LOL...well, that's true enough. There's also the fact that the people caring for the dog may not know anything about how to safely handle quarantined animals, since that isn't what they were trained for.

The dormant vs. active viruses makes more sense to me. If it were 'like sepsis', but different from the typical sepsis/blood poisoning that we can experience now through various infections, then that still suggests the zombies are carrying something different from normal bacteria. So maybe, if we assume the walker…

I don't think it's sepsis...human bites are very dirty and dangerous (and zombie bites would of course be even more so), but it would still take way longer than a few hours to cause death if that were the case. You'd also be able to use antibiotics, which if it were sepsis wouldn't save all but would give them a…

True, but the question that always get raised with the zombie goo solution is if there are multiple kinds of virus and want that means. We know that everyone is infected and dies when they turn, but zombie bits = immediate turning, so there's something different there. Rubbing zombie on a cut or mucus membranes could…

Actually, I just rewatched the scene and it doesn't look like she goos her face. She gooes her hands, wipes them on her poncho, and then reaches over and gets some mud for her face. Yeah, she doesn't wash her hands inbetween, but any zombie goo on her face is just incidental to collecting some mud.

I don't think so...there's just no evidence that there's any danger in the first place. Yeah, some people wouldn't go near the dog, but many would because it's a feel-good story and people love being the rescuer. I bet anything that if she died and the family was unwilling to take the dog (which we have no reason to…

There are many, many ways to safely handle an animal if you must. There are squeeze cages, which have a moveable section that slides forward to trap the animal against the fixed wall of the cage, allowing you to then safely take temp/give injections/etc. without any risk (because the animal can't possibly turn around…

I've worked with animals quarantined for possible rabies numerous times. During the high risk period of quarantine, you just don't touch them...you can feed and clean up after an animal without laying hands on them. No touching = no bite risk.

Oooh...good point! And one I should have thought of considering how often I read wild game cookbooks and country living books ( I don't hunt, I just...like reading about it? For some reason?)

Well, then that raises the question even more, doesn't it? If she can do that and not turn, then touching the guts probably isn't too risky. So lather up!

In a situation like Carol was in, that's a very legit concern, and one I had myself (I honestly expected the episode to end with that, and for Rick to not even realize it was her.) But risk of sniper vs. risk of horde of zombies chomping on you...it just seems to me like taking the sniper risk is better.

I believe Michonne was shown to have gotten zombie juices on her before she went into a fugue state, implying that was what protected her. It seems to be specifically that you have to smell like a walker, or have walkers so close that you're enveloped by their smell (which is why Michonne traveled with her 'pets'.)

It is weird that my main problem with Terminus was just how wasteful they are? I mean, it didn't seem like there was a whole lot of them, yet they were planning to kill 8 people in one go. It's not like they can just stick the leftovers in the fridge, right? If you're killing 8 people for, say, meals for only a few…

No, I'm pretty sure that's just mud on her face...blood dries brown, but not that shade (and on the show blood doesn't actually dry brown anyway.)

The bloody smock is actually my one big gripe with this show. DO IT. IT WORKS. Why the flipping hell isn't everyone walking around in zombie smeared clothing at all times? Yeah, it's gross, but you'd get used to it, and if you do it the Carol way there isn't much worry of it touching your skin. At the very least…

WHY would you tell me this? You couldn't just let me live in happy illusion?!?

Ha...so weird, just today they switched me from Lexapro to Zoloft!

That definitely doesn't work for me, since I typically sleep during the day and with the window shade up or lights on. However, I have a whole cluster of sleep disorders, including possible narcolepsy. They started me on Lexapro as part of treatment, and I haven't had a sleep paralysis episode since, so I guess it…

As someone who very frequently suffers from sleep paralysis, this was my assumption too. Even the picture invoked memories of many sleep paralysis bouts. Instead it turned into a giant reminder to stop putting off buying a home security system. I am so, so sorry the OP had to go through this...I can't imagine.

No, I'm very familiar with queer theory and academic use of the phrase. I'm referring, however, to *this* article and the way in which it is used and what it used to imply. The academic definition for racism isn't going to help deconstruct an article that is using the non-academic usage of the term. You could bring…