Regardless, it's clearly an open question in the world of the show how "dead" the person inside an infected is, or what degree of consciousness they have left. The cold open to episode 1 made the point that fungus can affect the way you think, so it's entirely possible that there's a semi-functioning person in there who has simply had the fungus affect its brain to conclude that the only thing it needs to be doing at all times is spreading the infection. I would think that in that state, at least, you wouldn't have the sort of human consciousness we have, but would be a lot more like a fairly base animal that is more just acting on instinct.
Still, obviously, one of the most horrifying concepts of what zombification could be like.
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