It would't matter since everyone is already infected with the virus. That's why everyone transforms after death.
@TrickHH I know that. But the bite triggers it and results in a fever that kills you. But like I explained in my comment it's obviously some biological material from a zombie that does it, and it must be in the water if they are disintegrating in it.
Review by chairBlockedParentSpoilers2016-04-11T12:10:21Z
I actually really liked this season premiere. The characters of this show are obviously not as seasoned as their Walking Dead counterparts, but their turmoil and confusion and slow fumbling development only add to enjoyment, imo. In the previous season Maddie was the sensible one, now I think they've handed the button to Travis. Alisha is the next level of idiot though, opening her gob and bragging about their super cool boat to a fucking stranger. I hope she'll be the one to suffer the consequences, but usually other people pay for someone else's mistakes. Also I'm really confused why water isn't an infection transmitter that too stats the fever and kill you. Come on, zombies clearly rot and bleed in it and therefore infect it, and people who swim under the surface definitely get it in their eyes. Obviously you need to suspend your disbelief with the entire concept of zombies because their existence (at least in the way they are portrayed here) is entirely disproved by logic, but both shows in this universe have a clear and established rule of how a zombie is able to kill you. It's obviously not the contact of their teeth with your flesh, but the effect of any organic matter belonging to them (in the case of a bite - saliva) getting into a living human' bloodstream. Considering that, the water should be infected and dangerous. That being said, walkers underwater is still kinda cool.