Exercise Pegasus aims to span all regions and government departments in the U.K., and will involve opening a \u201cresilience academy\u201d to train over 4,000 people from public and private sectors annually in emergency roles.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The response plan also includes developing a national \u201cvulnerability map\u201d<\/strong><\/em> to highlight populations most at risk in a crisis. The tool, which uses data on age, disability, ethnicity and whether the person is receiving care, can share that data instantly across government departments..<\/p>\n News on the U.K. government tracking tool comes as, in the U.S., the Department of Defense \u201cprepares AI-driven simulations for pandemics caused by \u2018natural or man-made infectious agents,\u2019\u201d while funding researchers who want to \u201cinfect humans with aerosolized influenza under the guise of improving disease models.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/uk-pandemic-excercise-pegasus-similar-event-201-covid\/?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exercise Pegasus \u2014 the U.K.\u2019s largest pandemic response exercise in history \u2014 aims to \u201chelp to safeguard our citizens,\u201d but critics worry the plan is just a way to exert control through greater surveillance. To take place over multiple days … Continue reading