Matt Hancock’s obsession with Contagion ‘helped him inspire civil servants to create jabs rollout’

How Matt Hancock’s obsession with the film Contagion – which sees disease-gripped nations battling for limited vaccine supplies – helped inspire him to prioritise Britain’s jab rollout Former DHSC adviser said Matt Hancock would ‘keep referring to end of the film’ Movie depicted vaccines being handed out using a lottery based on birth dates  The … Read more

Matt Hancock’s obsession with Contagion ‘helped him inspire civil servants to create jabs rollout’

How Matt Hancock’s obsession with the film Contagion – which sees disease-gripped nations battling for limited vaccine supplies – helped inspire him to prioritise Britain’s jab rollout Former DHSC adviser said Matt Hancock would ‘keep referring to end of the film’ Movie depicted vaccines being handed out using a lottery based on birth dates  The … Read more

Jude Law says he was warned during the filming of Contagion that a real pandemic was inevitable

 The 2011 film Contagion now seems eerily prescient when it comes to depicting a modern pandemic, given its parallels to the current COVID-19 outbreak. And the movie’s star Jude Law has addressed the similarities during an interview with GQ on Thursday. ‘There was absolutely the sense that this was going to happen,’ said the 47-year-old … Read more

Viewers accuse ITV of being ‘insensitive’ for airing Contagion, during the ongoing covid-19 crisis

Viewers blast ‘insensitive’ ITV for airing pandemic thriller Contagion during COVID-19 crisis – prompting 160 complaints to Ofcom ITV have been slammed for showing pandemic film Contagion, 2011, last night  Film follows the panic to stop the spread of a new infection that started in China Viewers have commented on the similarities between the film … Read more

Doctor who consulted on the movie ‘Contagion’ reveals he has coronavirus

‘It is miserable’: Doctor who consulted on the movie ‘Contagion’ reveals he has coronavirus Dr. W. Ian Lipkin revealed his coronavirus diagnosis on Fox Business while discussing the impact of the virus on society Lipkin pushed back against President Trump’s Easter deadline to reopen the U.S.  Lipkin wants the U.S. to continue practicing social distancing … Read more

Doctor who consulted on the movie ‘Contagion’ reveals he has coronavirus

‘It is miserable’: Doctor who consulted on the movie ‘Contagion’ reveals he has coronavirus Dr. W. Ian Lipkin revealed his coronavirus diagnosis on Fox Business while discussing the impact of the virus on society Lipkin pushed back against President Trump’s Easter deadline to reopen the U.S.  Lipkin wants the U.S. to continue practicing social distancing … Read more