The Great Flu – a free online game
The Great Flu is a free online game designed to introduce players to the nature of virus epidemics and means of controlling them. The game offers players the choice of five levels of flu severity (game difficulty), a €2 billion budget and a range of actions of varying effectiveness, such as sending researchers to afflicted areas, distribution of facemasks, stockpiling vaccines and antivirals, and closing schools, airports and public markets. Taking various actions triggers various pieces of supporting material such as mocked-up news coverage and messages from governments or regional authorities, and also provides information on the nature and spread of earlier flu pandemics.
Tags: Biology, game, Health, History, Influenza, Medicine, Microbiology, Science, Vaccines, Virology, virus
