| Can CDC get a life? [Effect Measure] |
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Written by 2000l, February 28th, 2007
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When I started talking about this with friends and colleagues several months ago they thought I was quite crazy. But then they’ve thought that for a long time. It’s mainly a source of amusement. I hope. Anyway. What I was talking about is using the online virtual world, Second Life, for public health purposes. Second Life (SL) is a “3D online digital world imagined, created and owned by its residents.” Over 1.3 million have logged on in the last 60 days. You participate by constructing a 3D representation of yourself called an avatar. If you are an old geezer like me, there is a pretty steep learning curve just to figure out how to alter the appearance of your avatar and move around, but my offspring picked it up very fast. Sigh.
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