A simulation "Catastrophic Contagion", imagining a deadly pandemic in 2025.

The Bill Gates Foundation, in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the World Health Organization (WHO), ran a simulation called "Catastrophic Contagion", imagining a deadly pandemic in 2025.

This time, the outbreak, caused by an enterovirus called "SEERS", would have a higher fatality rate than COVID-19 and disproportionately affect children.

The panel examined lessons from the COVID-19 crisis, discussing topics like societal control, propaganda, and the controversial closure of churches.