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Branswell on virtual healthcare

Posted on May 26, 2008

Via The Daily Gleaner, Helen Branswell explains Virtual healthcare. Excerpt:The young denizens of Whyville never saw the dreaded Whyflu coming - though in retrospect, the flu clinic that mysteriously popped up in their virtual world a few weeks earlier should have been a clue.Avatars who hadn't received a flu shot started coming down with the Whyflu, sneezing every time they tried to communicate with their online friends. (Avatars are the cartoon-like characters people use to represent themselves in virtual worlds.)Interest in flu vaccine spiked and over the course of a six-week period in the ...

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