Download the game Plague, Inc. from the Apple App Store (iPhone, iPod, iPad), the Google Play Store (Android), or the Amazon App Store (Android). Note that the game is currently free from the Google Play Store; or you can purchase it for $0.99 at either the App Store and the Amazon App Store. If you do not have a compatible mobile device, go to Pandemic 2 – Plague Inc Hacked (Links to an external site.) and play a computer version that is very similar to the mobile game.
Play the game! Your goal is to infect the world and destroy humanity. The game offers three levels, but you should play Normal (or Realistic in Pandemic 2) to have the best experience. Play the game once or twice to get a sense of strategy and to gauge how well you can spread your pathogen.
Next, play the game again and keep specific notes about your experience including the strategies that you use to successfully spread the pathogen in terms of infectivity, severity, and lethality.
Based on your experience with the game, and your learning to this point in the course, consider the following (given that your typical role in healthcare would be to combat the spread of a pathogen). Write a two- to three-page paper:
What insights did you glean from playing the role of the pathogen in the game?
Characterize the strategies that you used to spread the pathogen. Which were most successful?
Discuss the extent to which the events in the game mimic a real-world epidemic.
Provide two examples of actual diseases that spread beyond the borders of a single country. Describe the success of efforts to contain the diseases.
Consider the two countries that you were assigned in Module 1; how would they fare in the event a that a pandemic strikes?
Describe your overall experience with the game from your perspective as a healthcare professional.
MY 2 CONTRIES ARE ALBANIA AND ARGENTINA
