Event 201 → COVID Reality: When the Rehearsal Became the Show

Event 201: From Tabletop Drill to Global Thrill (Disaster Edition)

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October 2019: A bunch of big brains sit around at Event 201 pretending a coronavirus shreds the world. They scribble seven notes: stockpile better, prep companies, don’t choke trade, throw cash at vaccines, brace for economic fallout, fight "misinformation", and keep the private sector on speed-dial.

Flash-forward a few months — boom, real virus, real chaos.

Operation Warp Speed = Event 201’s “fund R&D” note, but with a Pentagon logo slapped on it.

PREP Act + Defense Production Act = “stockpile & distribute” panic buttons.

WTO/ICAO cargo hustle = “don’t kill supply chains.”

COVAX = “global equity,” but mostly rich countries cutting the buffet line.

Infodemic desks = Event 201’s “fight disinfo” turned into a Sisyphean TikTok battle.

And who called “This is not a drill”?

WHO PHEIC → Jan 30, 2020

WHO pandemic → Mar 11, 2020

U.S. National Emergency → Mar 13, 2020

The suits rehearsed the moves. The world still tripped over its shoelaces.

The Spice 🌶️

Event 201 wasn’t prophecy. It was a dry run. When the curtain rose, the actors had stage fright and the audience (us) got locked in the theater.