Of course she couldn't, how could she know such a thing?

"Yeah, that's pretty much what it means where I'm from too, come to find out. But, like I said, I didn't know. So! I smashed through the wall and found myself hip-deep in dead guys. Turns out, they've got this Red Rust thing, and it basically liquifies all your inner workings and such. I got infected, Drift got infected, Ratchet got infected, basically everybody got infected."