Warning: This article contains spoilers from Salem’s Lot.2024 Salem section The adaptation takes a new approach to treating vampire bites with a rabies vaccine. While Salem section Vampires can be killed, including when they are exposed to sunlight and when a wooden stake is driven through their heart, but curing a human who has already been bitten is a completely different matter. Danny Glick, Mike Ryerson, Matt Burke and other characters who are bitten become vampires. and cannot stop the infection from turning them into deadly monsters.
The only exception to this rule is when Dr. Cody is bitten in the neck by vampire Marjorie Glick and insists that Ben Mears and Susan Norton give her a rabies shot. Rabies vaccine unexpectedly works, ensuring Dr. Cody remains humanand alive and well, at least until she was shot by Susan’s mother, Anne Norton. After receiving the rabies shot, Dr. Cody never showed any signs of vampirism, proving that the rabies shot was more than just a temporary cure.
The rabies vaccine protects against infection from vampires through bites in the bloodstream, similar to the rabies virus.
Science is used to fight vampires
The rabies vaccine is designed to protect the body from infection by the rabies virus and produces antibodies to fight the infection. WITH Dr. Cody received a rabies vaccine almost immediately after being bitten.the vaccine was able to enter her bloodstream in time to fight the vampire infection, producing the necessary antibodies. In this fictional context, the rabies vaccine only worked because of the immediacy of its administration.
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Even a minute or two later would likely be too late, as the vampire’s bite would infect her to the point that the rabies shot would not be strong enough to prevent infection. This also means that despite the discovery of this drug, he was unable to save many characters who were already vampiressince they were already completely infected and could not be helped by the rabies vaccine. Although this medicine represents a change Salem section The book presents a compelling idea of ​​how science and human development can be used to combat the ancient evil of vampires.
‘Salem’s Lot’ Rabies Vaccination in 2024 Could Be an Easter Egg for Another Stephen King Movie
Rabies was at the center of another famous Stephen King story
Stephen King’s books and their adaptations often reference each other, and Rabies vaccination could be an Easter egg for Cujo. The 1981 horror novel, which was also made into a film in 1983, tells the story of a St. Bernard dog who becomes fatally rabid after being bitten by rabies. It seems too much of a coincidence that Dr. Cody was saved by the rabies vaccine, considering how important rabies is in history Cujostory published just six years later Salem section.
Instead, the rabies vaccine provides a different, less expected link to Cujoas the titular dog would greatly benefit from the same medicine that saved Dr. Cody from becoming a vampire.
IN Salem section Roman, the rabies vaccine does not play any roleand was never used by Dr. Cody or anyone else as a cure for vampire bites. By killing off Donald Callahan’s father, the film destroys its best connection to King, as Callahan continues to be an important character in the film. Dark Tower row. Instead, the rabies vaccine provides a different and less expected link to King’s disease. Cujoas the titular dog would greatly benefit from the same medicine that saved Dr. Cody from becoming a vampire in Salem section.