Clade X

Not to be confused with Disease X.

Clade X: A Global Health Security Simulation was a pandemic modelling exercise led by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Health Security, which occurred on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.[1] The exercise was named after a hypothetical novel virus, and simulated efforts to counter a fast-moving and deadly epidemic released on purpose by a terrorist group consisting of scientists and their rich backers wanting to reduce overpopulation.[2][3] In the simulation, the hypothetical pandemic resulted in 900 million simulated deaths.[4] The exercise was invitation-only and nearly 150 people attended.[5]

  1. ^ Watson, Crystal; Toner, Eric S.; Shearer, Matthew P.; Rivers, Caitlin; Meyer, Diane; Hurtado, Christopher; Watson, Matthew; Gronvall, Gigi Kwik; Adalja, Amesh A.; Sell, Tara Kirk; Inglesby, Tom; Cicero, Anita (2019-10-07). "Clade X: A Pandemic Exercise". Health Security. 17 (5): 410–417. doi:10.1089/hs.2019.0097. ISSN 2326-5094.
  2. ^ Loria, Kevin. "This Pandemic Could Kill 900 Million People if It Happened Today, Warns Leading Medical Institute". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  3. ^ Seidel, Jamie (2018-07-30). "A virus attack could end the world". news.com.au. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. ^ Waugh, Rob (2018-07-30). "Pandemic 'could wipe out 900 million people,' experts warn". Metro. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  5. ^ Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (2021-12-16). "About Clade X, a tabletop exercise". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved 2022-02-06.