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- 4/27/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the most important aspects of coping with the current coronavirus pandemic is to seek information and understand the ways through which we could all join the effort and help curb the spread.
When the first wave of Covid-19 hit the Chinese provinces of Hubei and Wuhan, the world had yet to acknowledge the threat of a global pandemic. Now, more than 9 million people have contracted the disease and nearly 500,000 have lost their lives in the fight against the infectious virus. In the wake of this dark hour, misinformation and rumormongering can have devastating effects that’ll further cripple our societies. And seeing as how our social lives have essentially come to a halt, compelling us to spend most of our free time at home, binging our way through Netflix specials and occasionally chilling in the process seems like the only worthwhile entertainment these days.
What’s more, the...
When the first wave of Covid-19 hit the Chinese provinces of Hubei and Wuhan, the world had yet to acknowledge the threat of a global pandemic. Now, more than 9 million people have contracted the disease and nearly 500,000 have lost their lives in the fight against the infectious virus. In the wake of this dark hour, misinformation and rumormongering can have devastating effects that’ll further cripple our societies. And seeing as how our social lives have essentially come to a halt, compelling us to spend most of our free time at home, binging our way through Netflix specials and occasionally chilling in the process seems like the only worthwhile entertainment these days.
What’s more, the...
- 6/25/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
The man who has become the voice of reason and science from the daily White House coronavirus briefings was positively circumspect today about a declaration from one of the physicians featured in Netflix’s Pandemic about a possible Covid-19 vaccine.
“I don’t know this specific individual, what they’re doing, but I can tell you there’s a lot of activity that is centered around a passive transfer of antibodies in the form of convalescent plasma,” Dr. Anthony Fauci replied to the front-row question this afternoon from Fox News’ John Roberts about the widely covered claims by Dr. Jacob Glanville, who seen in the first season of the recently released series.
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“I don’t know this specific individual, what they’re doing, but I can tell you there’s a lot of activity that is centered around a passive transfer of antibodies in the form of convalescent plasma,” Dr. Anthony Fauci replied to the front-row question this afternoon from Fox News’ John Roberts about the widely covered claims by Dr. Jacob Glanville, who seen in the first season of the recently released series.
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- 4/2/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread and large public events are being canceled out of caution, many people are staying inside to avoid the possibility of catching Covid-19. And while those people are trying to *stay away* from the outbreak, those who are Netflix subscribers are interested in *watching* an outbreak.
As of Saturday, the 1995 medical-disaster film “Outbreak” is the ninth most-popular overall title on Netflix in the U.S., according to the streaming service’s daily Top 10 list. The flick, based on Richard Preston’s nonfiction book “The Hot Zone,” comes in at No. 5 on the platform’s rankings of today’s Top 10 movies.
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland and Patrick Dempsey, “Outbreak” tells the story of the spread of a fictional Ebola-like virus in Zaire and the fictional small town Cedar Creek, California, due to a monkey that is host to the disease.
As of Saturday, the 1995 medical-disaster film “Outbreak” is the ninth most-popular overall title on Netflix in the U.S., according to the streaming service’s daily Top 10 list. The flick, based on Richard Preston’s nonfiction book “The Hot Zone,” comes in at No. 5 on the platform’s rankings of today’s Top 10 movies.
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland and Patrick Dempsey, “Outbreak” tells the story of the spread of a fictional Ebola-like virus in Zaire and the fictional small town Cedar Creek, California, due to a monkey that is host to the disease.
- 3/14/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
With cinemas closing and millions of people around the world trapped at home in quarantine, could Covid-19 be a boon for streamers such as Netflix?
Was the coronavirus engineered by Netflix? This was one of the wilder conspiracy theories doing the rounds earlier this month, as observers noted how the streaming giant’s new docuseries Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak dropped into subscribers’ menus just as the world was experiencing exactly the type of once-in-a-century outbreak it was warning against. Coincidence? Good timing? Massively implausible homicidal marketing strategy? “We hoped to inform before, not after, another dangerous pathogen emerged,” explained Pandemic’s producers.
But now that the Covid-19 virus is disrupting global business and behaviour, streamers like Netflix seem to be in a fortunate position. Public gatherings are being discouraged or avoided, including cinema-going. High-profile releases are being postponed, such as the latest James Bond instalment, No Time to Die,...
Was the coronavirus engineered by Netflix? This was one of the wilder conspiracy theories doing the rounds earlier this month, as observers noted how the streaming giant’s new docuseries Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak dropped into subscribers’ menus just as the world was experiencing exactly the type of once-in-a-century outbreak it was warning against. Coincidence? Good timing? Massively implausible homicidal marketing strategy? “We hoped to inform before, not after, another dangerous pathogen emerged,” explained Pandemic’s producers.
But now that the Covid-19 virus is disrupting global business and behaviour, streamers like Netflix seem to be in a fortunate position. Public gatherings are being discouraged or avoided, including cinema-going. High-profile releases are being postponed, such as the latest James Bond instalment, No Time to Die,...
- 3/12/2020
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Coronavirus is literally and figuratively the hot new thing on everyone’s lips. The Covid-19 virus has rapidly spread around the world, leaving a trail of bodies and social chaos in its wake. With yesterday alone seeing the World Health Organization declaring this an official pandemic, Tom Hanks revealing he’s infected and the President announcing a ban on air travel from Europe, most people are finally realizing that Coronavirus is not “just the flu.”
As such, pandemic and virus-related media has seen an uptick in popularity. Killer virus films Contagion and Outbreak have had their streaming figures rocket and now, Netflix is reporting that their documentary series Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak is snowballing in popularity. The six-part series premiered on the service this January and explores what would happen in the event of a future flu pandemic. And frankly, it’s pretty frightening.
Rather ominously, the show...
As such, pandemic and virus-related media has seen an uptick in popularity. Killer virus films Contagion and Outbreak have had their streaming figures rocket and now, Netflix is reporting that their documentary series Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak is snowballing in popularity. The six-part series premiered on the service this January and explores what would happen in the event of a future flu pandemic. And frankly, it’s pretty frightening.
Rather ominously, the show...
- 3/12/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
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