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Virtual Epidemic.(virtual disease outbreak in online games)(Brief article)
Byline: Jessica Bennett
We all know the warnings: addiction, isolation, a waste of time. But what if online games like World of Warcraft could be a new weapon for fighting infectious diseases?
That's what epidemiologists at Tufts University argue, after studying a virtual disease outbreak that the creators of World of Warcraft introduced as an extra challenge to the game--and were shocked by how it raged. A virtual fluke? Maybe. But that plague is helping scientists plan for real ...
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