Jump to navigation<\/a>Jump to search<\/a><\/p>\n Seal of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Crimson Contagion<\/b>\u00a0was a joint exercise conducted from January to August 2019, in which numerous national, state and local, private and public organizations in the US participated, in order to test the capacity of the federal government and twelve states to respond to a severe pandemic of\u00a0influenza<\/a>\u00a0originating in\u00a0China<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0simulation<\/a>, which was conducted months prior to the start of the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, involves a scenario in which tourists returning from China spread a respiratory\u00a0virus<\/a>\u00a0in the United States, beginning in\u00a0Chicago<\/a>. In less than two months the virus had infected 110 million Americans, killing more than half a million. The report issued at the conclusion of the exercise outlines the government’s limited capacity to respond to a pandemic, with federal agencies lacking the funds, coordination, and resources to facilitate an effective response to the virus.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Between January and August 2019, Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by Alex Azar, runs a simulation\u2014code-named “Crimson Contagion”. In this “Functional Exercise”, participated the\u00a0National Security Council<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Agriculture<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Commerce<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Defense<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Energy<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Homeland Security<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Housing and Urban Development<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Interior<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Justice<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Labor<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of State<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Transportation<\/a>,\u00a0United States Department of Treasury<\/a>, between others State and Local organizations, public and private.<\/p>\n During the simulation, several tourists fall ill with a “respiratory virus [that] began in China . . . [and] quickly spread around the world by air travelers . . . [with] high fevers.” The virus spreads quickly throughout the world with the first detection in the United States occurring in Chicago (the host city for the exercise). The simulated virus was dubbed “H7N9<\/a>\u00a0Influenza”. Conduct of Crimson Contagion begins at a point 47 days after the first case is discovered in the United States. According to the results of the coordinating draft report, dated October 2019, the Crimson Contagion simulation registers 110 million infected Americans, 7.7 million hospitalizations, and 586,000 fatalities.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/79\/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services.svg\/220px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services.svg.png\")
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