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In concert with tomorrow’s opening of the movie Contagion, Takepart.com – the digital division of Participant Media (which is one of the primary backers and promoters of the film) - has released a terrific fast-paced and very clever 2-minute video on How a Virus Changes the World.
Contagion is meant to be more than just a profitable summer blockbuster, the producers also hope it will help educate the public about the very real threat posed by future pandemics.
So along with the movie, Participant Media has been actively promoting pandemic preparedness.
For more info about the movie, and pandemics in general, you can visit Take Part’s Contagion Page.
There you will find a variety of interactive activities, profiles and videos of famous virus hunters Nathan Wolfe and Dr. Larry Brilliant, along with features on the disease detectives of the CDC’s EIS (Epidemic Intelligence Service), and links to their social action campaign partners.
Regular readers of AFD are already familiar with Nathan Wolfe and Dr. Larry Brilliant, as both been the subject of a number of blogs, including:
Google Donates 14M To Combat Next Pandemic
TED Talks And Dr. Nathan Wolfe
Nathan Wolfe: Virus Hunter
And for a fascinating in-depth look at the disease detectives of the CDC’s EIS, I can heartily recommend Maryn McKenna’s 2004 non-fiction book Beating Back The Devil.
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