Clade X was a pandemic modelling exercise by
Johns Hopkins University
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Center for Health Security
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, which occurred on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, named after the hypothetical novel virus. In the simulation, the hypothetical pandemic resulted in 900 million simulated deaths. The exercise was invitation-only and nearly 150 people attended.
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