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Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • 50m
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6.4/10
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Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (2020)
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In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.

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    • Syra Madad
    • Jake Glanville
    • Sarah Ives
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    6.4/10
    2.8K
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    • Stars
      • Syra Madad
      • Jake Glanville
      • Sarah Ives
    • 95User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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      • 1 nomination

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    Syra Madad
    Syra Madad
    • Self - Senior Director, Special Pathogens Program, NYC Health & Hospitals
    Jake Glanville
    Jake Glanville
    • Self - Founding Partner, Chief Science Officer, Distributed Bio
    Sarah Ives
    Sarah Ives
    • Self - Principle Scientist, Distributed Bio…
    Holly Goracke
    Holly Goracke
    • Self - Physician, Chief of Staff, Jefferson County Hospital, OK
    Michel Yao
    Michel Yao
    • Self - Ebola Incident Manager, World Health Organization
    Dinesh Vijay
    Dinesh Vijay
    • Self - Pulmonologist
    Dennis Carroll
    Dennis Carroll
    • Self - Director, Emerging Threats Unit, U.S. Agency for International Development
    Caylan Wagar
    Caylan Wagar
    • Self - Mother & Activist
    Sam Boland
    Sam Boland
    • Self - Project Management Officer, World Health Organization
    Susan Flis
    Susan Flis
    • Self - Retired Nurse
    Ghazi Kayali
    Ghazi Kayali
    • Self - Co-Founder, Human Link
    Anupriya Aggarwal
    Anupriya Aggarwal
    • Self - Medical Resident
    Eve Shapiro
    Eve Shapiro
    • Self - Pediatrics Specialist
    Mike Goracke
    Mike Goracke
    • Self - Holly's Husband
    Elizabeth Steiner Hayward
    Elizabeth Steiner Hayward
    • Self - State Senator, Oregon
    Raghu Sharma
    Raghu Sharma
    • Self - Health Minister, Rajasthan
    Catarina Alonzo Perez
    Catarina Alonzo Perez
    • Self - Felipe Gómez Alonzo's Mother
    Gustavo Rivera
    Gustavo Rivera
    • Self - NY State Senator, 33rd Senate District
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    5/10
    More Reality Show Than Scientific Documentary
    I'm usually pretty generous with my ratings (not to the extreme, but I'll lean one star to the right when in doubt), but this just seemed way off to me. And, yes I watched the whole season. There was virtually very little to zero science. It was mostly a reality show following healthcare providers and researchers. The healthcare providers were just very generic (a doc in a rural community, one in a sort of refugee detainment center, etc.). Some of this was loosely tied to how hard it is to get flu vaccines in and funding in rural communities, but very loosely. If anything it started to feel more politically tied than flu/outbreak/pandemic related.

    The real issue is after watching that entire season, I don't feel like I know that much more about the flu itself. What's being done to create vaccines? Other than one makeshift crew in San Fransisco we know nothing. How exactly does it mutate? Wasn't discussed that I heard. What makes one emergent strain more likely to spread than another? What do the "H" and the "N" along with the corresponding number mean when a virus is labeled? I really don't know.

    Maybe if a reality show following people who work around the flu or work in prevention is what you're expecting you won't be disappointed. But I really was expecting more of a scientific documentary. And, to be honest, I wouldn't have minded the following of their stories if I'd felt I learned more about the flu and how to prevent an outbreak.
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    • Release date
      • January 22, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 流感來襲
    • Production companies
      • XG Productions
      • Netflix
      • Zero Point Zero Production Inc.
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      50 minutes
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