the truth is out there sometimes welcome
to watchmojo.com --ax is there any way
someone could weaponize the bird flu is
however looking at someone doesn't have
to weaponize the bird flu the birds are
doing that for this list we're examining
recurring medical and epidemiological
concepts in movies that feature
pandemics of various sorts in an effort
to separate fact from fiction in order
to get scared all you have to do is come
in contact with a rumor or the
television or the Internet
number 10 animals can spread disease
right in 2011's contagion we see that
the deadly mev one virus originated as a
genetic mix of pig and bat viruses this
true concept of a virus of animal origin
was based on an actual pathogen called
nipa which first began to spread in 1998
NEPA is as deadly as Ebola but instead
of attacking blood vessels it attacks
the brain and this reality is more
relevant than ever since multiple
outbreaks epidemics and pandemics have
sprung from animal viruses that
eventually spread to humans these are
called zou anodic diseases maintaining
good hygiene and social distancing are
two strategies to protect us all from
viruses when they spread out of control
how long have we been on this rock 5
weeks 2 days
number 9 powered air purifying
respirators are real right in 1995's
outbreak many of the characters in the
film are seen wearing peppers which is
an acronym for powered air purifying
respirators this is a common protective
measure used by military medical and
other official personnel in dealing with
airborne pollution and pathogens also
called positive pressure masks and
blowers the respirator is made up of a
full face mask or hood attached to a
blower which acts by filtering any
dangerous particles from the air this
whole damn town is infected in fact for
more critical scenarios there is also
such a thing as a RAC elute which as the
name implies goes a step further by
attaching the papper to a full suit
state you measure extraction st. Mary's
prep 89 filovirus survivors locate
administer mosquito read retrieve number
8 a virus can choose its host wrong
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in 2013's World War Z Jerry Layne played
by Brad Pitt goes on a harrowing mission
to discover the source of a contagious
virus that turns people into zombies and
also a possible vaccine you will help
your family let's figure out how we stop
this it's your choice mr. Lee it isn't
long before he notices that the infected
hosts of the virus do not attack the
seriously injured or terminally ill as
they would make poor hosts for viral
reproduction
how long does you have to wait before is
infected not lonely that's not the
question we're really asking is it of
course in real life viruses do not have
the ability to think or reason or choose
their new hosts though of course each
has evolved to only infect certain types
of living beings rather than others
number seven technology can immediately
diagnose a virus wrong near the
beginning of 2007 I am Legend dr. Robert
Neville played by Will Smith is
escorting his wife and daughter to a
helicopter that will take them out of
Manhattan however they must first pass a
virus scanning checkpoint which
Neville's wife first fails before being
scanned again to reveal no virus all
right scan her again
we're the main issue with the scene is
that there is currently no scanner that
can instantly definitively detect a
viral infection on the other hand though
thermal scanners and special
thermometers can near instantly detect
fevers flagging a person who has any
kind of elevated temperature which would
indicate infection they're already
deployed at all air land and sea
checkpoints as a first screening measure
to detect any potential cases and more
companies are looking to buy them as an
additional safeguard number six health
workers need specific kinds of
protection right when caring for
patients with the highly contagious
virus in 2011 s contagion we can see
health care workers donning highly
protective equipment we're setting up a
special ward for medical personnel and
first responders at the University this
practice is absolutely accurate as with
the affer mentioned poppers and is
essential to staying safe from dangerous
microbes the rain shouldn't be home I'll
bring it to you when I get it
of course in other parts of the film
other medical personnel wear nothing
more than gloves and masks as a
preventative measure sadly this reality
is also tragically all too commonly
accurate as noted by dr. Glenn Wortman
head of infectious diseases at MedStar
Washington Hospital Center he explains
that during a quote large outbreak it
would be difficult for all healthcare
workers to maintain appropriate
infection prevention measures but they
need protection badly hit her work
involves contact with livestock in any
way did you did you keep any pets at
home no number five patient zero is a
commonly used term wrong 2014 s dawn of
the Planet of the Apes features the use
of the term patient zero to refer to the
first person identified to have the
disease in the film a term common in
movies and even on the news another
extremely worrying thing for authorities
here is that they still haven't
identified John who patients
this is more of a colloquial term in the
medical world
the proper term to refer to such a
person would be an index case or an
index patient patient zero was actually
coined based on a misunderstanding of a
1984 study of HIV where one of the first
patients was labeled as patient oh the
letter O standing for out of California
the O was later misunderstood to be the
numeral zero patient zero is the name
doctor Dritz and the medical detectives
used to describe this man
the airline steward to protect his
identity number four governments use
viruses as biological weapons wrong this
is no experimental antiserum the 1101
was designed to kill African Watauga
many films like 1995's outbreak feature
governments or militaries using or
hoping to use viruses as a form of
biological warfare but now the virus
comes here and two kids die and we could
have stopped it right then and there but
we don't because we have to protect the
perfect biological weapon but then the
virus mutates and we can't stop it now
and we could have been well this is a
very real concern in the modern age in
1972 the Convention on the prohibition
of the development production and
stockpiling of bacteriological
biological and toxin weapons was signed
by many of the world's superpowers
including the United States the United
Kingdom and at the time the Soviet Union
as of 2018 182 countries ratified the
treaty which bans the quote development
production and stockpiling of microbes
of their poisonous products for hostile
reasons rabinal has a biological weapon
but vigilance is always essential across
the world their research is of the
highest importance its nature is
classified number three
robotic labs are used by scientists
right in 2002's resident evil we can see
several glimpses of laboratories with
functioning robotic tools although not
much else in the film can be claimed as
realistic and the very idea may seem
like science fiction this part of the
movie is quite real in fact even the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in the United States uses
robotic machinery and robots can even be
guided to perform certain types of
surgeries but we can certainly hope that
they won't one day in the future become
sentient and enslave us that would be
bad do you want to destroy humans please
say no ok I will destroy humans No
number 2 decontamination is a real
process right we start decontamination
and immunization procedures now
decontamination is definitely a real
thing and a necessity and movies
thankfully generally acknowledge this
though some haven't portrayed
decontamination in quite the right way
for example in 1971 s the Andromeda
Strain the process is both quite
frightening and inaccurate there is no
process of decontamination that involves
burning the outer epithelial layer of
the skin which would in essence be an
excruciating full-body sunburn other
films like 1982's ET the
extra-terrestrial feature individuals
decontaminating before entering an
infected area when in reality those
exiting an infected area would
decontaminate themselves before
re-entering the safe area and a chemical
shower is often the preferred method of
decontamination rather than ambiguous
looking fog as is done in the film
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John notifications number one the amount
of time it takes to find a cure wrong if
we even had a viable vaccine right now
we would still have to do human trials
and that would take weeks as we've seen
contagion hit a lot of home runs in
terms of factual accuracy writer Scott Z
burns consulted medical specialists in
creating the story while the producers
were able to consult representatives
from the World Health Organization in
spite of the research however the sheer
speed with which the film's protagonists
develop a vaccine is too good to be true
we may never know where this disease
came from but we do know that this
vaccine is a result of the courage and
perseverance remarkable in real life
creating safe and effective vaccines
takes much time and effort the w-h-o
estimates that it could take nearly a
year to manufacture and distribute the
necessary amount of the vaccine to stop
the spread of the virus which so far has
taken over 26 million lives worldwide in
fact according to the former acting
director of the CDC dr. Richard Besser
quote the rapid creation of a vaccine
and contagion can contribute to the
false expectation of what science can do
during a public health crisis bummer
the next citizens to receive the MeV one
vaccinations are those born on January
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