It was certainly an interesting phenomenon, however I'd be wary of applying any scientific significance to it. In a videogame, there is no penalty for death, an

It was certainly an interesting phenomenon, however I'd be wary of applying any scientific significance to it. In a videogame, there is no penalty for death, and it was expected for players to infect others "for the lulz", which wouldn't be the case for real world epidemics.