"The Great Panic" Contagion is a catastrophe

Colleen 2022-03-22 09:01:36

The filming is really good, and I hope that one day China can also make such a film. This is very helpful for people to understand the 2020 Wuhan New Coronary Pneumonia.

In 1967, in the Zaire Valley of Africa, a sudden infectious disease appeared among the American mercenaries. A large number of people died, and so did the residents of the village. The United States sent a military doctor to draw infected blood samples and left, and then the entire camp was bombed with no hair left. , this epidemic is over. The white-faced monkey continued to cry.

Thirty years later, an American young man was entrusted by his employer to capture a white-faced monkey, which happened to be in Zaire, and then returned to the United States through customs. Because it did not meet the buyer's requirements, the buyer did not want it. The young man was on his way home. The little monkey was released into the forest by the roadside. However, the problem started in the buyer's pet store. The little monkey in the store was scratched by the white-faced monkey and was infected, and would soon die. The moment the American youth met his girlfriend, he fell to the ground at the airport. However, the owner of the pet store also fell directly to the ground in his store, and the virus quickly began to spread. The spread is extremely fast and can cause death within 24 hours. Soon, the pet store owner came to the hospital and the doctor was also infected. American young girlfriends and people waiting for the plane were also infected.

Colonel Sam and his colleagues of the Institute of Infectious Diseases of the United States received instructions from their superiors to quickly carry out an investigation. First, they saw patients in the hospital. The patients were all in a small town. The small town spread like a plague. Fang quickly took over and closed down the entire town, allowing only entry but no exit, just like today's Wuhan. Colonel Sam extracted the virus and returned to the institute. After research, it was found that it was very consistent with a virus that occurred 30 years ago, but the difference was that lesions had already occurred. The boss of the colonel knew the inside story. He and his boss dealt with this incident 30 years ago, so the boss planned to transfer Sam, ordered Sam to go to Mexico, and then sent Sam's ex-wife to take charge of the epidemic.

Of course Sam didn't do it, and he couldn't disobey the military order, but he knew that the boss was wrong, so he and his ex-wife carried out an investigation and research. The boss sent someone to develop a vaccine a long time ago. After the epidemic spread on a large scale in the town, the boss sent someone to use the vaccine for the patient, but it didn't work, but the little monkey of the shop owner was useful, which means that the little monkey The monkeys were exposed to the provirus, that is, the host that had been exposed to the virus. Meanwhile, Sam's co-workers and ex-wife both contract the virus, time is in jeopardy, and the military wants to completely destroy the town, just like 30 years ago. Sam took his assistant to investigate quickly, looking for the host, and finally found the host after unremitting efforts, which is the African white-faced monkey. As a result, Sam and his assistants quickly developed antibodies and injected them into the patient. In this way, the infectious disease was contained.

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Outbreak quotes

  • [Jimbo is calling up Rudy about the monkey]

    Rudy Alvarez: When did you get it?

    Jimbo Scott: Just today, Rudy. We still on?

    Rudy Alvarez: Yeah, he still wants it.

    Jimbo Scott: Great. Great.

  • [Jimbo prepares to leave the lab with the monkey He approaches a gate. A guard walks up]

    Biotest Guard: [hearing the monkey chattering] Oh, I see. So your ship came in again, eh, Jimbo?

    Jimbo Scott: Our ship, Neil.

    [laughs]

    Biotest Guard: Our ship.

    Jimbo Scott: [pulls out some money] Africa, land of great beauty and untold riches.

    [Jimbo hands the money to the guard]

    Biotest Guard: Absolutely untold.

    Jimbo Scott: Keep it that way.

    [the guard opens the gate]

    Jimbo Scott: [taking off] Take care.