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Table-Top Pandemic - An Interview With the Creator of the "Pandemic" Board Game

 Finally take action against a Pandemic by playing this award-winning game. I had a chance to ask the game designer/creator some questions this month. 1. How would you summarize the Pandemic game for someone who hasn't played it before? In Pandemic, players work together as a team to contain four deadly diseases that have broken out across the globe. Players travel around the world, trying to keep the spread of infection in check long enough to discover the four cures needed to win the game. Players each have a special role (including Medic, Researcher, Scientist, Operations Expert, and Dispatcher) granting special abilities to contribute to the team. If the players cooperate, play to their strengths, and manage their time well, they can hope to rescue humanity. If not, the world will be overrun by disease and the players will all lose the game. 2. What triggered the idea to come up with the Pandemic game? I was interested to see if I could design a cooperative game where the playe
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Supporting Businesses During The Pandemic Means Supporting People During The Pandemic

 Supporting businesses during the pandemic means supporting workers. Businesses like other institutions are vehicles, mere shells with people who decide every aspect. The left complains that government shouldn't support companies. The left is anti business and pro worker, but that's an unsound position. If you are pro worker, logic dictates you be pro business to ensure firms create and sustain employment and value in the economy. Supporting Businesses During Pandemic Society needs firms to hire people to provide needed goods and services. Without businesses, government has no revenues, charities no funds, and the economy no lasting economic wealth. Governments do not create long-term productive jobs. That's why we must stress support for business to keep people on their payrolls during and after the pandemic. Coupling this approach with proper planning, empathetic and effective leadership will preserve lives and protect the economy. Denmark got it right, Canada followed, b
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