I don’t mean literal zombie obviously, otherwise we’d hear way more about rabies.
Yes, about a third just get paralyzed and die, but in most cases, people do become extra violent and foam at the mouth, and in some cases, insane or have psychosis. Basically, a decent chunk of people basically act like how modern zombies are depicted (it is even the inspiration for the trope), getting super strength (from activated adrenaline due to fear) and lashing out wildly, getting saliva everywhere that can then infected others. Especially when exposed to water.
My own mother was a witness to this when a little girl in her village got rabies. She basically went feral and even did try biting people, along with scratching and such of course. It took 4 men to keep her restrained and tie her to a bed until she died.
Before that, it just seemed like she had a cold and a fever. According to her mother, she basically one morning just snapped when she tried to give her water.
2 men, and the mom, were bitten. Luckily at least they were able to immediately go to a hospital to get treated with the vaccination (which way the time was even worse than the current vaccines, and even left scarring btw). Another kid shortly after also had the same symptoms and they took him to the hospital, but well he obviously didn’t make it as he had symptoms and this was the 1960s…
You don’t turn into a zombie, you just die of thirst because you are afraid to drink.
I don’t mean literal zombie obviously, otherwise we’d hear way more about rabies.
Yes, about a third just get paralyzed and die, but in most cases, people do become extra violent and foam at the mouth, and in some cases, insane or have psychosis. Basically, a decent chunk of people basically act like how modern zombies are depicted (it is even the inspiration for the trope), getting super strength (from activated adrenaline due to fear) and lashing out wildly, getting saliva everywhere that can then infected others. Especially when exposed to water.
My own mother was a witness to this when a little girl in her village got rabies. She basically went feral and even did try biting people, along with scratching and such of course. It took 4 men to keep her restrained and tie her to a bed until she died.
Before that, it just seemed like she had a cold and a fever. According to her mother, she basically one morning just snapped when she tried to give her water.
2 men, and the mom, were bitten. Luckily at least they were able to immediately go to a hospital to get treated with the vaccination (which way the time was even worse than the current vaccines, and even left scarring btw). Another kid shortly after also had the same symptoms and they took him to the hospital, but well he obviously didn’t make it as he had symptoms and this was the 1960s…