Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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DEADLINE open thread. Have a party.

To celebrate the release of Deadline [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy], here. Have an open thread to discuss the book.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned.

You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence. I will probably answer a great many comments. I may not answer all of them.

Have fun!
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jenrose1

June 3 2011, 19:29:22 UTC 6 years ago

If mosquitos can be a vector, given the endemic nature of the virus in mammals, and given we know spiders can amplify with the right strain... one would assume that it would not take long at all for most insects to become vectors.

Although the idea of shambling undead pillbugs is kind of hilarious, the idea of zombie dust mites... *shudder*

vixyish

June 3 2011, 22:54:36 UTC 6 years ago

I could be wrong here, but I believe the mosquitos aren't supposed to be *infected*, as I understand it. They're not zombie mosquitos. They're *carrying* the virus. They bite people and drink blood. Like with yellow fever in the real world; the mosquitos don't *have* the virus-- they aren't, like symptomatic-- they bite infected people and drink blood, then transmit it.

It never happened before with K-A because the structure of the virus was too large, Shaun tells us.

Makes small practical difference to the humans, but. We wouldn't be talking about all insects everywhere becoming infected. It's still only infecting mammals, to our knowledge. (And one arachnid.)

jenrose1

June 3 2011, 22:59:44 UTC 6 years ago

Intelligent packs of zombie mosquitos... *shudder*