Contagion: An Eerie Prescience

A Method to the Madness

Stephen Soderbergh's Contagion is uncannily similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this film, we are taken through the disastrous effects of the fictional flu virus, MEV-1, both at the bureaucratic and layman levels. Join us as we explore the similarities and differences between the two pandemics and discuss the importance of movies in propagating ideals throughout society.

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