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UnfairRepresent posted...

They are confident they have the vaccine and there's nothing in the story to suggest they don't. "A scientist got bit by a zombie" doesn't demonstrate that the vaccine doesn't exist, it's just more fuel to the fire of how determined such a resource limited group is.

But the scientist didn't get bit by a zombie. He got himself infected by a monkey that he infected because he was too negligent to follow his own procedure.

If you want another story reason the fireflies are garbage, after Joel gets Ellie to the base, The Fireflies completely reneg on their deal and treat not murdering the man who brought over the miracle child as a gift.
Darmik posted...

Ellie absolutely did not know she was supposed to die when she got to the Fireflies. They never once told her. They lied to her just as much as Joel did. It's easy to say you would do the right thing in that scenario but at the end of the day Ellie has not had the chance or choice to step up and do that because of the people around her.

This. There's a reason she talks about what to do with Joel after they finish. She definitely didn't know the circumstances of anything going in, and was taken from the cusp of drowning straight into surgery so she couldn't consent to anything even if she wanted to. Not to mention the Fireflies were clearly not interested in her actually consenting either.