<p>It's just an hypothesis, but, based on what is shown in the manga, the situation of these people was different than </p>

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  <p> the ones we know that died by the radioactive poisoning:</p>
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<p>About...</p>

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  <p> The King and the Royal Guard: Meruem took the direct impact of the Rose Bomb; Pouf and Yupi were in the center of the explosion soon after, taking the full impact of radiation: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MFbFc.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MFbFc.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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<p>About</p>

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  <p> Komugi: she stayed in direct physical contact with the King for many and many hours, maybe days (for what I remember, it's not precisely stated how much time they passed together). She even touched the hands of the King: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/bBDoZ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bBDoZ.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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<p>About common people:</p>

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  <p> By comparison, common people had not this level of direct contact with the poisoned characters (at least they were not touching them), and only some were near the corpses of the Royal Guard: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/igQFD.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/igQFD.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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<p>However, as @eha1234 said in the comments, it's very possible that some people died by radiation, but, since a lot of people died for many reasons, maybe these death were not specified among the total. So, maybe the correct answer is that these people <em>were</em>, in fact, infected, maybe not as strong as the characters in question, due to reasons mentioned above.</p>

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  <p> And, was stated in Chapter 318, 46,613 people had a deterioration of their condition and died after being liberated from Pouf's hypnotic abilities <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/CPXvg.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CPXvg.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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2018-09-29T06:17:53.477Z
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Afrog Nuñes
<p>In Chimera Arc, why weren't the people that stood in front of the castle infected  </p>

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  <p> when Shaiapouf died because of the Rose-Bomb? He lay a long time next to the paralyzed people.</p>
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2016-03-12T03:17:37.053Z
I am not sure but I guess Shaiapouf didn't die with rose bomb. At that time king died but when Shaiapouf and other royal guard came to that location in search for king, then they feeded him in order to save him.
Light Yagami
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2016-03-13T14:41:40.887Z
So what killed him? He just fell down und they declared him dead. After feeding the King, they were just smaller and weaker.
Phil
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2016-04-05T09:55:42.150Z
A lot of people died in that country, to such an extent that a few more from radioactive poisoning might not make a big impact in death rates? I'm not sure...
eha1234
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In Chimera Arc, why weren't the people infected by the bomb?
# In Chimera Arc, why weren't the people infected by the bomb?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-03-11
In Chimera Arc, why weren't the people that stood in front of the castle infected

> when Shaiapouf died because of the Rose-Bomb? He lay a long time next to the paralyzed people.
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I am not sure but I guess Shaiapouf didn't die with rose bomb. At that time king died but when Shaiapouf and other royal guard came to that location in search for king, then they feeded him in order to save him.  
> **username_0**: So what killed him? He just fell down und they declared him dead. After feeding the King, they were just smaller and weaker.  
> **username_2**: A lot of people died in that country, to such an extent that a few more from radioactive poisoning might not make a big impact in death rates? I'm not sure...  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-09-29. Score: 3
It's just an hypothesis, but, based on what is shown in the manga, the situation of these people was different than

> the ones we know that died by the radioactive poisoning:

About...

> The King and the Royal Guard: Meruem took the direct impact of the Rose Bomb; Pouf and Yupi were in the center of the explosion soon after, taking the full impact of radiation: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MFbFc.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/MFbFc.jpg)

About

> Komugi: she stayed in direct physical contact with the King for many and many hours, maybe days (for what I remember, it's not precisely stated how much time they passed together). She even touched the hands of the King: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/bBDoZ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/bBDoZ.jpg)

About common people:

> By comparison, common people had not this level of direct contact with the poisoned characters (at least they were not touching them), and only some were near the corpses of the Royal Guard: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/igQFD.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/igQFD.jpg)

However, as @eha1234 said in the comments, it's very possible that some people died by radiation, but, since a lot of people died for many reasons, maybe these death were not specified among the total. So, maybe the correct answer is that these people *were*, in fact, infected, maybe not as strong as the characters in question, due to reasons mentioned above.

> And, was stated in Chapter 318, 46,613 people had a deterioration of their condition and died after being liberated from Pouf's hypnotic abilities [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/CPXvg.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/CPXvg.jpg)
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