Rant #5

Rant has now turned down a odd path.  He is getting a "rush" from animal bites.  He purposely sticks his arms and legs into holes and cracks to hopefully get bitten by a animal.  With many many bites, he started to become immune to a few of the diseases that animals carry while still hosting the disease in his body.  An example in the book talks of how he has rabies for over two years, but never feels any other the symptoms because he is immune so he continues to spread the disease to others.

"Phoebe Truffeau, Ph.D.: What 'Typhoid Mary' Mallon was to typhoid, what Gaetan Dugas was to AIDS, and Liu Jian- lun was to SARS, Buster (Rant) Casey would become for rabies."

The quote lists the who's who of "superspreaders" and then puts Rant in the list as well.  I think this is a serious foreshadowing of what's to come.  In the beginning the book talks of Rant spreading a disease killing millions.  I think this spreading of rabies is suppose to be a warning that Rant is dangerous and is going to kill many people.