University of Rhode Island News
Zombie Outbreak Target of Mock URI Clinic
Students in a public health class will be administering fake anti-virals to test emergency response.
Don’t be alarmed if you see a person dressed in a biohazard suit Thursday afternoon outside the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union. That individual will just be watching for zombies and making sure they don’t get anywhere near the Ram’s Den while URI pharmacy students try to keep the virus that causes zombiism from spreading. From 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., 25 pharmacy students will be running a mock dispensing clinic, during which anti-viral medications mockingly named Zombivir and Gummivir (really just Sour Patch and Gummy Bears candies) will be given to individuals to prevent the disease’s spread. The mock distribution clinic is the brainchild of Jeffrey Bratberg, URI clinical associate professor of pharmacy and an expert on …
