By: Stephanie Warren
Contagion is a new film about a deadly virus that appears in Chicago. The Centers for Disease Control quarantine the city in order to contain the virus. Critics have said this is one of the most accuarte sci-fi movies in a long time. This is partly due to Dr. Ian Lipkin, a scientist at Columbia University. He made a virus by combining pig and bat viral strains. Then he researched how the disease would be cured. The director and producers also researched all aspects of what happens in a pandemic, isolating and containing the virus, passing out of food, vaccines,and even how a vaccine would be developed. This makes this a very believable film and adds to how scary it is.
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