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Googolplexbyte · 09/04/2012, 03:14 pm

What was Duck dying of?

It wasn't "the walker virus", right? Everyone is already infected with that.

So it was just an ordinary infection you'd get if a bite wound comes in contact with a corpse's mouth. I doubt it was rabies. Apparently corpses often spread hepatitis B and hepatitis C, HIV, enteric intestinal pathogens, tuberculosis, cholera and others. Of these TB seems the most likely, it's unlikely duck was vaccinated against it, and it has similar symptom to what was displayed. If it were TB then Duck could of been treated by a long regime of anti-biotics. TB has a 50% fatality rate so although likely duck's death wasn't certain, if they'd have found some medicine he could've had a chance. Although if it were TB why didn't Kaatja realise? Shock maybe?

Thoughts? Other Ideas as to what it may have been?

Red Panda · 09/04/2012, 03:15 pm

He was dying of stupidity. Be careful: it's contagious.

Zombies are Awesome! · 09/04/2012, 03:15 pm

the bite? if you get bitten you turn faster? idk

Zombies are Awesome! · 09/04/2012, 03:16 pm

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Originally Posted by Red Panda

He was dying of stupidity. Be careful: it's contagious.

this thread is about Duck not Ben

Hidan13 · 09/04/2012, 03:20 pm

Everyone has the illness which activates when you die inside your brain, however that's not what the bite dies. The bite doesn't make the person into a zombie, the bite spreads a infection inside the body which kills it off, leaving the person to revive as a zombie assuming their brain is still intact.

Xarne · 09/04/2012, 03:44 pm

why didnt they just amputate?
/run

JCMcAdams84 · 09/04/2012, 04:04 pm

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Originally Posted by Xarne

why didnt they just amputate?
/run

Because he was bitten in the stomach, or side... or back, some place on the abdominal region.

To the OP, it's like a Komoto dragon bite, walker's mouths are filled with necrotic flesh and bacteria and cause a high end infection and basically poison the person bitten, which leads to fever and death.

skepticalguy90 · 09/04/2012, 04:05 pm

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Originally Posted by Xarne

why didnt they just amputate?
/run

Where was the bite exactly? I didn't think it was lower extremity. That band teacher died of a lower leg amputation, though you did chop it off with an axe, so there's that.

Xarne · 09/04/2012, 04:07 pm

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Originally Posted by JCMcAdams84

Because he was bitten in the stomach, or side... or back, some place on the abdominal region.

To the OP, it's like a Komoto dragon bite, walker's mouths are filled with necrotic flesh and bacteria and cause a high end infection and basically poison the person bitten, which leads to fever and death.

bad joke; hence the /run

Rock114 · 09/04/2012, 04:42 pm

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Originally Posted by skepticalguy90

Where was the bite exactly? I didn't think it was lower extremity. That band teacher died of a lower leg amputation, though you did chop it off with an axe, so there's that.

He was actally bitten in his side, the abdominal region. It'd be pretty hard to amputate his torso, but we could always try.

DreadMagus · 09/04/2012, 04:45 pm

Given how that kid eats, would we have really noticed the difference?

Googolplexbyte · 09/04/2012, 04:56 pm

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Originally Posted by JCMcAdams84

Because he was bitten in the stomach, or side... or back, some place on the abdominal region.

To the OP, it's like a Komoto dragon bite, walker's mouths are filled with necrotic flesh and bacteria and cause a high end infection and basically poison the person bitten, which leads to fever and death.

I don't know he was coughing up blood meaning lung problems unlikely from plain poisonedness, and no vomiting, if his body thought he was poisoned there's no way he would've held those animal crackers down.

The Komodo bite is a very specificity engineer gob full poisonous bacteria, this was just a rotten human mouth.

SonnyN18 · 09/04/2012, 05:23 pm

Everyone is infected yes but the bite itself is just deadly, think of it more of like a poisonous bite but everyone in the end will turn it's just that most people die from bites because of the rising numbers of the undead.

CF-105 · 09/04/2012, 05:28 pm

God people,

Anyone who is bitten DIES. This is a rule in zombie lore. There has never been a movie where a person who has been bitten lives. (Not counting Night of the Living Dead 30th Anniversary edition since that is crap)

So the minute Duck was bitten, he was as good as dead.

Googolplexbyte · 09/04/2012, 05:29 pm

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Originally Posted by SonnyN18

Everyone is infected yes but the bite itself is just deadly, think of it more of like a poisonous bite but everyone in the end will turn it's just that most people die from bites because of the rising numbers of the undead.

That seems very arm-wavey. I'm not really here for an "A wizard did it" explanation.

Master of Aeons · 09/04/2012, 05:37 pm

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Originally Posted by CF-105

God people,

Anyone who is bitten DIES. This is a rule in zombie lore. There has never been a movie where a person who has been bitten lives. (Not counting Night of the Living Dead 30th Anniversary edition since that is crap)

So the minute Duck was bitten, he was as good as dead.

Not true, if you amputate the wound you can save people with a 50% success. Read the comic.

I think Duck had something specific that wasn't diagnosed or cured because there wasn't anything around for her to use. A doctor's only as good as their instruments.

dankirk · 09/04/2012, 05:52 pm

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Originally Posted by Master of Aeons

Not true, if you amputate the wound you can save people with a 50% success. Read the comic.

I think Duck had something specific that wasn't diagnosed or cured because there wasn't anything around for her to use. A doctor's only as good as their instruments.

You can't amputate an abdomen.

Master of Aeons · 09/04/2012, 05:54 pm

That too. But the question of if Katjaa could identify what was killing him was valid.

Xarne · 09/04/2012, 05:55 pm

you guys are in here analyzing a bad joke

DreadMagus · 09/04/2012, 05:56 pm

I laughed... heh

09/04/2012, 03:14 pm	#1
Googolplexbyte Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 64	[Ep. 3 - Spoilers] What was * dying of? What was Duck dying of? It wasn't "the walker virus", right? Everyone is already infected with that. So it was just an ordinary infection you'd get if a bite wound comes in contact with a corpse's mouth. I doubt it was rabies. Apparently corpses often spread hepatitis B and hepatitis C, HIV, enteric intestinal pathogens, tuberculosis, cholera and others. Of these TB seems the most likely, it's unlikely duck was vaccinated against it, and it has similar symptom to what was displayed. If it were TB then Duck could of been treated by a long regime of anti-biotics. TB has a 50% fatality rate so although likely duck's death wasn't certain, if they'd have found some medicine he could've had a chance. Although if it were TB why didn't Kaatja realise? Shock maybe? Thoughts? Other Ideas as to what it may have been? Last edited by Googolplexbyte; 09/04/2012 at 03:23 pm. Reason: Moved spoilery title to top of post

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09/04/2012, 03:15 pm	#2
Red Panda Ailuridae Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 838	He was dying of stupidity. Be careful: it's contagious.

09/04/2012, 03:20 pm	#5
Hidan13 Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 88	Everyone has the illness which activates when you die inside your brain, however that's not what the bite dies. The bite doesn't make the person into a zombie, the bite spreads a infection inside the body which kills it off, leaving the person to revive as a zombie assuming their brain is still intact.

09/04/2012, 03:44 pm	#6
Xarne Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: A forest, riddled with Meth Posts: 931	why didnt they just amputate? /run

09/04/2012, 04:45 pm	#11
DreadMagus Arrgh! Thar Be Zombies! Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: The space between worlds. Posts: 2,095	Given how that kid eats, would we have really noticed the difference?

09/04/2012, 05:23 pm	#13
SonnyN18 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 144	Everyone is infected yes but the bite itself is just deadly, think of it more of like a poisonous bite but everyone in the end will turn it's just that most people die from bites because of the rising numbers of the undead.

09/04/2012, 05:28 pm	#14
CF-105 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 20	God people, Anyone who is bitten DIES. This is a rule in zombie lore. There has never been a movie where a person who has been bitten lives. (Not counting Night of the Living Dead 30th Anniversary edition since that is crap) So the minute Duck was bitten, he was as good as dead.

09/04/2012, 05:54 pm	#18
Master of Aeons Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,688	That too. But the question of if Katjaa could identify what was killing him was valid.

09/04/2012, 05:55 pm	#19
Xarne Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: A forest, riddled with Meth Posts: 931	you guys are in here analyzing a bad joke