SilentRoamer
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If the infection is not spread by open wounds then why did they chop off Herschel's leg?
Oh I believe infection is spread (via dead flesh bite) I just don't believe it to be a virus bite. We know everyone is already infected and Jenner in TWD showed us scans of the infected part in the brain. That being the only real concession Kirkman has made re: outbreak cause. It seems safe to assume it's airborne as it hits multiple states at once, and airplanes apparently.
I'm not saying cutting off a limb wouldn't be the best idea - clearly it would. I just believe the virulence of the bite kills you and then you turn anyway.
As a counterpoint though, walkers are never eaten by worms or plagued by flies so there may be some mileage in a totally dead entity (no bacteria at all) in which case it could be a virus point.