Imo, i think this is part of the reason they want to change the name.
Remember Event 201, where they did a "simulation" on a corona virus and how they would handle it? Then a month later covid hit?
Well, they did another table top exercise in March 2021.
"SUMMARY
In March 2021, NTI partnered with the Munich Security Conference to
conduct a tabletop exercise on reducing high-consequence biological threats.
The exercise examined gaps in national and international biosecurity and
pandemic preparedness architectures—exploring opportunities to improve
prevention and response capabilities for high-consequence biological
events. This report summarizes the exercise scenario, key findings from
the discussion, and actionable recommendations for the international
community"
"NTI recognizes the critical importance of strengthening the global biosecurity and pandemic preparedness
architecture. To that end, NTI is focused on catalyzing the development of stronger international biosecurity
and pandemic preparedness capabilities so the world is better able to prevent and respond to future biological
risks. To address important gaps in key areas, NTI is working with international partners:
• To establish a new global biosecurity entity dedicated to reducing emerging biological risks that
can accompany certain technology advances. Its mission will be to reduce the risks of catastrophic
consequences due to accidents, inadvertent misuse, or deliberate abuse of bioscience and
biotechnology by promoting stronger global biosecurity norms and developing tools and incentives
to uphold them.
• To explore the possibility of establishing a new Joint Assessment Mechanism to investigate highconsequence biological events of unknown origin.
This new mechanism would operate at the
“seam” between existing mechanisms—including World Health Organization (WHO) outbreak
investigation capabilities and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism for investigating
alleged deliberate bioweapons use—thereby strengthening UN system capabilities to investigate
pandemic origins.
• To advocate for establishing a catalytic, multilateral financing mechanism for global health security
and pandemic preparedness. The goal is to accelerate sustainable biosecurity and pandemic
preparedness capacity-building in countries where resources are most needed"
"The exercise scenario portrayed a deadly, global pandemic involving an unusual strain of
monkeypox virus
that emerged in the fictional nation of Brinia and spread globally over 18 months. Ultimately, the exercise
scenario revealed that the initial outbreak was caused by a terrorist attack using a pathogen engineered
in a laboratory with inadequate biosafety and biosecurity provisions and weak oversight. By the end of
the exercise, the fictional pandemic resulted in more than three billion cases and 270 million fatalities
worldwide"
Scroll to page 12 for timeline. Ironically the first cases would appear in May 2022. With an end date of Dec 2023.
www.nti.org...
I think this is why they are changing the name, as a lot of people have probably seen this.
Keep on rockin!