Clade X: A Pandemic Exercise

Crystal Watson; Eric S Toner; Matthew P Shearer; Caitlin Rivers; Diane Meyer; Christopher Hurtado; Matthew Watson; Gigi Kwik Gronvall; Amesh A Adalja; Tara Kirk Sell; Tom Inglesby; Anita Cicero

doi:10.1089/hs.2019.0097

Clade X: A Pandemic Exercise

Health Secur. 2019 Sep/Oct;17(5):410-417. doi: 10.1089/hs.2019.0097.

Affiliation

¹ Crystal Watson, DrPH, MPH, is a Senior Scholar and Assistant Professor; Eric S. Toner, MD, is a Senior Scholar and Senior Scientist; Matthew P. Shearer, MPH, is a Senior Analyst and Research Associate; Caitlyn Rivers, PhD, MPH, is a Senior Scholar and Assistant Professor; Diane Meyer, RN, MPH, is Managing Senior Analyst and Research Associate; Christopher Hurtado, MHS, was an Analyst; Matthew Watson is a Senior Analyst and Senior Research Associate; Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD, is a Senior Scholar and Associate Professor; Amesh A. Adalja, MD, is a Senior Scholar; Tara Kirk Sell, PhD, MA, is a Senior Scholar and Assistant Professor; Tom Inglesby is Director of the Center and Professor; and Anita Cicero, JD, is Deputy Director and Visiting Faculty; all in the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 31593508
DOI: 10.1089/hs.2019.0097

Abstract

Clade X was a day-long pandemic tabletop exercise conducted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security on May 15, 2018, in Washington, DC. In this report, we briefly describe the exercise development process and focus principally on the findings and recommendations that arose from this project.

Keywords: Bioterrorism; Epidemic management/response; National strategy/policy; Pandemic.

MeSH terms

Disaster Planning / methods*
Disaster Planning / organization & administration*
District of Columbia
Federal Government
Female
Humans
Male
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Risk Management*
Role
Simulation Training*