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Pandemic simulation exercise spotlights massive preparedness gap
Event 201, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, envisions a fast-spreading coronavirus with a devastating impact
https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/11/06/event-201-health-security/
That center’s latest pandemic simulation, Event 201, dropped participants right in the midst of an uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak that was spreading like wildfire out of South America to wreak worldwide havoc. As fictional newscasters from “GNN” narrated, the immune-resistant virus (nicknamed CAPS) was crippling trade and travel, sending the global economy into freefall. Social media was rampant with rumors and misinformation, governments were collapsing, and citizens were revolting.
One itty-bitty problem with computer simulations:
Output's only as good as the input data/parameters & assumptions used to build the modeling program.
The irreverent sometimes refer to this as the GIGO Effect.
GIGO = Garbage In, Garbage Out
Trying to stoke fear throughout the world. PRAY.