My good friend of mine, Corina, texted me earlier with this random text,
“In terms of preventing spreading of disease, cannibalism is very bad. So would Zombies perhaps succumb to AIDS or Flu or something before starving?”
I at first laughed because she sends me the most random text messages sometimes, and i simply replied with [trying to sound intelligent lol]:
“No. Their bio makeup is vastly different depending on what caused the ‘transformation’.”
She simply replied with:
“So you don’t think a virus or bacterium could alter it’s DNA in order to be accepted by more host?”
I thought about it at first because it seemed like a reasonable argument. Certain virus’ [most commonly known one being HIV] are known for adapting. But, this was being taken from the account of a Zombie, not a human being, so i replied with:
“Hmm, well flu and common cold virus’ are never the same. A Zombie’s bio makeup seems to me a virus that deteriotes the host so another virus would seem obsolete wouldn’t it?”
I decided to bring the same question up to some of my other friends to see what their reply would be. My friend Melissa replied:
“Doesn’t bacteria only affect living flesh? Not the flesh of the dead?”
I completely forgot about that, but I thought about what if it was only contained in the blood…
“But it would still cause the zombies to be a carrier of the disease much like it’s a carrier for whatever virus turned it into a zombie. My argument was that whatever virus turned the once human into a “zombie” would force all other bacteria obsolete.”
and we contiue to talk starting with Melissa’s reply:
“Logically that makes sense, because the ‘zombie disease’ is more prominent then any other disease. I don’t think the zombie would even be able to pick up other diseases.”
Me:
“But, in theory, if it was logically possible to infect a “zombie” with the common cold or the flu, her question was, would ‘zombies’ succumb to AIDS or the Flu before starving?”
Melissa:
“IF it was logically possible, I still doubt it. Because the organs that those diseases affect are already dead. They’d starve or decay before AIDS kills them.”
Me:
“OR in theory, would the virus that caused the “zombism” in turn cause the AIDS virus or other’s to become stronger?”
Melissa:
“Ahhh now that has potential. Yeah it probably could. Could a zombie pass on AIDS is what I’m curious about.”
Me:
“Well AIDS is passed on through blood and since we all know zombies seem to have a unlimited supply of blood somehow, i don’t see, in theory of course, why not. But the question would be, would the AIDS virus kill what is already dead? Actually, my friend Bethany just told me she thinks AIDS virus is almost identical to a zombie virus because “it attacks good blood cells, makes them die, and then duplicates the dead cells”
Melissa:
“Nah, AIDS wouldn’t kill a zombie. And I don’t think AIDS could be contracted unless they already had it before infected with ‘zombie-ism’”
Me:
“Actually, that brings up another question… what happens to a person who is already infected with HIV/AIDS if they become a zombie?”
Then my friend Aiko comments with:
“Well, looking at documented cases on the subject of a zombie epidemic, one could only assume that if a zombie contacted some other form of virus that it would only mutate it’s genes, in turn causing said zombie to become, what i like to term as, a super zombie… it would be stronger and more dangerous than the rest. This type of zombie would be something one would find being used and researched for bio-chemical warfare.”
Then my friend Tim comments with:
“Well they will either become zombies or ubersoldats,the ones who become zombies will most likely be this way because of the side effect of the chemicals. The ubersoldats would become this way because their bodies reacted to the chemicals in a way like it would react to vitamins, minerals, or antioxidants. Except these chemicals would make the subject stronger, faster, enhanced eyesight, hearing, etc.”
I reply:
“But by saying that, you are saying that a human borne virus has the potential to alter a zombies own genes, thus would that not make it sustainable to it’s own destruction through bio-warfare?”
Tim:
“Well it’s equivocal to drugs that get put on the market and later on found to cause cancer or some rare cases complications that cause death.”
I reply with:
“But wouldn’t that mean, that we shouldn’t fear zombies if they are just as vulnerable as us?”
This all of course was while Corina and I were still texting each other, it basically ended with her asking:
“So biological warfare against the Zombies is not going to be helpful?”
with my reply:
“Probably not. lol”
Lol. The random conversations i have with friends. haha. Good times.
