• Question: what is the outbreak game

    Asked by anon-186825 to Raquel on 13 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Raquel Medialdea Carrera

      Raquel Medialdea Carrera answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Thank you Ben for your question! 🙂 The Outbreak game is a show in which a group of children (or adults) play together with the objective of stopping an EPIDEMIC that is occurring in the city!!

      A series of clues are given including the main characteristics of various diseases and epidemics, possible treatments, routes of transmission, etc.

      Then, the teams, together, need to learn how to interview patients, conduct contact tracing of suspected cases and learn how to treat, control and prevent further epidemics!
      Some of the epidemics I will teach about will be: Zika Virus, Ebola, legionnaires disease, the flu, etc.

      I will bring this game to several schools with children 10-18 years old. We will also organize a session for families in the Science Museum!

      Let’s make everyone take part in the Outbreak Game! 🙂

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