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Contagion, a 2011 film

  Contagion, a 2011 film Story: I watched the film amidst the Corona outbreak, when I am sitting inside my house and quite scared for my loved ones. The film hits right from the 1 st frame. The virus is too damn similar to this corona which makes the film scarier. The dedication of doctors, father’s fear, riots because of starvation and panic, feelings of a teenager who is locked up in the house, reporters trying to make money, fake news everything is relatable. The situation and all the things happening around it are realistic and intense that you start feeling the pain of every character.  When Dr, Erin explains the epidemic, we feel that she is so damn right and we get the urge to tell them that please listen to her. When she is trying to find out who else is infected and she finds out the guy is on the bus, “Do not touch anyone, I need you to get out of that bus. You might have been infected with a virus and you might be highly contagious.”  And he says, “I have touc...