BYU Operation Outbreak hosts virtual disease simulation
The Daily Universe BYU Operation Outbreak is a student association aimed to educate students about infectious diseases through experiential learning. It will be holding a virtual simulation of the spread of a disease similar to COVID-19 through participants’ phones. (Forrest Stull/BYU Operation Outbreak) BYU researchers are hosting a campus-wide virtual outbreak of a disease similar to COVID-19 using phones as the “virus” distributers. The outbreak began Friday, Feb. 19. The outbreak simulation is directed by the student association BYU Operation Outbreak in connection with Operatio...