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"We kept a close eye not just on our guild conversation but on earth chat too to determine where not to proceed. We didn't need to catch it."

The spread of Corrupted Blood, and the participant's behavioral changes to it, captured the interest of epidemiologist Dr. Nina Fefferman, who was a World of Warcraft player in the time of the episode. Fefferman achieved to her colleague Dr. Eric Lofgren. In 2007, the two released a paper that detailed their findings, including complicated models of individual behavior in a pandemic. Fefferman says the episode has helped inform her current research into predictive modeling about covid-19.

"What I do is study all the aspects of infectious disease outbreaks that help us prepare for pandemics," said Fefferman, a mathematical biologist. "We really saw the complete gamut of cheap classic gold wow behaviors we find in the real world reflected in the player characters throughout Corrupted Blood."