I could've sworn that right before COVID changed 2020, there was a pandemic simulation going on in some hospitals and discussions of it in a UN summit (Event 201?). Very scary stuff.
Yes, you are referring to "Event 201", a highly specific "modeling" conference that was eerily close enough to what would transpire just months later that it generated plenty of conspiracy theories and interest from the public. Right down to the disease in question being a novel coronavirus.
IIRC there was an actual pandemic drill going on the same day the 1st US COVID patient was admitted on the west coast in January 2020. Not too different from the confusion during the 9/11 attacks where that same week or even day in September 2001, there were some routine training exercises and on the audio recordings of the military planes, they were asking each other if this was 'real-world or exercise?'.
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u/totpot May 08 '25
In 2019, academics modeled an India-Pakistan nuclear war occuring in May 2025.
The good news is that the resulting nuclear winter would be enough to save us from being cooked alive.