On October 18, 2019, only one month after the GPMB report was released, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (CHS) in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201 a coronavirus pandemic preparedness simulation event. The fourth simulation hosted by Johns Hopkins CHS.
This was a comprehensive, heavily scripted, well prepared 3.5 hr televised simulation exercise held in New York, based on the scenario of a global respiratory coronavirus outbreak. Australia was represented by Jane Halton, China by their CDC director George Gao.
“Event 201 allowed an entire public-private apparatus to set up well in advance ready to pounce on an available health crisis”, and be in “positions of vast influence.” Sponsors and funders would benefit greatly from a future predicted “surprise” event.
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz who’s Open Philanthropy (OP) was a major sponsor of Event 201, also donated $16M in 2017, $19.5M in 2019 & $1.86 M in Feb 2020 to Johns Hopkins CHS. In 2019 Moskovitz invested seed funds into Sherlock Biosciences, which positioned them to gain an EUA for their novel CRISPR-based products. [1]
OP’s Dec 2018 “philanthropic” sponsorship, helped prepare the marketplace for the emerging vaccine technologies that “promise to deliver rapid vaccine solutions in a streamlined, cost-effective manner.” Using these new technologies under emergency authorisation helps set a precedent for their ongoing use for any disease.
“Together, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the World Economic Forum, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation submitted 7 recommendations for governments, international organizations, and global business to follow in the event of a pandemic.”v [3]
On January 24, 2020 the Johns Hopkins Uni issued a statement regarding the coronavirus pandemic simulation.
The simulation concluded that the world wasn’t prepared for a global pandemic. [2]
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