3 chapters across the catalog
WHO Pandemic Simulation, Event 201, Global Preparedness
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board has called for a worldwide pandemic simulation to be conducted by the end of 2023. This exercise is intended to test the effectiveness of the new WHO pandemic treaty terms before they are signed in 2024. The proposal draws comparisons to "Event 201," the 2019 simulation that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Pandemic Preparedness Interviews
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates conducted a series of interviews with the Financial Times and CNN to discuss the lack of global preparation for the current pandemic. Bill Gates highlighted South Korea and China as successful examples of response while Melinda Gates emphasized the need for a unified global community to monitor and alert for future disease outbreaks.
Event 201, a pandemic simulation held in October 2019 by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, is analyzed as a potential "playbook" for the current crisis. The event was funded by Dustin Moskovitz’s Open Philanthropy and the Gates Foundation, featuring fictional scenarios that closely mirror the subsequent coronavirus outbreak.
