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When does Chronic Effect add two cubes?

The designer answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2009-09-21
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  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2009-12-15
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2016-11-14
  • JohnConn · Community · 2011-11-14
  • thewagon · Community · 2017-12-22

Only during the normal Infections step, when an Infection card for a Virulent Strain city with no Virulent Strain cubes is drawn. It does not apply to an Epidemic's Infect step, to outbreak cubes, or to a city that already has a Virulent Strain cube. If the strain is eradicated no cubes are placed, so it has no effect until Hidden Pocket brings it back.

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