• Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    A quick death is preferable. Just ask Hisashi Ouchi, a victim of severe irradiation who was kept alive in agonizing pain for nearly three months as his body decayed around him.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month ago

      I was thinking about that case too. There was also plenty of cellular damage, which obviously made everything a lot more painful, but probably also faster. If all DNA just vanished, cell replication would stop. I think the zombie phase could last surprisingly long.

      • MotoAsh@piefed.socialBanned
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        It only takes DNA damage. If your cells cannot reproduce, you are doomed to die nearly the same way.