On February 5, 2026, South Korea hosted what officials described as a \u201clandmark pandemic simulation exercise.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n But this was not just a routine emergency drill.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>It was a coordinated rehearsal of a rapid vaccine deployment system built by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, financed in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, integrated with the World Health Organization, and originally launched at the World Economic Forum in 2017.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The stated purpose of the exercise was to simulate a fictional, never-before-seen deadly virus spreading rapidly through the population. Officials gathered regulators, vaccine researchers, and manufacturing stakeholders to walk through how they would respond.<\/p>\n The difference today is that rapid vaccine rollout is openly framed as national security infrastructure. That framing matters.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/nataliegwinters.substack.com\/p\/korea-holds-pandemic-simulation-backed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Documents show a full-system vaccine rehearsal. On February 5, 2026, South Korea hosted what officials described as a \u201clandmark pandemic simulation exercise.\u201d\u00a0 But this was not just a routine emergency drill.\u00a0It was a coordinated rehearsal of a rapid vaccine deployment … Continue reading