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Is the Infect step of a Virulent Strain Epidemic different from a normal Epidemic?

The designer answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2011-08-30
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  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2023-08-22
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2013-12-30

No. It is resolved as in the base game: draw the bottom card of the Infection deck and put 3 cubes on that city. The Virulent Strain effect is added on top of the normal Epidemic procedure, including on the first Virulent Strain Epidemic.

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