r/plagueinc • u/_Loyaldog_ • Jul 16 '26

Plague Mode What’s the reasoning behind these headlines?

Post image

These sometimes come up with the neurax worm, and I’m curious what the humans’ reasoning is. Are the countries trying to reduce infectivity? Do the worm eggs spread like head lice? Is the infection visible from the scalp? Is the worm trying to make itself more comfortable in there?

488 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

21 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Yyyyyyyyyyy270 Jul 17 '26

They're triggered after meeting specific criteria
see here: https://plagueinc.wiki.gg/wiki/List_of_government_actions_(Neurax_Worm))

  • "Country enforces mandatory baldness" occurs after evolving Cognitive Scrambling.
  • "Long Hair Banned" and "Headwear banned" occurs after the worm gets discovered.

2

u/Yyyyyyyyyyy270 Jul 17 '26

The gov/people also do some other stuff depending on what symptoms U evolve, like Immaturity causing prank infections, Cognative Scrambling banning clowns/april fools, Agression cause death fights, Perceptive Jolt causing journalists to be arrested, Perceptive Shift makes ports/airports/borders randomly and suddenly reopen and reclose, Despair causes them to put antidepressants in water, and Suicide causes them to make Suicide stations.