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You get home after a long day of work. You feel fine, nothing out of the ordinary happened today. It's Slightly cold in your apartment. You Think to yourself. --- "Should I just [[lay in bed->Curling up in bed]]? I could [[make hot chocolate->Make Hot Chocolate]] first. That would be nice." (set: $infections to 1) (set: $theCall to false)

Your bed is very warm, it does the trick very nicely. As you lay down you feel your chest start to hurt. [[You think nothing of it.->Falling Asleep]]

The Hot chocolate warms you up. As you drink you notice a slight pain in your chest. [[You think nothing of it.->Falling Asleep]]

You doze off. Sleep is a peaceful release. [[zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.->Middle of the night]]

You wake up in a cold sweat. The pain in your chest turns into a sinking feeling in your stomach. You talk to yourself... --- "Could it be? Maybe I should get a test." "I don't have it, other people catch it, but I surely don't." "Right?" "Maybe I was just too warm. [[If I feel fine in the morning then I'm okay->Went back to bed]]"

You wake up to your 7 A.M. alarm, it's Wednesday. There's no pain in your chest, and you don't feel feverish. You think. --- "It must have been a fluke. I could just [[go to work->Shrug it off]]." "I don't wanna [[get a test->Find a test]]. That would take a long time, and I don't wanna get a stick up my nose.

You open your computer and google where to take a test. It turns out there's a place up your street. [[You walk there->You get to the test place]].

You decide it wasn't that bad. It's probably just a fluke, allergies or maybe a cold. --- Are you sure you want to [[go to work->Clock-in]]? You should probably [[get a test->Find a test]] just in case.

You get to the testing facility, there is quite a long line. You still feel fine. --- "I feel fine, and the line is long. I should [[go to work->Clock-in]]. My boss wll probably be mad at me if I'm late." "But if I do have covid then He'd probably be mad at me for infecting people. I'll (t8n-time:1.6s)[[wait in the line->You wait]]."

You walk to your work as a grocery bagger. it's 7:51 A.M. as [[you clock in->The call]]. (set: $infections to $infections +6)

You wait 45 minutes to get a test. Now [[you're up->Getting the test]].

You hesistate to stepped forward when asked to. You're nervous. You can't tell if the sweat on your forehead is from anxiety or a fever. You step forward. (click-append: "step forward.")[--- They take your temperature. (text-colour:orange)[101.2 F]. definitely a fever. This doesn't look good. They ask you to follow them] (click-append:"follow them")[--- You take the test. Your nose is now a little sore, but it was managable. Not as bad you thought. You leave the facility] (click-append:"leave the facility")[ --- Time to head [[back home->Back home]].]

At home, you make some food for yourself. It's a quesadilla pizza you saw on Instagram the other day. You [[take a bite->Taste]].

You can't taste it. It (text-colour:orange)[tastes like nothing]. You've never experienced this before. [[You stop eating it->Hours Later]].

You've waited a few hours. It's 1:17 P.M. and you get a call from the testing facility. [[You tested positive->You have covid]].

You have (text-colour:orange)[covid.] [[[Continue->Quarantine]]]

You get a call from a friend you saw a few days ago. They have tested positive for covid. You still feel fine. You have 2 options. --- 1. Notify your boss and[[ clock out->Clock out]]. 2. [[Continue working->Continue working]] (set: $theCall to true)

You tell your boss and he recommends that you take a [[covid test->work to test]]. You want to just [[go home->The walk home]]. (text-colour:grey)[You could have infected more people if you kept working, but you did the right thing.]

You develop a light cough and a (text-colour:orange)[back ache] as you continue work. Now you're worried. It's likely you have covid. --- Do you continue working? [[Yes->Ignorant ending]] You should probably [[Clock out->Clock out]]. (set: $infections to $infections +7)

Your ignorance is costing people their lives. (set: $infections to $infections +27) (print: $infections) people were infected. Including you. You lacked caution and spread disease. If you made these choices, you wouldn't tell anybody that you were sick and would have spread it to those close to you. [[End Game->Game Over]]

You decide to go get a test. There's a long line, but you don't have work for the rest of the day. [[You wait->You wait]].

As you walk home (text-colour:orange)[your cough worsens]. It's a good thing you are wearing a mask. --- Your (text-colour:orange)[chest gets tighter] as you round the corner to [[your street->Once you get home]].

You get inside your apartment, you sit down to catch your breath. The walk home has never done that to you before. You come to the [[awful conclusion->You have covid]]...

You decide it's best to stay home for the next 2 weeks. You are fortunate enough the have food to live off of. [[You wait->make the list]]. (text-colour:grey)[You have ignorantly infected (print: $infections -1) people.] (if:$infections is 1)[= |GoodJob>[You haven't infected anybody else, great job.] (set: $checkMom to true) (set: $checkRoomate1 to true) (set: $checkRoomate2 to true) (set: $checkResearch1 to true) (set: $checkResearch2 to true)

You figure a good way to pass the time is to contact anybody who you've seen in the past two weeks to figure out who gave you covid. You make a list of 8 people. In order of recency, they are... 1. (if:$checkMom is false)[Your Mother (Negative)](else:)[[Your Mother->Mom]] 2. (if:$checkRoomate1 is false)[College Roomate 1](else:)[[College Roomate 1->College friend]] 3. (if:$checkRoomate2 is false)[College Roomate 2](else:)[[College Roomate 2->College friend]] 4. [[Your Partner->Partner]] 5. (if:$checkResearch1 is false)[Research colleague 1 (Negative)](else:)[[Research colleague 1->Research Colleague]] 6. [[Picnic Friend 1->Picnic Buddy]] 7. (if:$theCall is true)[Picnic Friend 2 (called you earlier, Positive)](else:)[[Picnic Friend 2->Picnic Buddy]] 8. (if:$checkResearch2 is false)[Research colleague 2 (Negative)](else:)[[Research colleague 2->Research Colleague]]

You call your Mom and tell her you have covid. She grills you for hanging out with friends during the pandemic. She also tells you that she has recently gotten tested because she had to get blood drawn. She is safe, luckily. --- [[Back->make the list]] (set: $checkMom to false)

You ring up your college friend and tell them you have covid. After a few curses are exchanged you recommend they get a test. They have no current symptoms. --- [[Back->make the list]] (set: $checkRoomate1 to false) (set: $checkRoomate2 to false)

Your partner has been feeling sick for a few days. They thought it was just a cold, since their symptoms weren't too bad. --- You likely got it from them since, well, let's just say you were not social distancing at their place. [[End Game->Game Over]]

You take to the research colleague. They get tested every Tuesday for lab. They tested negative yesterday --- [[Back->make the list]] (set: $checkResearch1 to false) (set: $checkResearch2 to false)

You call up your picnic buddy and recall the day. You were social distancing, and wore masks. Since it was a picnic, you three did eat food, which means you took the masks off. Worst of all, you shared chips and dip with them. --- You likely got covid from the dip. Even if everybody feels fine, you can still pass on the virus. [[End Game->Game Over]]

(text-colour:orange)[''Game Over''] Thanks for playing! If you would like to [[Start Over->Start]] you can do that. If you would like to learn more about what you can do to stay safe during this difficult time, click the link below. (link: "https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html")[(open-url: 'https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html')] ''Infections'' (text-colour:grey)[(print: $infections) people were infected. Including you. If people do not wear masks, maintain distance, and stay away from central places, those (print: $infections) infections can turn into (print: $infections *3), and then (print: $infections *8), and so on. We do not know how many of them would have died. One person staying home today protects an uncountable amount of people tomorrow.]

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