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Ebola Is Back. Hantavirus Is Spreading. Time to Watch These Movies.

2026-05-25 News & Politics
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Ebola is back. Hantavirus is spreading. So Sonny Bunch and Jonathan Cohn revisited three pandemic "classics"—And the Band Played On, Contagion, and Outbreak—to see which one we're actually living in. Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

Top Comments (10)

@Etannl 2026-05-25

We were going to funerals several times a week. I will never get over that. We even helped friends to die. A dark and evil time that marked many of us forever, certainly to this day.

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@danm9006 2026-05-25

The only part of Contagion that they didn't anticipate was the resistance to the vaccine in the real-world.

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@JamesBurroughs-x7c 2026-05-25

The AIDS quilt that traveled the country was incredibly moving to see a tangible object that symbolized the lives of so many people and how expansive it was.

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@ladyaurelia1099 2026-05-25

We now have the beginnings of a TB tuberculosis outbreak in South Dakota and the panhandle of Nebraska. No one is reporting or even talking about it. By the time it does, it will be truly tragic. Please protect yourself.

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@dianek.851 2026-05-25

Listening to you, made me do a rapid reflection on my 25 years as a critical care nurse. Every virus, hiv, covid, west Nile, shingles I saw. The most deaths were from covid, which many didn't need to occur.

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@NancyJanitz 2026-05-25

The most important thing is that the people who had the disease were pushed out of society and the Movie “ Philadelphia “was the first film that made the audience realize how important this was.

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@LMorganReynolds 2026-05-25

HIV+ funerals most every week and the silence was deafening 😢

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@VintageFLA 2026-05-25

This cultural feature on the Bulwark is very interesting. Thanks, please do more.

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@katyelder.5 2026-05-25

" They want us all to die " - Hawk Podcasts

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@bean-pod 2026-05-27

Contagion was way ahead of its time. The blowing on the dice scene, picking up someone elses virus infected cellphone, touching the elevator button, the hand rungs on buses, infected kids going to school (super spreader events), touching your face "100xs an hour" -- great golden nuggets that stayed long after the film ended

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