I don't understand the whole virus sub-plot...
First, they announce that the creature carries a deadly virus and that everyone who came into contact with it is infected. Later they announce that the American guy has died from the infection. Then you find out that they haven't found a single trace of the virus in any of the victims. HUH???
If they haven't found any trace of a virus, where did the whole "the creature carries a deadly virus" idea come from??? Why are doctors wasting their time trying to find a fictional virus that there's no trace of? Why would they even think that there was a virus in the first place?
I could understand if people were dying mysteriously and they thought that a virus was to blame, but there's no evidence that that's happening. You only hear about the American dying. Are the doctors supposed to be so incompetent that they can't tell the difference between someone dying from blood loss and shock and someone who is infected with a virus? Are they really so stupid that they would declare a quarantine and devote tons of resources to a non-existent virus based on the death of one person?
It would have also made sense if the government was using the story of a virus to cover something up, but again, there's no evidence of that. If they knew there was no virus, why would they waste so much time trying to catch this one family? Why would the doctors go along with it?
The whole virus plot makes absolutely no sense.
Did something get lost in the translation into English? Is there some cultural significance that I don't get because I'm American?
Did the doctors really go "Hey Bob, you know that guy that got his arm torn off by the monster? Well, he's not doing so good. Even though there's absolutely no evidence to support this diagnosis, I've come to the conclusion that he's suffering from a deadly virus that he became infected with because of his contact with the creature. Further, without any evidence whatsoever, I've decided that everyone who came into contact with the creature must also be infected. Let's start drilling into people's brains and see if we can find a sample of the virus!" "Sounds good Tom. I'll set up a quarantine so that we can round up all the people who aren't showing any symptoms and experiment on them!"
Can someone please explain this?
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