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<\/a><\/p>\nAs coronavirus spreads fear and panic across the world, streaming services have been observing a spike of interest in the 2011 movie Contagion. <\/em>Starring Matt Demon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Lawrence Fishburne, the movie follows the outbreak of a deadly virus called MEV-1 and its disastrous impacts on society. Needless to say, in today\u2019s context, Contagion<\/em> is not a comforting watch. In fact, if the whole Coronavirus situation is already making you anxious, you should probably avoid Contagion<\/em>. Because it will only make things worse.<\/h5>\nIn fact, the slogan of the movie is \u201cNothing spreads like fear\u201d \u2013 and that is basically the goal of the movie. To scare and to educate. Over eight years ago, I wrote the article \u201cContagion\u201d: How Disaster Movies \u201cEducate\u201d the Masses<\/a><\/span> where I highlighted the main messages of this movie and the blueprint it lays it out for future epidemics.<\/h5>\nBack in 2012, I found it important to analyze this movie because it is not simply a \u201cscary thriller\u201d. In fact, there is nothing entertaining about that movie. It is an educational video. It is an \u201cultra-realistic\u201d depiction of a massive pandemic outbreak that takes place in real locations and that involves real organizations. Indeed, while the movie was directed by Steven Soderbergh, its narrative was shaped with input from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and various specialists.<\/h5>\nTo put things in context, the movie came out a couple of years after the H1N1 crisis in 2008. After months of panic and a mass vaccination campaign, some studies showed that the WHO and the CDC grossly overestimated the number of actual H1N1<\/span><\/a> cases and pushed a vaccine that many deemed unnecessary. A movie like Contagion<\/em> was a good remedy for this tarnished credibility.<\/h5>\nIn 2020, the world faces another major epidemic scare and Contagion<\/em> becomes relevant again. Not only that, but mass media has also been casting a solid spotlight on it.<\/h5>\n![\"How](\"https:\/\/vigilantcitizen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-11-10_04_53-For-Me-Rewatching-%E2%80%98Contagion%E2%80%99-Was-Fun-Until-It-Wasn%E2%80%99t-The-New-York-Times.jpg\" "\\"How")
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So, is Contagion<\/em> accurate? Yes, more than ever. Let\u2019s look at the main themes of the movie and how they are becoming a reality in 2020.<\/h5>\nContagion<\/h2>\n
Back in 2012, I found it important to analyze this movie because it is not simply a \u201cscary thriller\u201d. In fact, there is nothing entertaining about that movie. It is an educational video. It is an \u201cultra-realistic\u201d depiction of a massive pandemic outbreak that takes place in real locations and that involves real organizations. Indeed, while the movie was directed by Steven Soderbergh, its narrative was shaped with input from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and various specialists.<\/h5>\nTo put things in context, the movie came out a couple of years after the H1N1 crisis in 2008. After months of panic and a mass vaccination campaign, some studies showed that the WHO and the CDC grossly overestimated the number of actual H1N1<\/span><\/a> cases and pushed a vaccine that many deemed unnecessary. A movie like Contagion<\/em> was a good remedy for this tarnished credibility.<\/h5>\nIn 2020, the world faces another major epidemic scare and Contagion<\/em> becomes relevant again. Not only that, but mass media has also been casting a solid spotlight on it.<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n
So, is Contagion<\/em> accurate? Yes, more than ever. Let\u2019s look at the main themes of the movie and how they are becoming a reality in 2020.<\/h5>\nContagion<\/h2>\n
In 2020, the world faces another major epidemic scare and Contagion<\/em> becomes relevant again. Not only that, but mass media has also been casting a solid spotlight on it.<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n
So, is Contagion<\/em> accurate? Yes, more than ever. Let\u2019s look at the main themes of the movie and how they are becoming a reality in 2020.<\/h5>\nContagion<\/h2>\n
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