184 Bill Gates, Munich Security Conference, Prepared Statement (Feb. 17, 2017), gatesfoundation.org/ideas/speeches/2017/02/bill-gates-munich-security-conference
185 Federal Ministry of Health, Germany, et al., “The 5C Health Emergency Simulation Exercise Package” (May, 2017), bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/fileadmin/Dateien/3_Downloads/G/G20-Gesundheitsministertreffen/5C_Health_Emergency_Simulation_Exercise_Manual.pdf
186 France24, “The Wuhan lab at the core of a virus controversy” (Apr. 17, 2020), france24.com/en/20200417-the-wuhan-lab-at-the-core-of-a-virus-controversy
187 Paul Schreyer, “Pandemic simulation games—Preparation for a new era?,” YouTube 45:57 (Mar. 10, 2021), youtube.com/watch?v=d3WUv5SV5Hg
188 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, “Gates Foundations Give Johns Hopkins $20 Million Gift to School of Public Health for Population, Reproductive Health Institute,” Gates Notes (May, 1999), gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/1999/05/johns-hopkins-university-school-of-public-health
189 Matthew Shearer, MPH, Professional Profile, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-people/Shearer/
190 Gregory A. Poland, MD, Clinical Profile, Mayo Clinic, mayo.edu/research/faculty/poland-gregory-a-m-d/bio-00078220
191 Sandi Doughton, “Bill Gates: We must prepare for the next pandemic like we prepare for war,” Seattle Times (Jan. 27, 2001), seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/bill-gates-we-must-prepare-for-the-next-pandemic-like-we-prepare-for-war/
192 Monica Schoch-Spana et al., “The SPARS Pandemic, 2025–2028: A Futuristic Scenario for Public Health Risk Communicators,” Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (October 2017), jhsphcenterforhealthsecurity.s3.amazonaws.com/spars-pandemic-scenario.pdf
193 Ibid., 12
194 Ibid., 9
195 Ibid., 23
196 Ibid., 47
197 Ibid., 25
198 Ibid., 25
199 Ibid., 13
200 Ibid., 53
201 Ibid., 60
202 Jade Scipioni, “Bill Gates in 2018: The World Needs to Prepare for Pandemics Just Like War,” CNBC (Jan. 27, 2020), cnbc.com/2020/01/27/bill-gates-in-2018-world-needs-to-prepare-for-pandemics-just-like-war.html#:~:text=Bill%2520Gates%2520in%25202018%253A%2520The,for%2520pandemics%2520just%2520like%2520war&text=Speaking%2520at%2520an%2520event%2520hosted,way%2520it%2520prepares%2520for%2520wa
203 Lena H. Sun, “Bill Gates calls on U.S. to lead fight against a pandemic that could kill 33 million,” Washington Post (Apr 27, 2018), washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/04/27/bill-gates-calls-on-u-s-to-lead-fight-against-a-pandemic-that-could-kill-millions/
204 Ibid.
205 Biohazard FOIA Maryland Emails, 29, 36 (Nov. 6, 2020), usrtk.org/wpcontent/uploads/2020/11/Biohazard_FOIA_Maryland_Emails_11.6.20.pdf
206 United States Patent Application, Ciaramella, et al., Betacoronavirus mRNA vaccine (Mar 28, 2019), patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10702600.PN.&OS=PN/10702600&RS=PN/10702600
207 United States Patent Application, Ciaramella; et al., Betacoronavirus MRNA Vaccine (Feb 28, 2020), appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22deliberate+release%22&s2=SARS&OS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS&RS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS
208 United States Patent Application, Ciaramella; et al., Respiratory Virus Vaccines (Mar 28, 2019), appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPT O%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22deliberate+release%22&s 2=SARS&OS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS&RS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS
209 United States Patent Application, HPIV3 RNA VACCINES (Jul 20, 2018), appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22deliberate+release%22&s2=SARS&OS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS&RS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS
210 United States Patent Application, Ciaramella; et al., HMPV RNA VACCINES (Jul 20, 2018), appft. uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=%22deliberate+release%22&s2=SARS&OS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS&RS=%22deliberate+release%22+AND+SARS
211 Bill Gates, Shattuck Lecture Innovation for Pandemics, BMGF (Apr. 27, 2018), gatesfoundation.org/Ideas/Speeches/2018/04/Shattuck-Lecture-Innovation-for-Pandemics
212 Johns Hopkins: Pandemic Exercise Highlights Policies to Prevent or Reduce Worst Possible Outcomes in Future Pandemics, ASPPH (May 23, 2018), aspph.org/johns-hopkins-pandemic-exercise-highlights-policies-to-prevent-or-reduce-worst-possible-outcomes-in-future-pandemics/
213 Lena H. Sun, “This Mock Pandemic Killed 150 Million People. Next Time It Might Not Be a Drill,” Washington Post (May 30, 2018), washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/05/30/this-mock-pandemic-killed-150-million-people-next-time-it-might-not-be-a-drill/
214 Nick Alexopulos, “Clade x pandemic exercise highlights policies needed to prevent or reduce the worst possible outcomes in future pandemics,” Johns Hopkins Center for Health Safety (May 15, 2018), centerforhealthsecurity.org/news/center-news/2018/2018-05-15_cladex-policy-recommendations.html
215 Lena H. Sun, op. cit.
216 Jamie Seidel, “The world is completely unprepared for the next pandemic,” New York Post (Jul. 30, 2018), nypost.com/2018/07/30/the-world-is-completely-unprepared-for-the-next-pandemic/
217 Nicola Twilly, “The Terrifying Lessons of a Pandemic Simulation,” New Yorker (Jun. 1, 2018), newyorker.com/science/elements/the-terrifying-lessons-of-a-pandemic-simulation
218 Lena H. Sun, op. cit.
219 Ibid.
220 Ibid.
221 Twilly
222 Antonio Regalado, “It’s fiction, but America just got wiped out by a manmade terror germ,” MIT Technology Review (May 30, 2018), technologyreview.com/2018/05/30/2746/its-fiction-but-america-just-got-wiped-out-by-a-manmade-terror-germ/
223 William Brangam, “A Universal Flu Vaccine Could Finally Be Within Sight,” Part 3, PBS NewsHour 1:22 (Jun. 20, 2019), pbs.org/newshour/show/how-close-are-scientists-to-a-universal-flu-vaccine
224 Ibid., 3:42
225 FirangiAffairs, “Reputation Laundering By Bill Gates? Continuous Donations to Mainstream Media Outlets,” Kreately (May 6, 2021), kreately.in/reputation-laundering-by-bill-gates-continuous-donations-to-mainstream-media-outlets/
226 “Preparedness for a High-Impact Respiratory Pathogen Pandemic,” Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (Sept. 2019), page 11, apps.who.int/gpmb/assets/thematic_papers/tr-6.pdf
227 Ibid., 13
228 Ibid., 14
229 Ibid., 11
230 Alexis Baden-Mayer, “Dr. Robert Kadlec: How the Czar of Biowarfare Funnels Billions to Friends in the Vaccine Industry,” Organic Consumers Union (Aug 13, 2020), organicconsumers.org/blog/dr-robert-kadlec-how-czar-biowarfare-funnels-billions-friends-vaccine-industry