Have you ever heard of SPARS? It's a fictional scenario on a coronavirus outbreak happening in North America and eventually the world. Was this a playbook to a pandemic that we are currently in? Is it for something more sinister in the future? We have a guest talk spread his knowledge and challenges you to let your curiosity get the best of you, and go on the journey of "what if", or you may feel this is true. However you feel, some things cannot be ignored.
This is a hypothetical scenario designed to illustrate the public health risk communication challenges that could potentially emerge during a naturally occurring infectious disease outbreak requiring development and distribution of novel and/or investigation drugs, vaccines, therapeutics, or other medical countermeasures. - Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security