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Corrupted Blood Plague Article
KeyWord: Date: 2006-07-09
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Evil Avatar has word of NPR¡®s coverage of the recent "Corrupted Blood" plague outbreak on many of World of Warcraft¡®s servers.
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A recent outbreak of a "plague" in a popular online game has scientists considering how the virtual world may provide clues to what people would do in real-world pandemics. In the role-playing game World of Warcraft, a "corrupted blood" spell killed characters and affected players in unexpected ways.

The full article can be heard at the NPR site.
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