Contagion
Mentioned as an example of a movie depicting a gain-of-function study that made a virus more transmissible and fatal.
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Videos Mentioning Contagion
#160 - Paul Offit, MD: Latest on COVID-19 vaccines and their safety, herd immunity, & viral variants
Peter Attia MD
Mentioned as an example of a movie depicting a gain-of-function study that made a virus more transmissible and fatal.
Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship | Lex Fridman Podcast #161
Lex Fridman
A film that depicted a global pandemic, cited as a prophetic warning by Jeff Skoll before COVID-19 hit.
The Random Show: Boozy Quarantine Edition!
Tim Ferriss
A movie about a pandemic, discussed for its relevance to current events.
Dan Kokotov: Speech Recognition with AI and Humans | Lex Fridman Podcast #151
Lex Fridman
A movie cited as an example of how films often depict highly competent government, contrasting with real-world bureaucratic incompetence.
Dmitry Korkin: Computational Biology of Coronavirus | Lex Fridman Podcast #90
Lex Fridman
A movie whose fictional MeV-1 virus and outbreak scenario was modeled by Dmitry Korkin's students, based on scientific details embedded in the film.
How Should We Respond To Coronavirus: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis (Episode #190)
Sam Harris
A movie referenced for its plot involving a bat-to-human virus transmission and a character selling a cure, used as an analogy for the unfolding pandemic.
In the Groves of Misinformation: A Conversation with Zeynep Tufekci (Episode #233)
Sam Harris
A fictional film about a pandemic, mentioned by Tufekci as an example of how pandemics are often misunderstood in popular culture.