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The Pied Piper of Hamelin in real life and in the movies

February 25th, 2020 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

The most despicable character in the film “Contagion” (2011) is not the virus (which, as a piece of nucleic acid, is not even alive so it can’t be evil), but Alan Krumwiede (portrayed by Jude Law), a conspiracy theorist who makes a killing (quite literally) out of a viral pandemic. For many years I have been more aware than many of how many Krumwiedes there are all over.  I truly appreciate that in the film he and his awful methods are described so realistically.  “Have you heard of Forsythia?” There are some excellent articles in the media about the new almost-but-not-quite coronavirus pandemic (as of today, 2/25/2020).   Watch the movie…

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