The heartbreaking plot of The Last of Us Episode 8 once again raises questions about Ellie’s immunity, specifically whether she can infect others.
warning! This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Episode 8 and the base game.the last survivor A key scene in episode 8 raises the question of whether Ellie is really infecting others. the last survivor In episode 1, it became apparent that Ellie had some immunity to Cordyceps infections. She was bitten for the first time about three weeks before the premiere, as in the last survivor Episode 7, Before Getting Bitten Again the last survivor Volume 2 of Clicker.
None of the bites affected her like they did in the last survivor. Due to her dubious immune nature, David and Ellie’s plot is the last survivor Episode 8 raises the interesting question of whether Ellie can infect others. From David’s cannibalism to Ellie’s near-eating of “infected” meat, to Ellie biting David at one point the last survivor In episode 8, the notion that Ellie can infect others needs to be explained.
Ellie will almost certainly not infect the last of us
While the end result of what happens when a group of people eats Ellie – as in the last survivor Episode 8 – Not Sure, Some Hints From Our Last Part 2 Around Ellie’s immunity and how it works. Throughout the second and even the first game, the player can read numerous diary entries that provide rich background information about the character and the world. The last survivor. exist The Last Survivor part two, Ellie’s 16-year-old diary can be read while living in Jackson, which strongly implies that she does not infect others.
The diary details Ellie’s first kiss with ex-girlfriend Kate. Section explains that Cat kissed Ellie, who then panicked for fear of infecting her. Since bites are the most common way the fungus is spread, Ellie was concerned that her saliva would pass to Cat through their kiss. However, the diary entry also reveals that Ellie followed the cat so closely after that the cat did not return. From this interesting but limited information, it can be assumed that Ellie couldn’t infect others through the bite she took on David, or the terrible thought that David and his crew would swallow Ellie.
How exactly does Ellie’s immunity play out in our later stages of life?
All of this also creates the ambiguity that Ellie is immune the last survivor light up. The show itself has yet to explain how Ellie’s immunity works, but previous factors from the last survivor Episode 1 and the original game may provide some superficial answers. Ellie’s bite lies in these elements because they go through the last survivor There is still cordyceps running under the skin, which means that while Ellie has a fungal infection, the infection doesn’t affect her like everyone else.
Cordyceps is still in Ellie’s system, it just hasn’t taken over her brain and turned her into a typical infected person. the last survivor hitherto. Ellie is not particularly immune to Cordyceps the last survivorbecause her body didn’t destroy the fungus when it entered – the audio log that can be found on the last level explains this this the last survivor. Adding Ellie’s body causes Cordyceps to mutate into a non-lethal and non-violent host that spreads disease the last survivor.
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