It's also a little mutated itself. Remember Ed says something about a certain part being mutated.The Yosemite Bear wrote:It's in the actual screen shots Dalton
spike's going through the list of toxins on the Bebop's computer and freezes on one for a fraction of a second (It the mirror image of what he's looking at), and he bypasses it as "Not a match"
Most likely it wasn't a fatal illness and they did get either picked up and treated or simply got better on their own. Either one works with the series.