A novel public health app – Plague Inc.

From the CDC’s Public Health Matters blog:

Plague Inc., an app created by James Vaughan, of Ndemic Creationslayers, allows players to select a pathogen and strategize how to evolve symptoms, transmit the disease, and counter actions taken by world governments and scientists.  If the interventions don’t work and the disease is successful, players can watch as governments fall and humanity is wiped out.

Read an interview with Mr. Vaughan that discusses the app as a non-traditional way to raise public awareness on epidemiology, disease transmission, and diseases/pandemic information here.