Preventing Outbreaks through Interactive, Experiential Real-Life Simulations.

Colubri, Andrés; Kemball, Molly; Sani, Kian; Boehm, Chloe; Mutch-Jones, Karen; Fry, Ben; Brown, Todd; Sabeti, Pardis C · Cell · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Operation Outbreak (OO) is a Bluetooth-based simulation platform that teaches students how pathogens spread and the impact of interventions, thereby facilitating the safe reopening of schools. OO also generates data to inform epidemiological models and prevent future outbreaks. Before SARS-CoV-2 was reported, we repeatedly simulated a virus with similar features, correctly predicting many human behaviors later observed during the pandemic.

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