<story><title>Outbreak – playable simulations of a disease outbreak</title><url>https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/outbreak/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nabla9</author><text>Remember pandemic2 flash game?&lt;p&gt;It was almost impossible to kill all humans without starting the infection from Madagascar. If you started from somewhere else Madagascar always had time to close the borders.&lt;p&gt;Lo and behold: Madagascar is one of the few countries without infections in Global Cases tracker.  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;opsdashboard&amp;#x2F;index.html#&amp;#x2F;bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;opsdashboard&amp;#x2F;index.h...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>knzhou</author><text>And lo and behold, again: Madagascar has just closed their borders.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;reuters&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;africa&amp;#x2F;14reuters-health-coronavirus-africa.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;reuters&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;africa&amp;#x2F;14re...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &amp;quot;To prevent the outbreak entering in Madagascar, all flights connecting Madagascar to Europe are suspended for 30 days,&amp;quot; Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina said in a statement.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Madagascar, one of the world&amp;#x27;s poorest nations where malnutrition is rife and outbreaks of deadly diseases are common, will also suspend air links to the nearby islands of La Reunion and Mayotte, he said.</text></comment>
<story><title>Outbreak – playable simulations of a disease outbreak</title><url>https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/outbreak/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nabla9</author><text>Remember pandemic2 flash game?&lt;p&gt;It was almost impossible to kill all humans without starting the infection from Madagascar. If you started from somewhere else Madagascar always had time to close the borders.&lt;p&gt;Lo and behold: Madagascar is one of the few countries without infections in Global Cases tracker.  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;opsdashboard&amp;#x2F;index.html#&amp;#x2F;bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com&amp;#x2F;apps&amp;#x2F;opsdashboard&amp;#x2F;index.h...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>muzani</author><text>The other takeaway from that game was that stealth symptoms with low fatality does the best out of any pandemic.</text></comment>