Caliciviridae
Norwalk Virus
Game Action: Cook Your Shellfish. When Norwalk is played, all other players must wash hands twice (with soap) and cook all food at high temperatures.
Vaccine: none
Behavioral Defense:
Sanitary food preparation and personal hygiene
Treatment: Symptomatic,
ORT in cases of severe dehydration
Never have 24 hours seemed so long as when
you can neither run nor walk but can only watch your meals
fly by in reverse, at the whim of Norwalk.
Picornaviridae
Coxsackie Virus A
Game Action: Field Trip to the Sewage Plant. When Coxsackie A is played, all other players must process and treat raw sewage to prevent contamination of the water supply.
Vaccine: None
Behavioral Defense:
Sanitary Food Preparation and personal hygiene
Treatment: Symptomatic
Coxsackie is God's way of telling you to use soap.
Parvoviridae
RA-1 Virus
Game Action: Utter Confusion. When RA-1 is played, all other players must race around the room while blindfolded, trying to determine the causal relationship between RA-1 and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Vaccine: None
Behavioral Defense:
None
Treatment: Same
as for other cases of Rheumaoid Arthritis
Which came first, the virus or the disease?
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