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- In 2019, the Trump administration held a training simulation on a hypothetical pandemic that predicted, with remarkable accuracy, many of the problems the novel coronavirus currently poses.
- The New York Times reported that the war-game style training exercises simulated a scenario where a respiratory virus dubbed "The Crimson Contagion" began in China and rapidly spread through the US.
- A draft report from the exercises obtained and published by The Times sounded the alarm about several of the issues currently arising in the federal government's messaging and strategy to tackle the novel coronavirus.
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In 2019, the Trump administration held a series of training simulations on a hypothetical pandemic caused by a virus that predicted, with remarkable accuracy, many of the problems and shortfalls currently plaguing the US' response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The New York Times reported in an in-depth Thursday feature on the administration's pandemic preparedness is that the war-game style training exercise, which was led by the Department of Health and Human Services and included multiple federal agencies, 12 states, and private stakeholders, simulated a scenario where a respiratory virus dubbed "The Crimson Contagion" rapidly spread through the US.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also: SEE ALSO: 13 photos of New York City looking deserted as the city tries to limit the spread of the coronavirus |