Scott Burns, Screenwriter of "Contagion," on Predicting A Pandemic
Scott Burns, along with UCLA epidemiologist Anne Rimoin, join host Alexis Madrigal to talk about what the film got right and what unfolded in real life that they could never have predicted.
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Show Notes
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many people looked to the film “Contagion” as a manual for what lay ahead. The movie became a touchstone, and its stars were even enlisted to do a public service announcement about Covid. Now, a year later, the screenwriter of that movie, Scott Burns, along with UCLA epidemiologist Anne Rimoin, join us to talk about what the film got right and what unfolded in real life that they could never have predicted.
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