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★★★★★
Fascinating and Gripping; Will Change The Way You Look At Public Spaces
The filmmaker actually met with people from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization and asked them, "What is your biggest fear?" This movie is a portrayal of what they are preparing for, but dreading. WAY smarter than any other disease movie you've seen. The filmmaker really gets into all the different players and all the different issues — how to handle Internet charlatans? What would it be like to be quarantined with your family for a year? What are the challenges of disseminating a vaccine once it is discovered — who gets to live, first? But here's the thing, it's also fascinating to watch. So many small stories that tell you something about humans. Spoiler alert: although the movie has nothing to do with politics, the movie can't help but show how our civil servants do important stuff, and that we should give them adequate funding, and that many of them risk their lives to keep our society humming along. We should give them a little respect.
