4 Examples Of Merging Gaming & Digital Health

Pausing to check his map, Sam confirms that he is on the right track for his next delivery, only 2 kilometres left. He takes the opportunity to quench his thirst and check if his delivery load is securely attached to his back; some contain fragile vials of medicines and digital pills susceptible to damage if handled inappropriately. After making sure of the integrity of those packages, Sam takes a final look at his surroundings. “It’s quite peaceful with nobody around,” he thinks to himself and resumes his path.  Upon arrival at his destination, his gear is disinfected before he has access to the intercom. He then calls up the receiver and leaves the package at the entrance, without ever making physical contact with the person. One down, four more to go for today. “Keep on keeping on,” Sam says. Pandemic routine or fantasy? Sounds familiar? It might be, since we became increasingly reliant on delivery services during the COVID-19 crisis so as to minimize physical contact and cross-infection. As a result, food delivery job adverts rose by 78% since 2017 and by 36% for transportation and storage in the U.S. You might yourself have picked up the habit of asking the delivery person to leave the package at your doorstep and disinfecting every package before you bring it inside. Source: http://fnbreport.ph/ However, the first paragraph was not a depiction of a courier’s routine during the pandemic. Rather, it is what you do as protagonist Sam...
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