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[CoralCross] Vaccine: Surviving Hawai‘i’s Next Pandemic
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 		[CoralCross] Vaccine: Surviving Hawai‘i’s Next Pandemic
Any ARGers from Hawaii out there?
I was just forwarded an e-mail from within the Hawaii DoH - CoralCross.org is apparently part of a larger project that launched yesterday.

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For Immediate Release: April 15, 2009 09-025



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONDUCTS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT ON PLANNING FOR POTENTIAL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA





HONOLULU – The Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH) is launching "Vaccine: Surviving Hawai'i's Next Pandemic," a public initiative project to involve the public in discussions of planning for a potential influenza pandemic, including how to prioritize the distribution of limited supplies of vaccine in the event of a pandemic. The demonstration project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and invites the public to participate in any or all of three components: live, viewer call-in televised panel discussions, an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) in which a simulated pandemic strikes a future Hawai'i, and community meetings in May.



"The key to disaster response is preparedness," said Lt. Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. "With a focus on public engagement as part of the decision-making process, this project reinforces our efforts to develop a collaborative solution."



"Open communication with the public is an essential part of government transparency," said Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of health. "This project is designed to offer a range of opportunities for public dialogue and will be evaluated for use as a model for other states to follow."



"What are the community's values and opinions regarding vaccine prioritization? What are the unique concerns facing Hawai'i's people? These are key questions," said Dr. Sarah Park, chief, Disease Outbreak Control Division and principal investigator for the project. "We really want to hear from people on important community issues that should be considered by the leaders who will have to make the difficult choices in the event of a pandemic."



The television segment of the project starts today, April 15, 8:00 -9:00 p.m. on KHNL-TV Channel 8 and continues again on April 22 and 29 from 8-9 p.m.. The three live, call-in panel discussions will cover different perspectives on the subject of vaccine prioritization during a pandemic. Panelists will include Lt. Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona Jr., Dr. Chiyome Fukino, DOH director, Dr. Sarah Park, state epidemiologist and chief of the DOH Disease Outbreak Control Division, and a diverse lineup of other panelists from throughout the community. Rebroadcasts of the show will air April 19, 26 and May 3 from 6-7 p.m. on KFVE Channel 5, or viewers may log on to www.khnl.com for streaming video of the broadcasts.



The Alternate Reality Game (www.coralcross.org) will run May 24-30 and puts users into the scenario of Hawai'i in the year 2012 in a simulated influenza pandemic, for which there is not yet a vaccine supply. Each day of the scenario will constitute one "virtual month," and participants will gain insight into the social, economic, and public health aspects of a pandemic as it unfolds.



The community meetings portion of the public engagement project is built around illustrative vignettes using representative characters drawn from Hawai'i's diverse population for the purposes of highlighting the difficulty of determining who should receive the vaccine first in time of shortage. The free and open meetings are scheduled for May, with times and places to be announced.


The television segments mentioned above can be found here:
http://www.khnl.com/global/story.asp?s=10185621[/quote]

Edited to add: The news segments are long and probably aren't going to be necessary information for the actual game.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:55 pm
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 		I'm sure the ones who also signed in also got that e-mail recently from the PM, starting: "In the past few days, an unforeseen and astonishing coincidence has occurred. Coral Cross, the world's first pandemic flu-themed alternate reality game – which has been in development for months – has suddenly been overtaken by real-world events."

good luck or bad luck??
What I'd like to know: Didn't the website http://www.coralcross.org/ initially show 2012 as the (in game) starting point? Cause now it shows 2009, and I didn't take a screenshot earlier. Anybody did that? Would love to have it.

I'm very curious how/if they're gonna turn it around.

quoting Lore quoting Hawaii DoH:
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"The key to disaster response is preparedness," said Lt. Governor James R. "Duke" Aiona, Jr. "With a focus on public engagement as part of the decision-making process, this project reinforces our efforts to develop a collaborative solution."



-> I guess the real-life events did prepare us now. Does the ARG still have a purpose?

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 		PC, you'll find more info about the original date (2011) in the comments here: http://www.argn.com/2009/04/coral_cross_pandemic_preparedness_from_the_hawaii_department_of_health/

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 		it really is a one in a million type coincidence, who woulda thought?

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 		I've signed up for this too, hope we'll be able to stay relatively involved being FAR from Hawaii....

For those that didn't see it, here's the email from them, I think they're taking it seriously, treating it with respect.

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In the past few days, an unforeseen and astonishing coincidence has occurred. Coral Cross, the world's first pandemic flu-themed alternate reality game – which has been in development for months – has suddenly been overtaken by real-world events. As a result, rather than addressing the risk of disease against a hypothetical future backdrop of the year 02012, a global flu pandemic is becoming increasingly likely today.

This is not to imply that the H1N1 swine flu currently in the news will necessarily turn into a pandemic. It is simply pointing out a fact that no amount of expertise can change: the future is unknowable.

Regardless of how the present emergency plays out, then, there is both a need and an opportunity to improve public engagement, discussion, and preparedness for whatever comes next. Through a unique platform for real-time futures exploration, participants will be able to share their concerns and stories, as well as suggest and evaluate possible futures while events unfold -- and be recognized for their vigilance in doing so. Our team is working hard to adapt the Coral Cross site to a fast-changing reality, and it will launch in phases, evolving as we go.

Please note that neither the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor the Hawaii State Department of Health shall be responsible for the contents of the Coral Cross site. By no means should participation replace your careful attention to the relevant authorities and medical advisors in your area.

As a pregame registrant, you have already shown particular interest in Coral Cross. You will receive one more email when the Phase One site launches, at which time you should confirm your registration. (Should you wish to discontinue participation, simply disregard that next message and you will be removed from the list.) Meanwhile, your help will be valuable for referring others to coralcross.org, with all due speed.

It is an irony of the influenza virus that, since it passes from person to person, a shared commitment to maintaining social distance may be required. Online, however, we can give full expression to the Coral Cross slogan originally created for the game: 'Better Together'.

Mahalo.

Stuart Candy
'Coral Cross' Project Lead
Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies
28 April 2009


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PinkCloud wrote:

-> I guess the real-life events did prepare us now. Does the ARG still have a purpose?


It does, actually. From what I'm hearing from my friends in the DoH, the original purpose of the ARG was to help make plans for handling a theoretical future emergency, particularly for things like vaccine priorities.

If anything, the ARG is even more important now, and they're using current events to add a feeling of urgency to the project.
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Tresbien wrote:
PC, you'll find more info about the original date (2011) in the comments here: http://www.argn.com/2009/04/coral_cross_pandemic_preparedness_from_the_hawaii_department_of_health/


thank you tresbien!

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Lore wrote:
PinkCloud wrote:

-> I guess the real-life events did prepare us now. Does the ARG still have a purpose?


It does, actually. From what I'm hearing from my friends in the DoH, the original purpose of the ARG was to help make plans for handling a theoretical future emergency, particularly for things like vaccine priorities.

If anything, the ARG is even more important now, and they're using current events to add a feeling of urgency to the project.


You're absolutely right. I'm sure that many things can still be improved. I think it's quite an insane coincidence and it got me thinking. I have an issue with media produced hysteria that seems to accompany all the new sicknesses - which I fought hard this time not to be tapping into, but managed mostly by staying away from media, which can not be the solution either since you wanna get informed... I wonder if the knowledge management can be improved. Somehow. Maybe impossible for the time during which science tries to find out how dangerous the virus really is... I don't know. I'm really curious though and I'll definitely follow the ARG.

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PinkCloud wrote:

I have an issue with media produced hysteria that seems to accompany all the new sicknesses


to be more precise I should add that the bird flue was blown up like crazy in Switzerland by all the press. We were sure we were all gonna die. I don't think it was like that this time with the swine flue in the States.

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You're absolutely right. I'm sure that many things can still be improved. I think it's quite an insane coincidence and it got me thinking. I have an issue with media produced hysteria that seems to accompany all the new sicknesses - which I fought hard this time not to be tapping into, but managed mostly by staying away from media, which can not be the solution either since you wanna get informed... I wonder if the knowledge management can be improved. Somehow. Maybe impossible for the time during which science tries to find out how dangerous the virus really is... I don't know. I'm really curious though and I'll definitely follow the ARG.


Well, I can't speak for other populations, but when you live in a place as isolated as Hawaii, any kind of widespread illness is a problem. Hysteria is sort of justified when you realize that having a large number of people sick in bed might mean shortages in food and other supplies, as well as medical care and other emergency services. Add to this the fact that on an island, a sickness will re-infect people who have had it and recovered, leading to a long-term epidemic, as opposed to one that sweeps through and moves on.

Bird flu was a big concern here too, but not because of the danger it presented to humans - we have the largest number of endangered bird species of anywhere in the world, and most of them can only be found here. A zoonosis like Avian Flu could decimate these endangered populations, screwing over our entire ecosystem. We're still on careful watch for bird-flu infections.

Just thought I'd offer some perspective.
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Lore wrote:

Well, I can't speak for other populations, but when you live in a place as isolated as Hawaii, any kind of widespread illness is a problem. Hysteria is sort of justified when you realize that having a large number of people sick in bed might mean shortages in food and other supplies, as well as medical care and other emergency services. Add to this the fact that on an island, a sickness will re-infect people who have had it and recovered, leading to a long-term epidemic, as opposed to one that sweeps through and moves on.

Bird flu was a big concern here too, but not because of the danger it presented to humans - we have the largest number of endangered bird species of anywhere in the world, and most of them can only be found here. A zoonosis like Avian Flu could decimate these endangered populations, screwing over our entire ecosystem. We're still on careful watch for bird-flu infections.

Just thought I'd offer some perspective.


I wasn't saying that hysteria isn't understandable. It definitely is. But hysteria doesn't help to minimize harm, probably on the contrary. So I would personally like from a game/simulation that it deals with this point.

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 		Michael Andersen, ARGNet:
Coral Cross becoming an emergent reality game:
"A Second Look at Coral Cross: When Life Imitates ARG"
http://www.argn.com/2009/05/a_second_look_at_coral_cross_when_life_imitates_arg/
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 		The Hawaii public radio KIPO (at 89.3 FM) talked about Coral Cross in the Bytemarks Cafe radio program on May 13th. Episode 38 should be up any day:
http://www.bytemarkscafe.org/
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launch!
Seems to have finally launched
http://www.coralcrossthegame.org/

as reported by ARGNet
http://www.argn.com/2009/06/coral_cross_awareness_is_spreading_/
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