[Secret Agent Man]

No offense but Carl and rick should have been weakened enough when injured badly to turn. Both almost died, lost a lot of blood.

[jjsheridan5]

Carl and rick should have been weakened enough when injured badly to turn. Both almost died, lost a lot of blood.

There seems to be a theme that people heal far more quickly on the show than is realistic (Carl, Rick, Randall, Shane -- his ankle). Probably just sloppy writing, but it could be that the infection speeds up recovery in some way.

[Optimus Prime]

That’s not how it works. It only affects the dead. Basically, the idea is that the virus, whatever it is, is airborn and it infected everyone on the planet. So anyone who dies, for whatever reason, will come back as a zombie. But as long as you’re still alive it has no affect on you. As for zombie bites, they don’t turn anyone into zombies (though they originally assumed that was the case). Zombie bites are lethal, but they’re not the cause of the zombie plague.