⚡️🦠 NEW - UK concludes "Exercise Pegasus," the…

⚡️🦠 NEW - UK concludes "Exercise Pegasus," the largest pandemic simulation in nearly a decade, with the simulated virus enterovirus EV-D68, thought to originate from pigs and primarily killing children.

Unlike Covid-19, the simulated virus primarily killed infants, children and teenagers, causing respiratory failure, brain swelling and occasional paralysis. The three-phase drill began in September with regional spread in Asia, progressed in October to a WHO-declared pandemic with school closures, hospital strain and street protests over social distancing, then escalated in November to national lockdown, non-essential business shutdowns, travel bans and fears of food shortages from potential pig herd infection.