Walking Dead question - who is right? Me or the wife?

[newshane]

Re: transmission of the zombie virus.

 

Do you have to die before you turn, or do you eventually turn after being bitten?

 

My wife thinks you die from the bite, then you turn.

 

I say you can turn after the bite even without dying.

 

Who is right?

 

 

 

[Sensei Ryan]

I'm going with the wife on this one...I think the bites kill you then you turn.

[oakman29]

I think your wife is right,she's always right.

[newshane]

I think your wife is right,she's always right.

 

I still haven't learned that lesson.

 

I told her the Internet would have my back. Maybe not. haha

[The Brain]

Re: transmission of the zombie virus.

 

Do you have to die before you turn, or do you eventually turn after being bitten?

 

My wife thinks you die from the bite, then you turn.

 

I say you can turn after the bite even without dying.

 

Who is right?

 

 

 

https://www.quora.com/In-the-walking-dead-after-you-die-do-you-turn-into-a-zombie-or-do-turn-after-you-die-if-you-are-bit-or-scratched

[The First Avenger]

The bite seems to speed up the infection and kills the body then the person comes back. I can't remember at any point in the show, can't say about the comics, that someone who was bitten turned without dying.

[DeadOne]

The bite seems to speed up the infection and kills the body then the person comes back.

 

This.

[wombat]

You die and then you turn.

[Azkaban]

I'm going with the wife on this one...I think the bites kill you then you turn.

 

 

+1

[Cyclops]

I say you can turn after the bite even without dying.

 

The Walking Bitten

[01TheDude]

The wife is correct.

 

If you are bitten or scratched-- it spreads very quickly. That was why they had to chop off the old guys leg and they were able to stop it spreading and killing him. Better to lose a leg (or arm) than lose your life.

 

PS-- I am basing this on the TV show only. I have not read any of the comics. Though as I understand it, they try hard to be true to the comic books with only changes to which characters die, mostly based on TV popularity (Glen for example).

 

 

[followtheleader]

Didn't that dude get bitten at the beginning, he became sicker over a bit of time, then they left him by the tree and he turned?

Have to look up his name. Maybe Jim?

Gives the impression that the bite causes an infection that will eventually result in death.

 

Patrick

[01TheDude]

yes but the question was when do you turn. And the answer is after you die-- regardless of how you die- as long as your brain is intact. The virus will kill you. The walkers will kill the living and eat your brains and guts-- which means dying that way won't turn you into a zombie. No brain/damaged brain, no zombie.

 

Also-- the virus is supposedly in everyone by this point, though dormant. Non-head trauma death triggers it to turn people into walkers. SO I guess a scratch or bite can act as a catalyst to death/turning.

[jcjames]

You die and then you turn.

 

Han bit first!

 

 

 

 

[Buzzetta]

Wife wins

[punksdropdirtysrh]

I think 28 days later is the only zombie - esque movie where it works your way.

[thirdgreenham]

Re: transmission of the zombie virus.

 

Do you have to die before you turn, or do you eventually turn after being bitten?

 

My wife thinks you die from the bite, then you turn.

 

I say you can turn after the bite even without dying.

 

Who is right?

 

 

 

Remember, you will still turn after you die, no matter if you were bitten or not.

 

And yes, if bitten, you will die first, and then turn.

[budsbundy]

Can't be a zombie without being dead

[sterlingcomics]

I think your wife is right,she's always right.

 

Bronze this as a plaque on the wall.

[Buzzetta]

Can't be a zombie without being dead

 

Everyone posting on this forum is...

 

 

ba-dum... tss