BRAKE the OUTBREAK: a free online simulation helps students learn about vaccination, social distancing, R, and herd immunity

BRAKE the OUTBREAK: a free online simulation helps students learn about vaccination, social distancing, R, and herd immunity

ABSTRACT Brake the Outbreak (BTO) is a free, online simulation of infectious outbreaks designed for educational use. A student using the simulation chooses a disease, vaccination percentage, social distancing rates, and other inputs. BTO then visually displays the resulting outbreak as it proceeds,...

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Main Authors: Jessica Albert, Amanda Nouwens, Rena Ahn, Anna Muller, Kait Raffensperger, Grace Nguyen, Tristan Wisont, Anastasia McConachie, Parveet Mundi, Margaret Fitzgibbon, Nathaniel Kremer-Herman, Robert Rutherford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-08-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Subjects:
active learning
student project
open source
SIR model
epidemiology
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00062-25
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