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| − | '''Exercise Alice''' was a secret UK government pandemic exercise modelling the impact of a coronavirus outbreak, four years before Covid-19.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/10/secret-planning-exercise-in-2016-modelled-impact-of-mers-outbreak-in-uk</ref><ref>https://cygnusreports.org/exercise-alice/</ref> | + | '''Exercise Alice''' was a secret UK government pandemic exercise modelling the impact of a coronavirus outbreak, four years before [[Covid-19]].<ref name=tg2021>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/10/secret-planning-exercise-in-2016-modelled-impact-of-mers-outbreak-in-uk</ref><ref>https://cygnusreports.org/exercise-alice/</ref> |
| − | The exercise took place in 2016 involving officials from [[Public Health England]] (PHE) and the [[Department of Health and Social Care]] (DHSC), and envisioned an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), which is caused by a coronavirus. | + | The exercise took place in [[2016]] involving officials from [[Public Health England]] (PHE) and the [[Department of Health and Social Care]] (DHSC), and envisioned an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), which is caused by a coronavirus. |
Who else participated and influenced the parameters and desired response, is unknown. | Who else participated and influenced the parameters and desired response, is unknown. | ||
| − | There is a passing reference<ref>https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Airborne-high-consequence-infectious-diseases-service-specification-adults.pdf</ref> to the exercise in a 2018 NHS document which explains that it modelled a similar scenario to the outbreak in [[South Korea]] in 2015, when 35% of people who caught it required critical care and 38 people died. | + | There is a passing reference<ref>https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Airborne-high-consequence-infectious-diseases-service-specification-adults.pdf</ref> to the exercise in a [[2018]] [[NHS]] document which explains that it modelled a similar scenario to the outbreak in [[South Korea]] in [[2015]], when 35% of people who caught it required critical care and 38 people died. |
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| + | ==Exposure== | ||
| + | [[Moosa Qureshi]] obtained the information in May [[2021]].<ref name=tg2021/> | ||
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| + | ==Cover-up== | ||
| + | "[[PHE]] had previously declined to reveal details of the exercises, citing the need to safeguard [[national security]]."<ref name=tg2021/> A summary document uploaded by [[The Guardian]] is heavily redacted, with Chief Medical Officer [[Sally Davies]] being the only visible name.<ref>''Report: Exercise Alice Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).'' (2016, February 15). Public Health England. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009022902/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21080373/report-exercise-alice-middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-15-feb-2016.pdf</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 26 February 2023
| Date | February 2016 |
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| Location | UK |
| Participants | Sally Davies |
| Interests | pandemics |
| Description | Secret 2016 UK pandemic exercise modelling the impact of a coronavirus outbreak |
Exercise Alice was a secret UK government pandemic exercise modelling the impact of a coronavirus outbreak, four years before Covid-19.[1][2]
The exercise took place in 2016 involving officials from Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and envisioned an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), which is caused by a coronavirus.
Who else participated and influenced the parameters and desired response, is unknown.
There is a passing reference[3] to the exercise in a 2018 NHS document which explains that it modelled a similar scenario to the outbreak in South Korea in 2015, when 35% of people who caught it required critical care and 38 people died.
Exposure
Moosa Qureshi obtained the information in May 2021.[1]
Cover-up
"PHE had previously declined to reveal details of the exercises, citing the need to safeguard national security."[1] A summary document uploaded by The Guardian is heavily redacted, with Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies being the only visible name.[4]
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References
- ↑ a b c https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/10/secret-planning-exercise-in-2016-modelled-impact-of-mers-outbreak-in-uk
- ↑ https://cygnusreports.org/exercise-alice/
- ↑ https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Airborne-high-consequence-infectious-diseases-service-specification-adults.pdf
- ↑ Report: Exercise Alice Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). (2016, February 15). Public Health England. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009022902/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21080373/report-exercise-alice-middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-15-feb-2016.pdf
