"You were weak... and gods must be strong."
Posted by: grey101
Posted by: Gamma 46
Borren's Syndrome, if I remember correctly, did not entirely explain the immunity to infection. I believe that was an ONI cover-up because of Johnson's ever so slight 'augmentations' (they were given a few treatments). I could be wrong on this, but I feel like that's what I read.
That said, no that wasn't the cure. They mentioned somewhere in Cryptum (I've only read it through once and that was weeks ago, so I could be wrong here too) that they had to send human martyrs that had a certain condition.. which most certainly wouldn't be Borren's Syndrome, given how one obtains the Syndrome. It was probably something created by humanity that countered the neuropathical attacks of the Flood.
I admit that is confusing but as far as i know borens syndrome does exist but johnson didn't happen. so theoretically we already know of a cure for the flood.
And the humans did find a legitimate cure for the flood and volunteers injected themselves with it and were put on flood planets to kill them.
Yes, I realize they found a cure. I probably just worded that awkwardly.
That said, whatever I recall reading that disproved Johnson's Boren's Syndrome causing his immunity stated his Spartan-I augmentations did and it was an ONI cover-up. Yes, Boren's Syndrome existed, but I think it mentioned that the Syndrome didn't quite protect from Flood infection.