while it's still alive(it's normally too weak to do this until they're dead).
Sure, if that's the way you think sickness works. Viruses aren't programs waiting for conditions to be met. What you're describing is still magic.
I think it would be interesting to find someone who is somehow immune to the infection caused by a zombie's bite.
Do we know from where the zombie virus originated, or is like much zombie fiction in that it is just mysterious?
If it can bring a corpse to life in the first place, it's obviously not as simple as a common cold. There's some suspension of disbelief you need to have in zombie apocalypse scenarios.
It could be man made or from another planet, where it wouldn't be bound by the petty laws of everyday illness on Earth.
Zombie fiction. Kirkman stated he didn't want to go into details of the such, and focus more on the drama and all that. So... I don'y expect any answers as to how it came about.
Fair enough.
Really this is just the kind of thing to file under "Best not thought about".