Virus games are going viral as the coronavirus spreads
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/16/virus-games-are-going-viral-coronavirus-spreads/
“The popularity of games centered on the proliferation of pathogens has surged in recent weeks.
“As officials and experts worked to stem the global spread of the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, and has left more than 1,500 people dead, gamers have turned their attention to parallel, imaginary struggles.
“Foremost among them: Plague Inc., a strategy game that rose to the top of Apple Store charts in China, the United States, and elsewhere as coronavirus fears mounted. First released by U.K.-based studio Ndemic Creations in 2012, the game, of which there are a handful of variants, asks players to take the part of a pathogen, helping it evolve to wipe out humanity.”
If the games were real, in the middle the government would come by, turn off the power, wish them luck, and weld the doors shut.
Japan to trial HIV medications on coronavirus patients
https://www.foxnews.com/health/japan-to-trial-hiv-medications-on-coronavirus-patients
“Doctors in Thailand said they appeared to have success in treating severe cases of the coronavirus with a mix of flu medications and HIV drugs.
“The new approach combining flu drug oseltamivir — also known as Tamiflu —, as well as lopinavir and ritonavir...
“A 2004 study in the BMJ showed the combination reportedly had a “favourable clinical response” when given to patients who had severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which is often compared with coronavirus.”