Cinema Junkie

'Contagion' Film As Teaching Tool For Coronavirus Pandemic


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UC San Diego professor Joel Wertheim uses the 2011 Steven Soderbergh film "Contagion" to teach a class every fall in epidemiology because it is so accurate in depicting a global pandemic. I talk to Wertheim about viruses and what we might be able learn from pop culture about dealing with the current coronavirus pandemic.
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Cinema JunkieBy Beth Accomando

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