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Is the Epidemiologist taking a card an action, and can she also use Share Knowledge?

The designer answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2023-12-04
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2023-12-05
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2013-08-15

Taking a card with her power costs no action and may be done once on her turn, either before, between or after her four actions. It does not stop her also using normal Share Knowledge actions. Early editions made it an action; the revised On the Brink made it free, and In the Lab did not change it.

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