The Walking Dead s05e02

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eory was that since Dale was bitten, the flesh already had components of the virus in it, so the cannibals would then turn into walkers. Comic creator Robert Kirkman said at a forum, though, that it’s not known if the “tainted meat” had any effect on The Hunters because of the short interval between the consumption of the meat and their deaths, and when their bodies are burnt (Rick’s group kills all of the cannibals).