Effective communication about medical countermeasures—including drugs, devices, and biologics—is often critical in emergency situations. Such communication, how- ever, does not just happen. It must be planned and prepared for. One mechanism to develop communication strategies is through the use of prospective scenarios, which allow readers the opportunity to rehearse responses while also weighing the implica- tions of their actions. This article describes the development of such a scenario: The SPARS Pandemic 2025–2028. Steps in this process included deciding on a time frame, identifying likely critical uncertainties, and then using this framework to construct a storyline covering both the response and recovery phases of a fictional emergency event. Lessons learned from the scenario development and how the scenario can be used to improve communication are also discussed.

This film from August 1943 illustrates the dangers of unintentionally giving the enemy military secrets. The Private Snafu series was made by the Warner Bros. team that made the Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons and was released between 1943 and 1945 as a regular part of a bi-weekly short film series called The Army–Navy Screen Magazine that was shown to American military personnel. The character Private Snafu regularly made mistakes in ways that connected with soldiers and taught military lessons. Download: https://archive.org/download/private-snafu-spies-1943/private-snafu-spies-1943.mp4