I became interested in Vaughan’s game as a tool to teach the public about outbreaks and disease transmission because of how it uses a non-traditional route to raise public awareness on epidemiology, disease transmission, and diseases/pandemic information. With a successful disease, players can watch as governments fall and humanity is wiped out.
Within the game, players select a pathogen and strategize how to evolve symptoms, transmit the disease, and counter actions taken by world governments and scientists. James Vaughan, founder of Ndemic Creations, spoke to CDC staff on Maabout his new mobile app, Plague Inc.
