For anyone intrigued about how the infected have evolved I think you should check out or read up on the game “days gone”

So after all the wonder of how the infected are alive still after all this time and how they got around the starving from the original I think this game might give us some insight and that it has been done before and was a cool take

Basically the infected in this game are still classed as living much like the rage victims are They aren’t dead but just infected and altered.

The infected in this game are known to eat human flesh but also hunt animals and even eat berries and plants to get at least some sort of sustenance enough to stay alive,

Also drinking from nearby rivers, don’t recall from my time playing it but if you sometimes walk past the rivers in game you might seen one bent down drinking from it.

They are even mentioned to still expel the waste that the food and water will make and are mentioned to smell like literally shit and piss all the time due to them probably not really having bathroom etiquette so just go in their pants all the time, also the sort of sleep in nests like caves and stuff or buildings smell like toilets due to this.

After remembering about this games infected it made me wonder if that’s the evolution angle they used for the rage virus, where they adapted so well to the point they now will periodically go and drink form a nearby water source and also eat small animals and maybe local fruits etc.

I know a bunch of us have already assumed that they must have evolved to eat and drink but I think that it’s cool when you look at how this game did the infected and shows that it has been done before and it was a cool idea in my opinion

Also not sure if this take has been mentioned before on here I’m fairly new to the sub so apologies if anyone has brought this up before.