Quote Originally Posted by PhysicsLB View Post
Infared vision is a flawed theory. Zeds are alive, not dead. Therefore they generate body heat. There would be no way of differentiating between Zed, and non-Zed with infared vision. Not to mention, they're in LA in the summer when the outbreak occurs. The amount of latent heat trapped in concrete/tarmac would totally screw their vision. Also, you'd see a moth-like behavior of running into fire and i haven't seen any Zeds doing a buddhist protest yet.

Genetic Immunity is basic biology. Also, AIDS isn't a valid example. It's only present in a relatively small amount of the global population. Besides that, AIDS isnt the lethal vector. It weakens the immune system and allows other infections to run rampant. If you were immune to AIDS you would never even know you had been exposed.

Here's a better example: The Bubonic Plague.
It's Estimated to have killed 30-60% of the European population, if genetic immunity didnt exist (much like you seem to think) then why didnt it wipe out 100%? There wasnt anything like it before, it was the first major plague to affect mankind. By your line of reasoning it should have wiped us out.

As for the bacterial/viral thing: that isn't conjecture, it's fact. Anti-biotics dont do squat against a virus, and conversely, without them bacterial infections can run rampant. The only other possibility is a parasite but that seems unlikely. Also, not using conjecture on a topic like this is just silly. Your entrie theory would then be invalid because it's just that: conjecture.

Also, it isnt just blood-borne. The little ones weren't bleeding all over everyone, but they managed to turn all of Boulder.

You asked people to tear into your theory and see what works and what doesnt.

Things that I think you have right:
Use of body fat to fuel the changes.
Source of the infection may be some bad-ass version of some other virus/bacteria/whatever.
Radon Labs is involved.

Things that need more work:
Heavy metals connection
infrared vision
virus turning into a parasite in the presence of Omega-3s (what?)
Alright, maybe i wasn't clear, and i hold my hand up to this i am Dyslexic and getting my point across isn't actually the strongest point for me, so let me go through what you said here and boil down to it a bit better.

AIDs: the only reason i referenced AIDs in the first place is because its transferred via blood and saliva and can infect cuts and open wounds etc. how the zombies threw up blood and turned people and how it infected saul with some blood. that's the only point i was trying to make.

Radon Labs: I honestly don't think anymore they are involved not unless Radon Labs is a big international thing like Umbrella is in the resident evil series, i point towards the fact we have evidence of "riots" happening around the world at the same time.


Heavy metals: yeah i get it needs more work having a small fragment of a bullet which is enducing a small poison is a long shot i know but i was just throwing it out there as food for thought. (by the way yes i do believe in genetic immunity, its fact, it exists. what i was trying to say was in regards to the story it would be too 'convenient' if there was someone who was immune to it, now the whole blood line connection making two people immune, yes possible, completely do-able I'm just saying the placing of it, is to convenient if that's the case.)

that honestly would feel like a cop-out to me and KC is a fantastic writer who's done nothing but bought us brilliance chapter after chapter after chapter, i just think its something else we need to explore

Body Fat and Source Of Infection:
yeah, body fat I've made my point on, glad you agree the source of the infection we'd probably have to research
microbiology a whole bunch

Heat Vision: i never once thought of it like that, you are completely right, it is a flawed idea, but again i was just trying to stimulate a different chain of thought about it.

Viral Parasite vs Omega 3: yeah that was a stretch, just speculation.


so do you then think the celiac disease has some kind of credibility? personally i think i need to sit down and just compare the times to when Riley said it would happen and when Tommy turned.