>>509006527 (OP)eminder that Laurie Garret, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, was one of three scientific consultants for the film Contagion. The movie Contagion was obviously about a worldwide pandemic.
‘Contagion’ is part reality, part fantasy, totally possible by Laurie Garrett on September 13, 2011 at cnn.com:
https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/13/opinion/garrett-contagion-virus
Laurence Fishburn and Kate Winslet in a scene from the Warner Bros. movie "Contagion."
Editor’s Note: Laurie Garrett was one of three scientific consultants on the Warner Bros. film “Contagion.” She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. Warner Bros. is owned by Time Warner Inc., which also owns CNN.
When moviegoers watch “Contagion,” I hope they will ask themselves a few very important questions and demand answers from their leaders. When an outbreak occurs, what agency is responsible for spotting it, assessing the threat and responding? If World Health Organization funding is diminished and its staffing cut, what organization deals with governing global responses and striving for equitable access to the treatments and vaccines? When lies and exploitation fill the internet, how can health leaders counter the deceptions, conspiracy theories and profiteering? When drug companies push pandemic exigencies aside amid concerns about profit-losses, what government can exert appropriate pressure to get billions of doses of drugs and vaccines made in a rapid, safe manner?
“Contagion” should serve as a wake-up call not only about the germs, but perhaps more importantly about the frailty of governance, nationally and worldwide."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sYSyuuLk5g
