If you are bitten by a zombie, but you have the antidote for the zombie pathogen, you will still likely die of a nasty infection commonly present in decaying bodies. amirite?
Most people greatly overestimate the "cleaniness" of human mouth. There is reason why almost any wound inflicted by getting bitten by another human get's infected - because human's mouth are full of bacteria. You don't have to be dead to cause somebody to have long lasting, hard-healing wound...
This is what happens in Peter Clines "Ex Heroes" series. The zombie virus itself isn't deadly but by a few years into the plague, every zombie mouth is a hotbed of disease.
It depends on what zombie universe you're in. In Max Brooks' books, for example, the zombies don't rot because the bacteria that causes it recognizes the infection and avoids them.
Most people greatly overestimate the "cleaniness" of human mouth. There is reason why almost any wound inflicted by getting bitten by another human get's infected - because human's mouth are full of bacteria. You don't have to be dead to cause somebody to have long lasting, hard-healing wound...
Nice try, but you won't make my sex life worse.
Yeah I don't think people often realize how dangerous our teeth can be.
Biting isn't the primary means of defence, but it works
BUT the fatal flaw in your logic is that the zombie pathogen destroys all other bacteria present on the host!
Well, I just made that up.
This makes me 😞
I bet you are fun at parties
This is what happens in Peter Clines "Ex Heroes" series. The zombie virus itself isn't deadly but by a few years into the plague, every zombie mouth is a hotbed of disease.
Which is a feature in Project zomboid, The most realistic zombie survival game.
It depends on what zombie universe you're in. In Max Brooks' books, for example, the zombies don't rot because the bacteria that causes it recognizes the infection and avoids them.