How come the water is not infected?

**Ra1th** · Mar 31st, 2011, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by nikvoodoo

I've ripped a chicken breast off a whole uncooked chicken without claws... Same principle. Human fingers can tear flesh off bone if you use enough force and find the correct spot.

You brought up the answer in your own response. Broken Skin. Tommy turned because he had a cut from a pipe bomb explosion. There was no indicated injuries or broken skin from Riley and Angel when they immersed themselves in the pile. Same can probably be said for clean up crews. So long as they don't have an open wound, you can touch the blood. You just probably shouldn't.

Am I saying there's no chance the virus/pathogen dies when outside the body? Not at all. That could very well be the case. And that could explain (getting back to the point of this thread) why the water doesn't get infected. All I'm saying is there is no real evidence saying the pathogen dies when it leaves the body yet. We haven't seen it in action enough to rule out the possibility it's like bacteria that grows exponentially in the right conditions.

I agree with ur conclusion but

1. A chicken is a lot smaller and much more fragile than a human. I don't think I'd be able to tear an arm off of a human body with fingers alone. Lots more muscle and touched skin involved. Then there's the bone which would prove REALLY tough to break through

2. Orifices eyes nose mouth ears etc. These would work jst as well as any open cut. And we know angel n Riley were drenched in goo. It would be improbable that it didn't get in their eyes. They were vomiting so open mouth in a pile of corpses. I wouldn't be so quick to rule out wooly's theory

**Re1ndeer** · Mar 31st, 2011, 10:12 PM

Well, the zombies are stronger than Humans, so this may help them rip people apart.

**Ra1th** · Mar 31st, 2011, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Re1ndeer

Well, the zombies are stronger than Humans, so this may help them rip people apart.

Are they? I was under the impressionthat they were similar to humans who never got tired or felt pain; so like they can sprint at top speed for long periods of time and strain muscles without regard to injuries or pain. But it doesn't seem like normals are superhuman(I think)

**Re1ndeer** · Mar 31st, 2011, 10:27 PM

May be not superhuman, but they destroyed the car Saul was in. That would take some strength.

**nikvoodoo** · Mar 31st, 2011, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Ra1th

I agree with ur conclusion but

1. A chicken is a lot smaller and much more fragile than a human. I don't think I'd be able to tear an arm off of a human body with fingers alone. Lots more muscle and touched skin involved. Then there's the bone which would prove REALLY tough to break through

2. Orifices eyes nose mouth ears etc. These would work jst as well as any open cut. And we know angel n Riley were drenched in goo. It would be improbable that it didn't get in their eyes. They were vomiting so open mouth in a pile of corpses. I wouldn't be so quick to rule out wooly's theory

I never said they were ripping through bones or ripping limbs out of the sockets. They are tearing flesh off the bone. That is considerably easier to accomplish because the human body provides gaps in the skeletal structure for fingers to be inserted. And I'm not ruling out wooly's theory, I'm merely presenting the counter argument to it....though I doubt you're surprised by this. Certainly isn't the first time I've played the devils advocate on here

Kc · Mar 31st, 2011, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by wooly

The scene at the Arena with humans hiding in a pile of mutilated corpses tends to prove this as well. There is no way that in that vile & juicy pile of creature-killed corpses that they did not come across blood or saliva from a creature - they were covered in goo. Yet no infection.

Who said the corpses had any "infection"... just playing devil's advocate...

**nikvoodoo** · Mar 31st, 2011, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by Kc

Who said the corpses had any "infection"... just playing devil's advocate...

I was trying to do that too, but those two meanies weren't listening to me. Maybe they'll listen to you

**Pteranodon** · Apr 1st, 2011, 12:04 AM

One word: SALT.

How do you stop a 'REAL' voodoo-zombie? You fill its mouth with salt then sew it shut. Salt water will stop them too....

So the ocean water stops the infection dead in its tracks....

**Ra1th** · Apr 1st, 2011, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by Kc

Who said the corpses had any "infection"... just playing devil's advocate...

This might be a lost cause trying to fight the creator on this but like wooly said, these zombies kill by tearing humans apart limb from limb using teeth fingers anything, and the victim isn't exactly gonna sit there and take it are they? They'll fight back. The result would be one giant bloody mess but the victim is killed before he gets a chance to turn (2-3 minutes?) anyway there's a giant bloody mess of a corpse, we know zombies drool and salivate like mad when they have the scent of a human so there SHOULD be a transfer of fluids/blood between victim and zombie, and this SHOULD be the case for almost every body in that pile. So all together a good bit of zombie toxin should have been in and around those bodies, I'll guarantee u angel n Riley got goo in heir mouths and eyes, so the way I see it, had the virus been active outside the host body, Rigel (Riley/angel) shoulda turned.

But that could totally not be the case in which case PLOT HOLE! TAN TAN TAAAAAAAN!