O'Toole is best known for her disaster response exercises . She was a principal author and producer of Dark Winter ( 2001 ) and Atlantic Storm ( 2005 ) , both of which simulated a covert outbreak of smallpox in the United States . Many experts applauded these exercises for publicizing the country 's surprising vulnerabilities , including a vaccine shortage . Critics charged that these exercises exaggerated the bioterror threat , leading to an unnecessary increase in the number of research labs
Dark Winter
Operation Dark Winter
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