Nearly 1.6 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, including about 187,000 children and adolescents Per studies in JAMA, 4.2% of of the population of the USA has been diagnosed as immunocompromised by their doctor Next, realize that because the disease spreads mostly inside households (where proximity means one case tends to infect others), this means that protecting the above extremely large slices of the population means either isolating them away from their families, or isolating the entire family and other regular contacts. “You decide who are the high risks, who needs to be tested and isolated, where to focus, [and] how much funds to allocate….The game will make players realize how challenging the work of the health sector is in this crisis.” “Ultimately, the game’s purpose is to give players a visceral understanding of what it takes to flatten the curve,” Santia said. No offense, but I’m proud of what a little design sketch turned into, and proud of the work that these teams did, and proud that one of the games got written up in the press so much; ended up being used in college classrooms; was vetted and validated by multiple experts in the field; and made a difference however slight.
Author: Raph Koster
Published at: 2025-11-16 22:42:18
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