• POSSIBLE FUTURE IN 2025

    From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to dove-net.debate on Sat May 1 08:26:00 2021
    Hello All!

    Has anyone else come across this thing:

    THE SPARS PANDEMIC 2025 - 2028
    A Futuristic Scenario for Public Health Risk Communicators

    Published by: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; October 2017

    https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/Center- projects/completed-projects/spars-pandemic-scenario.html

    This thing reads like the playbook for what we are actually
    experiencing right NOW.

    It comprises of about 19 chapters, where we are in the 13th
    chapter at the present moment.

    Chapter One: The SPARS Outbreak Begins....................4
    Chapter Two: A Possible Cure..............................8
    Chapter Three: A Potential Vaccine.......................11
    Chapter Four: Users Beware...............................14
    Chapter Five: Going Viral................................19
    Chapter Six: The Grass is Always Greener.................23
    Chapter Seven: The Voice.................................25
    Chapter Eight: Are You Talking To Me?....................29
    Chapter Nine: Changing Horses Midstream..................31
    Chapter Ten: Head of the Line Privileges.................34
    Chapter Eleven: Standing in Line, Protesting Online......37
    Chapter Twelve: Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket....40
    Chapter Thirteen: Lovers and Haters......................43
    Chapter Fourteen: The Grass is Always Greener, Part II...49
    Chapter Fifteen: Are You Talking to Me, Part II..........52
    Chapter Sixteen: Antibiotics, HO!........................55
    Chapter Seventeen: Vaccine Injury........................59
    Chapter Eighteen: Acknowledging Loss.....................63
    Chapter Nineteen: SPARS Aftermath........................66

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  • From Boraxman@VERT/MSRDBBS to Ogg on Sun May 2 22:07:00 2021
    Ogg wrote to dove-net.debate <=-

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    Hello All!

    Has anyone else come across this thing:

    THE SPARS PANDEMIC 2025 - 2028
    A Futuristic Scenario for Public Health Risk Communicators

    Published by: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; October 2017

    https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/Center- projects/completed-projects/spars-pandemic-scenario.html

    This thing reads like the playbook for what we are actually
    experiencing right NOW.

    It comprises of about 19 chapters, where we are in the 13th
    chapter at the present moment.

    Chapter One: The SPARS Outbreak Begins....................4
    Chapter Two: A Possible Cure..............................8
    Chapter Three: A Potential Vaccine.......................11
    Chapter Four: Users Beware...............................14
    Chapter Five: Going Viral................................19
    Chapter Six: The Grass is Always Greener.................23
    Chapter Seven: The Voice.................................25
    Chapter Eight: Are You Talking To Me?....................29
    Chapter Nine: Changing Horses Midstream..................31
    Chapter Ten: Head of the Line Privileges.................34
    Chapter Eleven: Standing in Line, Protesting Online......37
    Chapter Twelve: Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket....40
    Chapter Thirteen: Lovers and Haters......................43
    Chapter Fourteen: The Grass is Always Greener, Part II...49
    Chapter Fifteen: Are You Talking to Me, Part II..........52
    Chapter Sixteen: Antibiotics, HO!........................55
    Chapter Seventeen: Vaccine Injury........................59
    Chapter Eighteen: Acknowledging Loss.....................63
    Chapter Nineteen: SPARS Aftermath........................66

    I can't tell much from the chapter titles, but I would expect there to have been preparation for a pandemic prior to COVID-19, and I would also expect those preparations to expect what actually did happen.

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