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The film opens on a quiet black screen punctured by a single sound: a woman coughing.
Its not just nervous throat-clearing.
This is a heavy, phlegmatic cough, one that telegraphs with zero doubt that this person issick.
The movie numbered among thetop-ten filmsrentedon iTunesearlier this week, after experiencing a surge inGoogle searchesandTwitter mentions.
Nor did its overriding ethos of respect for, and trust in, traditional institutions.
InContagion, however, the bureaucrats are the heroes.
Three to five times every waking minute.
In between, were touching doorknobs, water fountains, elevator buttons … and each other.
In 2011, this seemed possible.
But in 2020, this kind of well-functioning government seems like science fiction.
Nearly two years ago, the Trump administrationcut 80 percentof the CDCs epidemic-prevention efforts worldwide.
Then the administrationdiverted fundsfrom the CDC budget to house detained migrant children.
The idea of such an easy, structured ending is borderline comical.
