“Event 201” was an exercise organised in October 2019 to simulate what might happen if there was a severe pandemic. We’ve been asked by readers to look into whether it really happened , why it wasn’t ...

From this seemingly never-ending news cycle to the results of the Event 201 simulation, it seems like everything having to do with the Coronavirus outbreak is plagued with uncertainty. But there is ...

Back in 2001, it was a smallpox outbreak, set off by terrorists in U.S. shopping malls. This fall, it was a SARS-like virus, germinating quietly among pig farms in Brazil before spreading to every ...

In October 2019, a group of 15 business people, government officials, and health experts gathered around a table in New York to plan out the global response to a worldwide outbreak of a ...

Event 201 was a real exercise to simulate how those in government, business and public health might respond to a global pandemic. It was not based on Covid-19 and does not mean the organisers had ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts the globe, rumors abound online about the origin of the virus. On March 16, @freedom_faction posted an image on Instagram along with the claim that "COVID-19 was ...

Multiple claims on social media say world leaders met for a pandemic simulation right before the first new coronavirus cases were reported. Is this a coincidence or something more? Back in October, a ...

Multiple claims on social media say world leaders met for a pandemic simulation right before the first new coronavirus cases were reported. Is this a coincidence or something more? Back in October, a ...