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|participants=Elhadj As Sy,Gro Harlem Brundtland,Sibylle Bauer,Stephen Cornish,Chris Elias,Tim Evans,Jeremy Farrar,Jean-Marie Guéhenno,John Holmes (British diplomat),Jeremy Jurgens,Angela Kane,Boon Hui Khoo,Won-soo Kim,Jane Holl Lute,Ernest J. Moniz,Sam Nunn,Heiko Rottmann-Grossner,Ahmet Üzümc,Kevin O’Prey,Beth Cameron,Rebecca Katz,Jeremy Konyndyk,Michelle Nalabandian
 
|participants=Elhadj As Sy,Gro Harlem Brundtland,Sibylle Bauer,Stephen Cornish,Chris Elias,Tim Evans,Jeremy Farrar,Jean-Marie Guéhenno,John Holmes (British diplomat),Jeremy Jurgens,Angela Kane,Boon Hui Khoo,Won-soo Kim,Jane Holl Lute,Ernest J. Moniz,Sam Nunn,Heiko Rottmann-Grossner,Ahmet Üzümc,Kevin O’Prey,Beth Cameron,Rebecca Katz,Jeremy Konyndyk,Michelle Nalabandian
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}}'''A Spreading Plague''' was a [[pandemic planning exercise]] held in 2019 with senior leaders from around the world aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."<ref>https://www.nti.org/about/projects/global-biosecurity-dialogue/event/tabletop-exercise-senior-global-leaders-international-response-deliberate-biological-events/</ref>
  
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The exercise, one of many in an intensifying schedule of pandemic exercises at the end of the decade, helped establish a personal connection between [[health bureaucrats]] and people central on the global pandemic circuit from the big foundations and the US biosecurity state, people like [[Chris Elias]]  (Gates Foundation), [[Tim Evans]], [[Jeremy Farrar]] ([[Wellcome trust]]) or [[Beth Cameron]].<ref>https://multipolar-magazin.de/artikel/wie-der-lockdown-nach-deutschland-kam</ref>
  
}}'''A Spreading Plague''' was a [[pandemic planning exercise]] held in 2019 that was "designed to identify gaps, allowing organizers to recommend improvements that can be made now—before an event occurs—in global capacity and ability to conduct coordinated, timely response operations and investigations into deliberate and other high-consequence or potentially globally catastrophic biological events."<ref>[[file:A Spreading Plague - Lessons and Recommendations for Responding to a Deliberate
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==Scenario==
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The  fictitious  scenario  begins  in  winter  [[2018]]  as  an  emergency  meeting  is  called  by  the  [[WHO]] Director  General in response to a request for assistance from the nation of Vestia, a country embroiled in civil unrest whose UN-recognized government relies on an international military coalition to cope with an ongoing,
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but nearly extinguished, insurgency. Vestia’s leaders are dealing with an unusual outbreak in an area of the
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country  recently  vacated  by  a  [[terrorist]]  organization.  People  are  complaining  of  flu-like  symptoms—and they are dying fast, with a case fatality rate of 80 percent. The disease appears to be pneumonic plague, and  
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the antibiotics typically used to treat plague aren’t working
  
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Although the Vestia scenario was developed to exercise response to the deliberate use of a biological agent, much of  what transpired also would apply to other high-consequence, unusual, or potentially globally catastrophic biological scenarios", so highly relevant for the COVID-19 reaction.
On February 14, 2019 in [[Munich]], on the eve of the 2019 [[Munich Security Conference]], [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]] and partners from [[Georgetown University]] and the [[Center for Global Development]], convened a tabletop exercise with senior leaders from around the world aimed at identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events.<ref>https://www.nti.org/about/projects/global-biosecurity-dialogue/tabletop-exercise-senior-global-leaders-international-response-deliberate-biological-events/</ref>
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With cases spreading to Europe and the United States, the WHO declares a Public Health Emergency of  
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International Concern, and the Prime Minister of Vestia asks the United Nations Secretary-General for an
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investigation into alleged use of a biological weapon.
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As the scenario progresses, the agent is sequenced and found to be genetically engineered and antibiotic
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resistant. The scenario ends with a terrorist group claiming responsibility and intelligence reports linking
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that group to a potential state sponsor.  
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Revision as of 06:46, 16 July 2021

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Date14 February 2019
Location2019 Munich Security Conference,  Munich,  Germany
ParticipantsElhadj As Sy, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Sibylle Bauer, Stephen Cornish, Chris Elias, Tim Evans, Jeremy Farrar, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, John Holmes (British diplomat), Jeremy Jurgens, Angela Kane, Boon Hui Khoo, Won-soo Kim, Jane Holl Lute, Ernest J. Moniz, Sam Nunn, Heiko Rottmann-Grossner, Ahmet Üzümc, Kevin O’Prey, Beth Cameron, Rebecca Katz, Jeremy Konyndyk, Michelle Nalabandian
PerpetratorsGeorgetown University Medical Center, Open Philanthropy Project, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Center for Global Development
Interestspandemics
DescriptionTabletop simulation of a global biological warfare attack predicting an apocalyptic outcome. Included several senior pandemic planners.

A Spreading Plague was a pandemic planning exercise held in 2019 with senior leaders from around the world aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."[1]

The exercise, one of many in an intensifying schedule of pandemic exercises at the end of the decade, helped establish a personal connection between health bureaucrats and people central on the global pandemic circuit from the big foundations and the US biosecurity state, people like Chris Elias (Gates Foundation), Tim Evans, Jeremy Farrar (Wellcome trust) or Beth Cameron.[2]

Scenario

The fictitious scenario begins in winter 2018 as an emergency meeting is called by the WHO Director General in response to a request for assistance from the nation of Vestia, a country embroiled in civil unrest whose UN-recognized government relies on an international military coalition to cope with an ongoing, but nearly extinguished, insurgency. Vestia’s leaders are dealing with an unusual outbreak in an area of the country recently vacated by a terrorist organization. People are complaining of flu-like symptoms—and they are dying fast, with a case fatality rate of 80 percent. The disease appears to be pneumonic plague, and the antibiotics typically used to treat plague aren’t working

Although the Vestia scenario was developed to exercise response to the deliberate use of a biological agent, much of what transpired also would apply to other high-consequence, unusual, or potentially globally catastrophic biological scenarios", so highly relevant for the COVID-19 reaction.

With cases spreading to Europe and the United States, the WHO declares a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and the Prime Minister of Vestia asks the United Nations Secretary-General for an investigation into alleged use of a biological weapon.

As the scenario progresses, the agent is sequenced and found to be genetically engineered and antibiotic resistant. The scenario ends with a terrorist group claiming responsibility and intelligence reports linking that group to a potential state sponsor.

Scenario

Video made for the exercise


 

Known Participants

10 of the 23 of the participants already have pages here:

ParticipantDescription
Gro Harlem BrundtlandDeep state/WHO connected Prime Minister/DG, concerned about "too much freedom of speech"
Beth CameronAmerican national security expert specializing in biosecurity, biodefense, and bioterrorism. Also participated in private pandemic exercises for Ted Turner's Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Chris EliasDoctor and Bill Gates protege, A Spreading Plague, Event 201
Tim EvansClose to a number of Foundations, World Bank, WHO. Participated in at least two pandemic planning exercises in 2019: Event 201 and A Spreading Plague
Jeremy FarrarWellcome Trust/Director, took part in A Spreading Plague in 2019, assisted Daszak in promoting the zoonotic origin of COVID-19, 2021 Monkeypox Tabletop Exercise
Jean-Marie GuéhennoFrench globalist diplomat with many ties to the making of defense and security policies.
John Holmes (British diplomat)British diplomat. Board Member of the deep state Ditchley Foundation. Participated in the July 2019 pandemic exercise A Spreading Plague.
Rebecca KatzUS academic who took part in A Spreading Plague
Ernest MonizUS deep state operative who took place in multiple WEF "pandemic exercises", US Secretary of Energy 2013-17
Sam NunnUSDSO? Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2 Bilderbergers, participated in both Operation Dark Winter & A Spreading Plague
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