Chapter 34 It Only Takes One Part 3

[Hoff4D]

Hopefully Tanya being out will help explore this... I can see the bread crumbs do seem to be pointing to the Meds... I imagine she was experimenting with doses, combo's etc. so it is a definate possibility she used the antibiotics on others... but I imagine she wouldn't repeat with her son the exact process she used with others that ended up turning.

But she would repeat the process she used on herself that apparently kept her from turning, that she prolly mixed in a moment of panic and seems to have worked thus far....no?

[Blues_127]

I concur. Just thiking, maybe even over kill on TOP of that. It is one thing to be stingy and use up all the supplies for something you don't even know if it will work for your self... for your kid: 0 hesitation. Givem all we got!

[Witch_Doctor]

Do you think Tanya used the same antibiotics on others (ex. the slow turner) that she used on Saul and herself? I know she said that there wasn't a plentiful supply, but she probably tried them once or twice on others that eventually turned.

Yes, she actually says that the antibiotics were tried on the slow turner in Chapter 20. Also, note that she goes straight for the most powerful antibiotics she had available instead of building up to it with others. Another breadcrumb is CJ's suspiscion that the drugs have something to do with Saul's immunity at Ground Zero. Also supporting the drug solution is the fact that we have not seen evidence of anyone else being immune other than Saul and Tanya.

[Hoff4D]

Yes, she actually says that the antibiotics were tried on the slow turner in Chapter 20. Also, note that she goes straight for the most powerful antibiotics she had available instead of building up to it with others. Another breadcrumb is CJ's suspiscion that the drugs have something to do with Saul's immunity at Ground Zero. Also supporting the drug solution is the fact that we have not seen evidence of anyone else being immune other than Saul and Tanya.

Yea, I think based on her having the cut/bite and not turning, her experiments, going right for the gusto on Saul, AND CJ's questioning of it, that she's found these drugs can stave off the onset of the virus, and others seem to only delay it. Perhaps she thinks/knows its only a matter of time before her/her son can turn based on the strength of the medicine....that seems more plausible than the natural resistance to me. Again, based on the breadcrumbs thus far

[Pillars]

I'm betting that if the scavengers at the colony got their hands on those paticular meds with the time and areas available to them, then the hands of ft. Irwin can stretch further and retrieve more. That may even be a reason to go back to the hospital in LA. They would probably try other hospitals first but there has to be a fair amount of those meds in the southwest U.S alone.

[LiamKerrington]

I may be wrong, but my memory tells me that Tanya tried the hardcore meds on the slow turner and realized the meds wouldn't stop him from turning.
And even if this understand is wrong, even with this special antibiotics there is the problem with producing enough of it and using it on turned humans ...

[YetAnotherBloodyCheek]

I may be wrong, but my memory tells me that Tanya tried the hardcore meds on the slow turner and realized the meds wouldn't stop him from turning.
And even if this understand is wrong, even with this special antibiotics there is the problem with producing enough of it and using it on turned humans ...

Sounds plausible. Tanya's and Saul's immunity could have been caused just by their genes. See:
http://digitaljournal.com/article/307120

If there *IS* actually an antidote, then the question arises, why anyone should deploy the Zeeh-virus around the world, when he is not just a quite frustrated member of a Doomsday sect.

Until now, I alway assumed the zombiecalypse to be the result of an experiment that utterly failed. But this would oppose the antidote's existence, would it not?

[lr42186]

What if it's a combination of the two ideas? i.e Tanya's line has some level of resistance/immunity, but would still be at risk of turning when bit without the kickass antibiotics.

[LiamKerrington]

What if it's a combination of the two ideas? i.e Tanya's line has some level of resistance/immunity, but would still be at risk of turning when bit without the kickass antibiotics.

Good point.

[CoolPat7]

What if it's a combination of the two ideas? i.e Tanya's line has some level of resistance/immunity, but would still be at risk of turning when bit without the kickass antibiotics.

That sounds very plausible. Sadly if this is true, it would make some very dramatic scenes, everyone fighting trying to get hold of Tanya and/or Saul to try and find a cure