Did the rats spread the G-Virus too or only T-Virus?

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okay, so something that has been bothering me is that I can't figure out if the rats spread the G-virus at all?

I know they spread the T-Virus by licking it up, but couldn't they also just lick the G up too and spread it when they bite a human?

And if they didn't spread it, was the G-virus ever really leaked then apart from Birkin infecting people himself? I tried to read up about it but honestly its so confusing I can't get a proper answer >:(

And why would the Umbrella team collect T-virus samples too if they were only after the G? Why put them together in the same suit case, (I know Birkin put them in there together, but its still weird).

[Lanzagranadas]

G-Virus doesn't just spread, it's basically "harmless" by itself unless it's directly introduced in the host's body. In the original lore the only people we saw infected by G-Virus were infected by G Birkin himself. And when the host isn't compatible (Irons, Ben, or the researcher from RE Outbreak), G Adults are created.

[talgaby]

It is very easy to misinterpret, but the additional documentation released back then confirms that it was the T-virus.
The G-virus can only spread through direct injection. It is not virile airborne or even transferred in body fluids, it has to be injected into the host either by a syringe or as larvae spawned by a G-host. Even then, the latter is an infertile injection as non-compatible new hosts cannot re-inject others. The G-Adults cannot inject you with G-Virus, only Birkin could.

In exchange, it gives the host capabilities far exceeding the T-virus.

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Thank you guys for the reply, it clears up what I was confused about :D

One more question, sort of related.. In RE1 and RE:0 there are cerberus' in the forest and maybe some zombies, how come they didn't really spread the virus further after the mansion exploded?
I've read two things; that Umbrella went in and cleared (killed everything) out all of the forest so no one would know what was in there, but also someone else said they were in the forest and never taken care of. What is the correct answer?

Also how come the "murders" in the intro to the first game don't turn into zombies? from what I remember there is news articles & reports talking about the murders. Wouldn't those victims turn into zombies? How would there be time for reports to come out and police to investigate before they turned into a zombie, or did those victims never turn into zombies? Or how long was the murders before the mansion incident

That always confused me too. Or can you only turn into a zombie if a zombie infects you?

I worded that all so badly, so I hope you understand what I'm asking.

[Lanzagranadas]

Originally posted by Sniffles:

One more question, sort of related.. In RE1 and RE:0 there are cerberus' in the forest and maybe some zombies, how come they didn't really spread the virus further after the mansion exploded?

They did. According to some RE3 files (maybe RE2 too, not sure), there were a few cases of citizens showing symptoms of infection before the Raccoon City outbreak, but they were isolated cases and the Raccoon Hospital (owned by Umbrella) did their best to cover it to prevent it becoming of public knowledge. Some of those could have been caused by a few "loose ends" making their way from Arklay forest into the city, but there weren't many to cause a full scale outbreak on their own.

Originally posted by Sniffles:

Also how come the "murders" in the intro to the first game don't turn into zombies? from what I remember there is news articles & reports talking about the murders. Wouldn't those victims turn into zombies? How would there be time for reports to come out and police to investigate before they turned into a zombie, or did those victims never turn into zombies? Or how long was the murders before the mansion incident.

If the body has received serious damage on a sensitive spot, or if it has been eaten to the point there's not much of it left, the virus may be unable to do its job and therefore the infection will not occur. Kenneth Sullivan from RE1, or certain victims we find being eaten by groups of zombies throughout the games, are examples of victims whose injuries were too severe for the virus to bring them back.

[talgaby]

The T-virus is not a "zombie virus", not until the Veronica strain was perfected.
The infected hosts, unlike in the movies, never die. Most of the brain functions stop, but they are alive. They need to breathe, drink, and eat, or their bodies shut down. This is why most zombies are lying down until a food source (the player) gets near. If a zombie kills a victim by eating some vital organs, there is nothing left for the virus to work on.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Why are we talking about the known viruses that happened in Raccoon city when we could be talking about the other virus that happened behind the scenes within Raccoon city, in my opinion it would make for an interesting concept for a resident evil game if done correctly.

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Thanks eveyone.

Originally posted by talgaby:

The T-virus is not a "zombie virus", not until the Veronica strain was perfected.
The infected hosts, unlike in the movies, never die. Most of the brain functions stop, but they are alive. They need to breathe, drink, and eat, or their bodies shut down.

That's actually what I thought, but I was just a bit confused on some things. So thank you for clearing that up :)

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Why are we talking about the known viruses that happened in Raccoon city when we could be talking about the other virus that happened behind the scenes within Raccoon city, in my opinion it would make for an interesting concept for a resident evil game if done correctly.

What do you mean?

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Sniffles:

Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:

Why are we talking about the known viruses that happened in Raccoon city when we could be talking about the other virus that happened behind the scenes within Raccoon city, in my opinion it would make for an interesting concept for a resident evil game if done correctly.

What do you mean?

In an audio book it mentions of another virus that was taking place inside of Raccoon city, (now before anyone jumps down my throat about this its not considered canon but has that stopped Capcom before) called the Executer virus which if anyone has seen the thing movies would know how that virus worked without even needing to describe it, if Capcom did a RE game with that virus in mind I could very easily see something akin to the outbreak series because you could have gotten infected in the outbreak games with just one single hit from any enemy that was already infected.