I hear your point and I don't think it's a lack of suspension of disbelief. When you set up your rules for your in movie/show universe. In this case zombies and their juices are infectious. It completely breaks the magic if people in said production don't actually have to abide by those rules.
FinaglingFox OP t1_j5k1asz wrote
Reply to comment by mediarch in Why zombies and most zombie movies and shows are driving me insane! by FinaglingFox
you mean like your mouth, nose eyes or whatever? There are too many examples where characters just start hacking away and get completely covered.