My scenario on the existence of zombies, my scientific hypothesis on how they could be possible (don't worry, I won't test it,) begins with a blood infection. This blood infection is caused by some virus or defect in the white bone marrow, which is in charge of making red blood cells. See how that works? Alright. This infection causes a sickle-cell-like condition, in which blood is formed irregularly. The condition makes vitamin C almost impossible to be absorbed by the body, which causes scurvy. Scurvy is not only a disease of the bones, but it also causes the skin to become flaky. Basically, leprosy, which meanwhile is also going on I guess. It causes both scurvy and leprosy.
In real life, real science, not zombie science but we're switching to real science mode, leprosy does not cause your skin and limbs to fall off; it merely creates an ideal environment for gangrene to set in, which does cause all of those things. So it's like that.
Okay, zombie mode again. The bones, meanwhile, are of course getting brittle, combined with the gangrene to bring on full-on rotting mode. Meanwhile, the virus is shutting down higher brain function, turning you all shambly. It causes an addiction to blood, because that's how the virus spreads, so the virus wants you to want blood. It also enhances scents sense somehow, neurological sensory stuff I learned once, because zombies need to smell the blood. I guess all of this is biologically possible.
Which is scary.
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