How realistic are pandemic films?

The article published in VICE explores how close we are to the dystopias depicted in pandemic films.

Division researcher and UCL Pro-Vice-Provost International, Professor Deenan Pillay, and Dr Jennifer Rohn (UCL Division of Medicine) provide a fact check on three pandemic films - 'Outbreak', 'Contagion' and '28 Days Later'.

Links

• Read the full article on the VICE website
• Profile: Professor Deenan Pillay
• Twitter: @DeenanDPillay
• Profile: Dr Jennifer Rohn
• UCL Division of Medicine

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Secret Cinema presents 28 Days Later. Credit: Mike Massaro via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)