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Isn't it obvious that Frank (the little girl's father) was immune?

posted 9 years ago by al666940-3
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With this daughter being sick for a week (he said she started showing symptoms little over a week ago), there's no way he wouldn't be sick also. Yet not only was he without symptoms, but at full strength (unlike his daughter and anyone whom became infected).

If anyone was immune/chosen, it was him, not Brian.

Maybe to address the fact that no disease is 100% fatal in real life. Even the black plague and ebola are not 100% fatal, with some people managing to recover on their own and thus becoming immunized.

For all we know, Frank did become infected (how could he not?) yet managed to recover and thus is now immune. It does happen in real life.

Can't think of another reason, either that or poor writing.

[–] bottleshock34 9 years ago

Everybody is different when it comes to viruses some get sick not long after being in contact with an effected person. While others can be around people who are infected and don't get sick or show symptoms but they eventually do contract the virus. Then there are people that are lucky enough to never contract the virus it could be diet a mutation etc etc..

"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"

[–] al666940-3 9 years ago

Yeah, sure.

But you can't deny he was the white elephant in the room (caring for an infected child who's so bad she's already coughing blood, yet he's somehow not affected despite taking no precautions at all).

And in real life viruses have a specific incubation period. They don't vary person to person. The way the person reacts to it may vary, but not by that much. You either get infected (symptoms) and recover/die, or you don't.

[–] bottleshock34 9 years ago

It is known that viruses can affect different people at different paces some people have stronger immune systems while others just have to be in the room of someone that is sick and they'll contract the virus.

It may very well be that Frank never ended up getting sick but we will never know. As for Brian it wasn't stated that he was the chosen one he was just lucky. But it caught up to him in the end but it didn't kill him if he wasn't shot he probably would have lived for a week or more depending on how the virus affected his system. But since he was shot he grew weaker and weaker he wasn't going to survive the night by the looks of it.

"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"

[–] al666940-3 9 years ago

"It may very well be that Frank never ended up getting sick but we will never know. As for Brian it wasn't stated that he was the chosen one he was just lucky."

Sure, but it happened to be stated in the movie by the one character who clearly is either immune or luckier (relatively speaking). So it's quite ironic, and Frank's challenge to him ("Want to kiss my daughter good night for me?") quite fitting...

[–] SpiltPersonality 8 years ago

The trouble with the 'pandemic' situation is that whilst you're right about people becoming infected and recovering, in a situation like this you would die of something else.

Let's say this is something LIKE Ebola, but with every person who comes in direct contact guaranteed to catch it. Let's say that 50% WITH medical attention survive, but only 25% without survive. Initially (in the first world) you would have 50% of the population who catch it dying. Those left will be severely weakened. When the medical staff become overburdened, and only 25% are surviving other diseases start to crop up because of the dead bodies lying around. Now, the weak 50% start to die off by the second round.

On top of this, you've got people who rely on services to survive. EVERY SINGLE insulin dependant diabetic is dead within a month. Those on life support or similar are gone within days. They increase to the disease spreading unburried dead. Then there are just accidents. The guy helping bury the dead who slips and falls and belreaks his leg. Likely to die just because there is NOBODY left to care for him. People who go back to their home to get their cute Pgu dog and end up being killed by looters.

It would be a nightmare.

True, this would be mitigated somewhat in under-populated areas, but just by their very nature they have less people available to survive. If you wipe out the 3 biggest population centres in any country, you have taken > 75% of the entire planet's population.