<p>OK, so it occurred to me just to go check the <a href="http://www.zmangames.com/boardgames/files/pandemic/Pandemic_Rules.pdf" rel="noreferrer">English rules</a> on the internet:</p>

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  <p>Also, if the Medic at any time finds herself in a city that contains cubes of a disease that has been cured, she may immediately remove all of those cubes.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is clearer than the French translation, and corresponds to my option <em>(a)</em>.</p>

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2011-04-24T21:29:36.350Z
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F'x
<p>I hadn't thought about it before, but the English rules could probably have been written a bit more precisely as well. However, your final interpretation is correct, i.e. cubes are only removed from the city the Medic is in.</p>

<p>From page 5 of the rules:</p>

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  <p>if the Medic at any time ﬁnds herself in a city that contains cubes of a disease that has been cured, she may immediately remove all of those cubes.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>"Those cubes" would refer only to the cubes in the city she is in.</p>

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Todd
<p>The rules of the French edition of Pandemic are a little unclear about the following game situation. Once a cure for a disease (let's say <em>blue</em>) has been found, at any point the Medic is in an infected city, what happens?</p>

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  <p><em>(a)</em> the city is instantaneously cleaned, or <br/>
  <em>(b)</em> the whole disease is wiped from the board?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The literal wording of the French rules may be construed to mean <em>(b)</em>, but after only one game like this, it seemed to make the game so easy to win that we felt it was obvious it had to be <em>(a)</em> instead.</p>

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Clarification of a Pandemic rule involving the Medic
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# Clarification of a Pandemic rule involving the Medic

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-04-24)

The rules of the French edition of Pandemic are a little unclear about the following game situation. Once a cure for a disease (let's say *blue*) has been found, at any point the Medic is in an infected city, what happens?

> *(a)* the city is instantaneously cleaned, or   
> *(b)* the whole disease is wiped from the board?

The literal wording of the French rules may be construed to mean *(b)*, but after only one game like this, it seemed to make the game so easy to win that we felt it was obvious it had to be *(a)* instead.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2011-04-24. Score: 29 | Accepted answer

I hadn't thought about it before, but the English rules could probably have been written a bit more precisely as well. However, your final interpretation is correct, i.e. cubes are only removed from the city the Medic is in.

From page 5 of the rules:

> if the Medic at any time ﬁnds herself in a city that contains cubes of a disease that has been cured, she may immediately remove all of those cubes.

"Those cubes" would refer only to the cubes in the city she is in.


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### Answer by username_0 on 2011-04-24. Score: 5

OK, so it occurred to me just to go check the [English rules](http://www.zmangames.com/boardgames/files/pandemic/Pandemic_Rules.pdf) on the internet:

> Also, if the Medic at any time finds herself in a city that contains cubes of a disease that has been cured, she may immediately remove all of those cubes.

This is clearer than the French translation, and corresponds to my option *(a)*.


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