In 2005, Blizzard Entertainment added a new dungeon called Zul'Gurub into World of Warcraft for highly advanced players, controlled by an 'end boss' named Hakkar. The Corrupted Blood outbreak was not intentional. Our epidemiological models are a bit better able to account for that unpredictability thanks in part to a virtual outbreak in World of Warcraft nearly fifteen years ago, known as the ' Corrupted Blood incident.' Others cling to denial, and still others are defying calls for ' social distancing' by continuing to go to restaurants, bars, concerts, and so forth. We've certainly seen plenty of all-too-human responses to coronavirus over the last two weeks, with some people panicking and hoarding food, toilet paper, and hand sanitizer. That makes it challenging to build accurate mathematical models to predict how the progress of the disease will play out. When it comes to a global pandemic, human beings are the ultimate wild card.