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Citizen Science: How gamers are helping in the COVID-19 fight

February 12, 2022

Gamers are skilled at saving fictional worlds from virtual bad guys, but some players are now using their platform and skills in a real-world battle: helping scientists fight COVID-19. And as John Hua discovered for The New Reality, there are two Canadians at the centre of it all.

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