Story writer's big mistake about infection

[HungryHippo5]

This only happens in the TV show. To try and avoid spoilers, a similar situation happens in the comics but the outcome is not survival. Given that the designers always said that they are following the comic universe, I think it makes sense that Lee couldn't survive.

[SabreNation]

I think it's kinda silly how everyone automatically assumes it worked in the TV show because Hershel is still alive right now. We're five episodes into a 16 episode season, folks and if there is anything you should've learned from that show by now it is that you should NEVER assume someone is safe.

**POTENTIAL MAJOR TV SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ THE COMICS**
Something very similar happened in the comic series and it did seem to slow the turning down a little bit but the character did eventually turn and have to be put down. I'm pretty sure Hershel's character will follow the same arc in the TV series. He's gonna survive for a bit but eventually the infection will get the better of him.

[Tyrant]

I forgot about that. Hershel did eventually die.

[Pride]

Lee had ALREADY PASSED OUT before they even had the idea to cut his arm off.
Come on, it was obvious the poison had already spread throughout his body.

I knew cutting his arm off wouldn't matter then so I didn't even bother.
For it to have any chance of working he would have had to do it instantly after the bite.

[DanJ555]

Originally Posted by Kannibal

...or scratch a part a member of your body, chomp it off right away...

Eating your self, an effective cure against the zombie infection.

[Plan_R]

Originally Posted by DanJ555

Eating your self, an effective cure against the zombie infection.

I guess chewing your infected limb off would not really help to stop the spread.

[distortion]

Blood passes through your system extremely fast, about 1500 full circulations per day. Unless they chopped off the arm within 10 seconds or so, it would have already spread from the wrist, up the arm, and into the rest of the body.

[lnfidelity]

Originally Posted by SabreNation

I think it's kinda silly how everyone automatically assumes it worked in the TV show because Hershel is still alive right now. We're five episodes into a 16 episode season, folks and if there is anything you should've learned from that show by now it is that you should NEVER assume someone is safe.

**POTENTIAL MAJOR TV SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ THE COMICS**
Something very similar happened in the comic series and it did seem to slow the turning down a little bit but the character did eventually turn and have to be put down. I'm pretty sure Hershel's character will follow the same arc in the TV series. He's gonna survive for a bit but eventually the infection will get the better of him.

You and another poster seem to only remember parts of the comic. Hershel is more likely to follow the path of Comic Dale (and a handful of others), who survives his amputation. It's all about speed of response.

[Grimfango]

Rick cuts hershel's leg off almost straight away. Lee has his bite a while before they even consider cutting his arm off, so it's likely the infection has already spread.

[Hudomonkey]

It was too late...

[bazenji]

The bite spreads AN infection, not the zombie virus. The zombie virus has already infected you.

Other things that spread infection: Stepping on a rusty nail. Drinking sewer water. Cutting your arm crawling over barbed wire. All of these things could possibly turn you into a zombie.

However the human mouth is really, really disgusting and getting bitten by a living, breathing human is not something you want to happen to you, let alone one who has been rotting for several days.

[Viser]

And adding to everything people are saying here, Lee was already feeling the effects of the bite. They consider cutting his arm off because he had fallen unconscious due to the infection, which makes it obvious it was already too late for amputation to work.

[BlackPaladin]

Please don't use the tv series as an example. The tv series does shit that literally makes no sense at all. Like in the comics when they amputated dale they sterilized the axe beforehand. In the tv series they're cutting zombies up with said axe and then use that filthy axe to cut hershels leg off lol. When they used dirty tools to amputate in the comics (Allen) the person died anyway due to infection and blood loss even though it was amputated right away.

[bl4ckrider]

Originally Posted by Viser

And adding to everything people are saying here, Lee was already feeling the effects of the bite. They consider cutting his arm off because he had fallen unconscious due to the infection, which makes it obvious it was already too late for amputation to work.

Yep. My thoughts exactly. I still had em chop if off, only to see whether they'd actually do it.

[CTCCoco]

Do you think that cut parts of the body is just like cutting nails?

Seriously?

lol.

[Master of Aeons]

It was way too late to cut the arm. If you're passing out because rotted gunk has spread through your system and infected your body, cutting off a limb won't change anything. It's been handled the same way in the comic. Cut it off immediately or accept that you're going to die.

Despite that, I cut off the arm anyway. I was in denial.

[bl4ckrider]

Originally Posted by Master of Aeons

Despite that, I cut off the arm anyway. I was in denial.

Me too. I thought the writing was a little sloppy on this. I mean imagine someone wants to cut off your arm. Do you just go, yeah, what the hell, might be my last chance?

Also that he got up afterwards like nothing really happened ... Like a lizard dropping its tail without a second thought.

[KingOfTheDead]

Originally Posted by bl4ckrider

Me too. I thought the writing was a little sloppy on this. I mean imagine someone wants to cut off your arm. Do you just go, yeah, what the hell, might be my last chance?

Also that he got up afterwards like nothing really happened ... Like a lizard dropping its tail without a second thought.

lee did react you see his face he even said he could still feel his arm.

[bazenji]

Originally Posted by bl4ckrider

Me too. I thought the writing was a little sloppy on this. I mean imagine someone wants to cut off your arm. Do you just go, yeah, what the hell, might be my last chance?

Also that he got up afterwards like nothing really happened ... Like a lizard dropping its tail without a second thought.

Let's just say...my Lee wasn't that composed.

[hawkfire20]

You're suppose to hack it off STAT.