re: Official The Walking Dead S08E14 “Still Gotta Mean Something” Thread

The walkers are filled with millions of bacteria and viruses (NOT the walker infection one) like E-coli because they’re rotting bodies. So if that stuff gets directly into your bloodstream it will make you very sick. The possible explanation for them dying so fast from the sickness might be that since their immune system is weakened from fighting off the infection the walker virus already inside them takes advantage and takes over.