The ‘Swine Flu Pandemic Game’
August 30, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Across the Pond, Computers, Gaming
Move Over Cluedo…Fluedo has arrived
Trust the British to come up with a unique, even bizarre, way to combat Swine H1N1 flu.
Most governments are focusing on helplines, information on anti-viral drugs, and specialized clinics.
But British health chiefs have looked outside the square and created The Flu Pandemic Game.
It’s a role-playing game that simulates ‘the effects of a flu pandemic on staffing in an imaginary group of small businesses’ through the role of the dice and chance cards.
The players (3 to 60) assume staff identities at imaginary workplaces. The game has 15 rounds that represent 15 weeks of work. The players learn whether or not they will go down with the flu through the roll of the dice, with certain sets of numbers indicating their fates. As the rounds progress, the risk increases.
But it’s not all fun. At the end of each round, surviving players are asked to discuss the impact that the flu pandemic is having on their ‘imaginary’ workplaces.
The game, by the way, comes with this government health warning:
‘Some people may find it disturbing to play using details of their own organisation.
The game is a simulation and has no effect on subsequent events, but it can seem a little like fortune telling.’
By the way, do not expect the be seeing this game any time soon at the local Toys r Us.
It’s not for sale.
It was designed for use simply as a training resource for local businesses and voluntary organizations to develop their own business continuity plans.
getting the swine flu vaccine is playing russian roulette with your health. there are natural alternatives to boosting the immune system that i have been using for years with no side effects and can’t recall the last time i was sick. colostrum can boost the immune system and it comes in spray form – viralox. i have three children all in middle school and they have not missed a single day of school because their immune systems are armed against viruses. do you homework – check out natural alternatives before you get a flu shot. i’ve found a couple of helpful sites: icnr.org that led me to http://www.newlifehealthsolutions…liked that name. new life health solutions. not health disasters.
hmmm the “swine flu pandemic game” – it’s no game. the risks are scary! i’ve taken colostrum most of my life (i’m 80) and i honestly believe this is why i never get sick.
There is a commercially available antimicrobial called Microcyn Technology, which I believe can help prevent the spread of H1N1. Sprayed on hands and face (totally non-toxic) as well as applied into the nostrils, it will kill H1N1 rapidly and help prevent incubation. Independent lab testing has shown it highly effective in eradicating the swine flu virus: http://ir.oculusis.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=391670