Clade X, May 2018: The Designer Becomes Player — and the Exercise Goes Live

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0200

On 15 May 2018, in the conference hall of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, ten former or sitting US senior politicians and senior public-health officials gathered. 150 invited guests watched. A live stream ran simultaneously on Facebook. The exercise was called Clade X, lasted a single day and ended with a fictional outcome of 900 million dead worldwide over eighteen months. Convener: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

Atlantic Storm, January 2005: How a Smallpox Tabletop Became WHO Emergency Powers Four Months Later

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200

On 14 January 2005, in a conference room in Washington, ten former or sitting heads of government from North America and Europe — together with a former WHO Director-General and an array of foreign-policy advisers — gathered around a table and played out a coordinated smallpox attack on six major cities simultaneously: Istanbul, Rotterdam, Warsaw, Frankfurt, New York City, Los Angeles. Within four and a half hours of exercise time the reported case count climbed from 51 to 3,320. The exercise was called Atlantic Storm.

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Clade X, May 2018: The Designer Becomes Player — and the Exercise Goes Live

Atlantic Storm, January 2005: How a Smallpox Tabletop Became WHO Emergency Powers Four Months Later