If you expose a large enough population to a disease, there will be those who are immune to it. It comes from genetic variation. You see it all the time in lesser life forms, like bacteria. It's why things like lysol spray are only 99.9% effective. If
Tanya is one of those people who is "lucky" enough to have a natural immunity, there is a good chance she would have passed it onto
saul.
A mutated mad cow disease seems unlikely. Mad cow deteriorates the brain matter, it doesnt fundamentally alter it.
However, my ears also perked up at the mention of
Radon Labs. I doubt they are completely innocent.
As for the pheramone thing, you cant really dispute that. Those guys WERE attacked on the roof by the radon labs guy. Also, the pheramones are contained in sweat. If you aren't sweating, you aren't releasing pheramones. This of course doesn't take into account any other odors that are present (cologne, smoke, rotting flesh). Also, you need to be downwind of the source. So wind would play a factor. I believe in their experiment they even said the wind changed before the zeds showed up. Additionally, humans are already sensitive to pheromones. It helps us choose a mate. So increasing the sensitivity would likely be a small change when compared to some others...Also, we know this disease drastically alters the body, why would the brain be any different? It CLEARLY changes bone density, muscular structure etc etc...to say it should have no effect on the brain seems counterintuitive.
Burning through the bodies fat reserves to power the change seems quite likely. We never hear about "fat" zombies, and they obviously have a huge appetite (they eat people, their own, and regular food).
I wont rule out Celiac Disease playing a part (mostly because we dont really know whats happening on a microscopic level), but diet playing a part also seems unlikely. While
tommy couldnt eat glutein, there wasnt any special food that only he was eating, he was just getting more veggies (going on the "stolen food" they found in his room). Instead, look at the source of his infection: Leaper guts getting in a small cut. His rate of infection was slow most likely because the vector for infection was similarly small.
I'd also like to point out something else: Depending on how tanya and saul gained their supposed immunity, it determines what type of infection the "plague" is.
If the antibiotics saved them: Bacterial
If its genetic: Viral
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