Featured image: Official screenshot from Plague Inc: Evolved on Steam
If anyone has played Plague Inc before, you’ll know that the best way to win is to make your pathogen practically harmless at first, aim to infect as many people and nations as possible under the radar, and then suddenly mutate it into something much deadlier by using up all your collected DNA points. COVID-19 is surprisingly similar to the player’s winning pathogen, and the response to COVID-19 in many places is also similar to the human response modeled by the game.
 
That is all. This is just a small post inspired by:
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2020/08/10/nicholas-christakis-on-fighting-covid-19-by-truly-understanding-the-virus