Clade X
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| Date | May 15, 2018 |
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| Participants | John Bellinger, James Talent, Jamie Gorelick, Margaret Hamburg, Tara O'Toole, Jeffrey Smith, Tom Daschle, Susan Brooks, Julie Gerberding |
| Perpetrators | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security |
| Interests | pandemics |
| Description | A pandemic / biowarfare exercise by the U.S. National Security Council |
Clade X was a tabletop exercise simulated a fast-moving and potent epidemic that would command the attention of the US president and raise national policy dilemmas.[1]
Contents
Official Narrative
The excersise was led and managed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. The exercise had a lobbyist aim as well, where "We [i.e. the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security] intended to show how leaders in public health, politics, law, diplomacy, defense, homeland security, and intelligence all need to work together to solve some of the problems a pandemic will cause.
The exercise was motivated by widespread concern about the potentially devasting consequences of pandemics, as well as the advent of tools in synthetic biology that could be used to engineer dangerous pathogens and could either accidentally or intentionally spark a pandemic. The objective of Clade X was to shine light on policy solutions that could substantially improve preparedness.
Summary of the Exercise Scenario
The Clade X storyline begins with concurrent outbreaks of a novel parainfluenza virus in Frankfurt, Germany, and Caracas, Venezuela. Initial evidence indicates that the virus is moderately contagious, principally through respiratory droplets. As it is unclear how this virus is related to other parainfluenza strains, scientists refer to it as “parainfluenza clade X.” It is soon revealed that the virus is in fact a Nipah/parainfluenza hybrid, but it is initially unclear whether this is a natural occurrence or an intentional, genetically engineered mutation.
The virus spreads globally, with the number of cases doubling approximately every 2 weeks and quickly overwhelming public health and medical capacity.Routine antivirals appear to be largely ineffective against the virus, and researchers estimate it will take more than a year before a vaccine will become available. Half of those infected present with severe neurological symptoms, including encephalitis, and about 20% of those exhibiting severe symptoms succumb to the disease.
Routine antivirals appear to be largely ineffective against the virus, and researchers estimate it will take more than a year before a vaccine will become available. Half of those infected present with severe neurological symptoms, including encephalitis, and about 20% of those exhibiting severe symptoms succumb to the disease.
"Players"
- John Bellinger, JD Former Legal Adviser for the US Department of State and the National Security Council Secretary of State
- James Talent, JD Former US Senator (R-MO) and former US Congressman. Co-Chair of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism (WMD Commission) Secretary of Defense
- Jamie Gorelick, JD Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States. Commissioner on the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) Attorney General
- Margaret (Peggy) Hamburg, MD Former Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Tara O'Toole, MD, MPH Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow, In-Q-Tel. Former Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security Secretary of Homeland Security
- Jeffrey Smith, JD Former General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Tom Daschle Former US Senator (D-SD) serving both as Senate Majority Leader and Minority Leader Senate Majority Leader
- Susan Brooks, JD US Congresswoman (R-IN). Former US Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH Former Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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| COVID-19/Timeline | “the next epidemic could originate on the computer screen of a terrorist intent on using genetic engineering to create a synthetic version of the smallpox virus . . . or a super contagious and deadly strain of the flu. [...] Whether it occurs by a quirk of nature or at the hand of a terrorist, epidemiologists say a fast-moving airborne pathogen could kill more than 30 million people in less than a year. And they say there is a reasonable probability the world will experience such an outbreak in the next 10-15 years.” | Bill Gates | 17 February 2017 |
Known Participants
All 11 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
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| John Bellinger | A spook/lawyer representing the more patient and more PR-friendly approach to Empire |
| Susan Brooks | Republican politician; former member of congress |
| Tom Daschle | Targeted by Amerithrax after expressing opposition to the Patriot Act. Attended Bilderberg 2008 and Clade X. |
| Julie Gerberding | Approved Merck vaccine Gardasil as CDC Director, salary $172,000. Then made around $25 million from stock sales when working for Merck. |
| Jamie Gorelick | USDSO, Deputy Attorney General of the United States 1994-1997, Clade X |
| Margaret Hamburg | US physician and expert in pandemic preparedness. Board of the Council on Foreign Relations.Operation Dark Winter, Clade X, GAVI, CFR, Wellcome Trust,Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation |
| Tara O'Toole | A fellow bioweapons expert stated 'she makes Dr. Strangelove seem sane'. |
| Matthew Shearer | Spooky US Navy officer who moved to biosecurity. He was an integral part of developing and implementing the Clade X and Event 201 pandemic exercises. |
| Jeffrey Smith | Spooky lawyer who played the role of CIA Director in Clade X. |
| Jim Talent | |
| Eric Toner | Project director and principal designer of the influential pandemic exercises Clade X and Event 201, which reflected many of his ideas on the subject. |
