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Buffet Busters

Illustration of a boy and a computerWhat do you get when you mix three disease detectives, a rash of mystery illnesses, and a school chock-full of clues?

Buffet Busters — an education program that includes a teachers' guide, along with four animated outbreak scenarios that blends problem solving and scientific analysis in a fun interactive way. It's an engaging activity that serves as an introduction to public health, infectious diseases and epidemiology.

You may just find a few surprises along the way.

In each episode, our animated team of Buffet Busters (Jared, Stephanie and Kennison) are confronted with a student's worst nightmare—an empty school. Did they mistakenly come to school on a weekend? Well, nothing is quite as it seems, as they soon find out.

After meeting Dr. Clarke, the animated in-house epidemiologists, take part in interviews, and sample collection alongside the animated team of Buffet Busters.

Illustration of a girl and a doctorThis animated team leads to valuable clues and tips along the way. But it's up to you to ultimately bring the outbreak to an end and find out three things, What, Where and How?

As Dr. Clarke says... think you can handle it?

Play the game!