CDC Finances ‘FLUSTORM’ to Generate Fake AI Influenza Pandemic ‘Threats’ That Do Not Exist
CDC Finances ‘FLUSTORM’ to Generate Fake AI Influenza Pandemic ‘Threats’ That Do Not Exist Is CDC manufacturing threat justifications for emergency powers by turning computer-generated pandemics into government evidence? Jon Fleetwood Close-up of the federal FLUSTORM award description highlighting the project’s name. The CDC-funded, five-year initiative includes AI-assisted modeling of hypothetical influenza pandemics and forecasts intended to inform government public-health decisions. Source: HHS TAGGS, Award NU38IP000909 . The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ September 15, 2026, award record reveals that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded $473,342 to Northeastern University in Boston for FLUSTORM, a five-year project integrating artificial intelligence (AI), synthetic influenza pandemic scenarios, and government public-health decision support. The CDC is funding technology that can generate fake pandemic threats that do not exist as obse...