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I think that if one of the two are infected, it would most likely be Childs.
I don't think there's enough evidence which implies that MacReady could've been infected. After killing the giant alien in the end, he seemed to escaped the area in time before it blew up. Though sure, something could've gotten to him sometime after that (to be fair, it isn't stated whether Garry and Nauls were blown up in the blast when they were assimilated in the final act, which raises questions on their whereabouts). There's more evidence to indicate that Childs was infected though. In fact, in the room Childs was waiting in before he ran off into the snow, there was a staircase in there leading down to a room where Blair had access to (who had been infected long before that scene), meaning he could've easily gotten to him (there was also a fairly mysterious camera pan which drew attention to the staircase). I also found it strange that Childs would run off into the snow alone without telling the others since they were still fairly close by (or, at least, yell to them about it or motion for them to follow him), but idk. Maybe he just didn't think of that. Who knows.
Anyways, my money is still on Childs being infected.
Last edited by SpelingError; 02-23-22 at 03:50 PM.