<blockquote>
  <p>CONTAINMENT SPECIALIST</p>
  
  <p>When you <em>enter</em> a city with 2 or more disease cubes of the same color, remove 1 of them.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Upon entering the city with two or more cubes of the same color, the Containment Specialist removes 1 of those cubes - that's it.</p>

<p>This ability has nothing to do with treating the disease.</p>

<p>In particular it doesn't care whether the disease is cured or not.</p>

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<p>The key verb here is <strong>treat</strong>.</p>

<p>From the <a href="http://www.zmangames.com/uploads/4/7/1/7/47170931/pandemic.pdf" rel="nofollow">game base rules</a> (emphasis mine):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Treat</strong> Disease:</p>
  
  <p>Remove 1 disease cube from the city you are in, placing it in the cube
  supply next to the board. If this disease color has been cured (see
  Discover a Cure below), remove all cubes of that color from the city you
  are in.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The Medic can remove all cubes from a cured disease simply by entering it but it's his role privilege, other roles still have to spend a second action to cure all the cubes</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>MEDIC</p>
  
  <p>The Medic removes all cubes, not 1, of the same color
  when doing the <strong>Treat</strong> Disease action.
  If a disease has been cured, he automatically removes
  all cubes of that color from a city, simply by entering it
  or being there. This does not take an action.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>For instance, the containment specialist drives to Atlanta where there are 3 blue cubes (1 action). By doing so, he removes a cube for free, but only one since it's not a <strong>Treat</strong> action. Then he <strong>treats</strong> the blue disease thus removing the remaining two cubes (1 action)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>CONTAINMENT SPECIALIST</p>
  
  <p>When you enter a city with 2 or more cubes of the same color, <strong>remove</strong> 1 cube</p>
</blockquote>

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Okay, that's what I thought, but I wanted to make sure.
user14787
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I've looked and can't see where to "accept the answer." I had already clicked "answer is useful." Is there something else I need to do?
user14787
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If you look the answers to a question *you*'ve asked, there are 3 buttons on the left: a Up arrow (the one you clicked, thanks for that ;-)) ; the down arrow if the answer was not useful and a "check" button to accept the answer if it solved your problem. The check button doesn't show up on answers on other peoples' questions...
beewee
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Okay, got it! Thanks for letting me know how to play the game. :)
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No problem! Thanks for playing it ;-) BTW, there's a quick tour that you can take. It will show you the ropes (and you'll get a badge for that ;-)): http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/tour
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<p>In Pandemic, when there are 2 or 3 cubes of the same color on a cured city, does the Containment Specialist remove only 1 cube when he lands or all of the cubes (like when treating) since it is cured?</p>

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In Pandemic, can the Containment Specialist remove more than 1 cube (without the action of treating) in a cured city?
user14787
# In Pandemic, can the Containment Specialist remove more than 1 cube (without the action of treating) in a cured city?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-04)

In Pandemic, when there are 2 or 3 cubes of the same color on a cured city, does the Containment Specialist remove only 1 cube when he lands or all of the cubes (like when treating) since it is cured?

**Tags:** pandemic, pandemic-on-the-brink


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-04. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

The key verb here is **treat**.

From the [game base rules](http://www.zmangames.com/uploads/4/7/1/7/47170931/pandemic.pdf) (emphasis mine):

> **Treat** Disease:
>
> Remove 1 disease cube from the city you are in, placing it in the cube
> supply next to the board. If this disease color has been cured (see
> Discover a Cure below), remove all cubes of that color from the city you
> are in.

The Medic can remove all cubes from a cured disease simply by entering it but it's his role privilege, other roles still have to spend a second action to cure all the cubes

> MEDIC
>
> The Medic removes all cubes, not 1, of the same color
> when doing the **Treat** Disease action.
> If a disease has been cured, he automatically removes
> all cubes of that color from a city, simply by entering it
> or being there. This does not take an action.

For instance, the containment specialist drives to Atlanta where there are 3 blue cubes (1 action). By doing so, he removes a cube for free, but only one since it's not a **Treat** action. Then he **treats** the blue disease thus removing the remaining two cubes (1 action)

> CONTAINMENT SPECIALIST
>
> When you enter a city with 2 or more cubes of the same color, **remove** 1 cube

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Okay, that's what I thought, but I wanted to make sure.  
> **username_0**: I've looked and can't see where to "accept the answer." I had already clicked "answer is useful." Is there something else I need to do?  
> **username_2**: If you look the answers to a question *you*'ve asked, there are 3 buttons on the left: a Up arrow (the one you clicked, thanks for that ;-)) ; the down arrow if the answer was not useful and a "check" button to accept the answer if it solved your problem. The check button doesn't show up on answers on other peoples' questions...  
> **username_0**: Okay, got it! Thanks for letting me know how to play the game. :)  
> **username_2**: No problem! Thanks for playing it ;-) BTW, there's a quick tour that you can take. It will show you the ropes (and you'll get a badge for that ;-)): http://boardgames.stackexchange.com/tour  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-04. Score: 5

> CONTAINMENT SPECIALIST
>
> When you *enter* a city with 2 or more disease cubes of the same color, remove 1 of them.

Upon entering the city with two or more cubes of the same color, the Containment Specialist removes 1 of those cubes - that's it.

This ability has nothing to do with treating the disease.

In particular it doesn't care whether the disease is cured or not.


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