Funny enough, the zombie virus from the game Dying Light is a strain of rabies based on this very misconception.
Granted, for video game logic, "less fear of attacking/biting others" to "active desire to attack/bite others" isn't the worst jump in logic I've seen.
PezzoGuy t1_jdmlaqe wrote
Reply to comment by the_quark in How does the rabies virus actually compel the host to bite? How does it know how to tell the brain to bite another living thing? by Lettuce-b-lovely
Funny enough, the zombie virus from the game Dying Light is a strain of rabies based on this very misconception.
Granted, for video game logic, "less fear of attacking/biting others" to "active desire to attack/bite others" isn't the worst jump in logic I've seen.