It is clear that that "We're Alive" is a double entendre. The victim must survive to turn. Sometimes the initial wound prevents that from occurring. Other times, I think the corpse is heavily fed upon. If the body is going to change and become stronger and faster that requires calories to build up the muscles.
It is interesting that one of the drugs mentioned on the "shopping list" at Raydon Labs was something to increase appetite. The initial out break can be fueld by people insane with hunger and a cognitive dysfunction. Another interesting connection is the number of bites in the throat and the location of the thyroid gland which also plays a role in metabolism.
The gas could be an additional killing mechanism to weed out non-infected. But, it could be an area denial weapon. The biters 1.0 seemed to remove bodies from the tower, but seemed reluctant to do so from ground zero. There seems to be a difference but what is the motive?
1) bodies removed from the tower but not ground zero because the gas keeps them away.
2) the bodies removed from the tower are biters, is there something in their fallen comrades that makes them more desirable than just a fallen human?
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