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Case Files
Diseases sometimes spread in Whyville. Here are some Case Files from citizens who have caught recent illnesses. We have removed their names for privacy.

A

Case A is a Whyvillian, age 13, who registered in October 2020. On Monday, October 12, 2020 Case A noticed little spikes starting to form on her avatar. Two days later she had more. She doesn't recall having been around anyone who was sick. "What is this disease and how long will it last?" she asked her friends, but no one she knows has experienced these spike symptoms.

B

Case B is a Whyvillian aged 11, who registered in January 2019. On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, Case B noticed some friends getting sick, with symptoms of spikes and coughing, so Case B went to get tested. The test said Case B had tested negative but the test also reported, "You have tested negative, but 20% of people who test negative actually do have the disease." Case B is confused. "What should I do? Do I have the disease or not? How can I tell?"
Note: Free testing is available in the lobby of City Hall.

C

Case C is a Whyvillian aged 12, who registered in September 2020. Case C hangs out at the North Beach in Whvyille almost everyday. on October 15, 2020, Case C started showing spikes and coughing. "I know I'm already sick, but how do I protect my friends from this virus?" Case C asked.
Note: Visit the lobby of City Hall to purchase personal protective equipment!

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Analyze the Disease Vector
The "vector" of a disease refers to the way in which it spreads. Some infectious diseases spread easily in the air. Some require close contact between a sick person and someone else. In Whyville, there are many ways one citizen can interact with another: by being in the same room, by chatting, whispering, Y-mailing, sneezing, throwing projectiles... The list goes on. By reading the Case Files carefully to see what people report, it may be possible to figure out how a particular strain of virus spreads.

Please read the Case Files and help us think about it! If you have ideas, please post here!

Are you sick with a Whyville virus?
Contribute your experience!

Please contribute a case file! Tell us when you first noticed you were sick (was it from symptoms or a test), when you started getting sick, what symptoms you have, and how you might have gotten sick. Have questions? Ask them in your case file so other Whyvillians or a Whyologist can try to help you.

Case files are very useful when you are trying to understand diseases. They help:

  • distinguish one disease from another
  • get an idea of what the symptoms are
  • identify possible asymptomatic periods (when one might be infected but not show symptoms)
  • determine how the disease might spread from one person to the next.

It's important that as many people as possible report their cases so we can get a complete picture of what's happening.

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