“Here’s something interesting that is discussed on Twitter right now (hat tip Edward Dowd).  There was a monkeypox preparedness exercise held in March 2021.  Apparently, it “simulated” a start date of a pandemic, to be May 15, 2022.”

Please see the first comment for more info.

https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/monkeypox-preparedness-exercise-put?s=r