Online gamers rehearse real-world epidemics (AFP)

August 22, 2007 – 11:33 am

Gamers play video games on computers. A fantasy plague that accidentally ran amok in the Internet's most popular game world, populated by nine million flesh-and-blood players, may help scientists predict the impact of genuine epidemics, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - A fantasy plague that accidentally ran amok in the Internet's most popular game world, populated by nine million flesh-and-blood players, may help scientists predict the impact of genuine epidemics, according to a study released Tuesday.


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