SPOILERS ALERT
I don't think it was contamination of meat: I seriously doubt Patrick was the only one who ate the deer. But we already know that everyone is infected, maybe their immune systems are just weakening, or the virus has grown strong enough that you can now get it as if it was a cold. As for the pig, maybe the virus has developed to the point where it now affects animals? Maybe it doesn't turn them, but it does kill them.
One of the guys on the Talking Dead did say the sick pig and Patrick's death were connected.
Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.
14-Oct-2013 04:39:40