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Originally Posted by Quiet Ballerina
Okay, so I do have this question:
Both Michonne and the Gov got cut with glass from the fish tanks. Those fish tanks had zombie heads in them. Some of those heads were still alive (one tried to bite Michonne during the fight). So why didn't either of them get infected?
Well, the first point is that it's safe to say that everyone is already infected just by existing; if either of them had died in the fight and no one found them or "killed" them a second time, they would have turned. Why they didn't turn upon contact with contaminated zombie water? Well, Hershel was brutally bitten and he never turned, although that might have been because they amputated his leg in time. It might just be a matter of time before the virus affects the governor and Michonne -- there's no real way to tell. And besides, as we saw with Jim, it takes a bit of time before the infection reveals itself; it's not an immediate reaction.