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How to Survive a Pandemic

Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken.

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David France

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Public Square Films,HBO Documentary Films,Impact Partners,Sandbox Films

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2 wins & 2 nominations

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[upbeat piano music playing] - How to Survive a Pandemic

[upbeat piano music playing]

Conventional wisdom
is that a vaccine for COVID-19 - How to Survive a Pandemic

Conventional wisdom is that a vaccine for COVID-19

But the organizers
of Warp Speed - How to Survive a Pandemic

But the organizers of Warp Speed

- It's called
Operation Warp Speed. - How to Survive a Pandemic

- It's called Operation Warp Speed.

- I am really confident
that our team - How to Survive a Pandemic

- I am really confident that our team

- So you're thinking
over the next few months, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- So you're thinking over the next few months,

- Pardon?
- No, we'll face the-- - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Pardon? - No, we'll face the--

- Would you make sure you get
the president the information - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Would you make sure you get the president the information

I mean, I like the sound
of a couple of months better, - How to Survive a Pandemic

I mean, I like the sound of a couple of months better,

Couldn't tell you the stories
I've filed this week. - How to Survive a Pandemic

Couldn't tell you the stories I've filed this week...

- I just think we're fucked
on so many levels. - How to Survive a Pandemic

- I just think we're fucked on so many levels.

We all have
exactly the same goal: - How to Survive a Pandemic

We all have exactly the same goal:

We're just scared that science
will be steamrolled. - How to Survive a Pandemic

We're just scared that science will be steamrolled.

The institutions which you
have previously trusted, - How to Survive a Pandemic

The institutions which you have previously trusted,

The administration can perturb
those federal agencies, - How to Survive a Pandemic

The administration can perturb those federal agencies,

There are a lot of people
worried about this, Jon. - How to Survive a Pandemic

There are a lot of people worried about this, Jon.

- So one hopeful sign to me
is that we have Peter Marks - How to Survive a Pandemic

- So one hopeful sign to me is that we have Peter Marks

- I'm trying to capture
a behind-the-scenes feeling - How to Survive a Pandemic

- I'm trying to capture a behind-the-scenes feeling

- And I'd like
to learn the story - How to Survive a Pandemic

- And I'd like to learn the story

It was--the idea
was doing things precisely, - How to Survive a Pandemic

It was--the idea was doing things precisely,

That's why I just thought
of Warp Speed, - How to Survive a Pandemic

That's why I just thought of Warp Speed,

- You have a lot of pride
in the FDA, obviously, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- You have a lot of pride in the FDA, obviously,

- My sense is you also feel
a sense of responsibility - How to Survive a Pandemic

- My sense is you also feel a sense of responsibility

- So if Trump takes over
and says, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- So if Trump takes over and says,

Probably hand in my resignation - How to Survive a Pandemic

Probably hand in my resignation

- I hope you'd come to me also
and let me do a story... - How to Survive a Pandemic

- I hope you'd come to me also and let me do a story...

- Yeah, well,
but that's why I've been-- - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Yeah, well, but that's why I've been--

- We're trying to make sure
that the public has confidence - How to Survive a Pandemic

- We're trying to make sure that the public has confide...

Public health agencies
are dropping like flies - How to Survive a Pandemic

Public health agencies are dropping like flies

We care about making sure - How to Survive a Pandemic

We care about making sure

Look, we're here in large part
because of science, - How to Survive a Pandemic

Look, we're here in large part because of science,

- Behind the chairs. - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Behind the chairs.

- The question of whether - How to Survive a Pandemic

- The question of whether

It's also critical
for epidemiologic modelling - How to Survive a Pandemic

It's also critical for epidemiologic modelling

- Every day, the first thing
he does when he wakes up - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Every day, the first thing he does when he wakes up

He thought that this
was gonna be a major pandemic. - How to Survive a Pandemic

He thought that this was gonna be a major pandemic.

[tense music] - How to Survive a Pandemic

- So I'm measuring
nanodrop RNA concentrations, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- So I'm measuring nanodrop RNA concentrations,

- This is just
three weeks after one shot, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- This is just three weeks after one shot,

- It will remain to be seen
in a clinical trial - How to Survive a Pandemic

- It will remain to be seen in a clinical trial

The primary goal is to show
that the new intervention - How to Survive a Pandemic

The primary goal is to show that the new intervention

- [speaking Portuguese] - How to Survive a Pandemic

- [speaking Portuguese]

[siren blaring] - How to Survive a Pandemic

[siren blaring]

- We started our trial
in Brazil at the end of May. - How to Survive a Pandemic

- We started our trial in Brazil at the end of May.

We don't want
to be out there on our own, - How to Survive a Pandemic

We don't want to be out there on our own,

[soft music] - How to Survive a Pandemic

All of that sounds encouraging. - How to Survive a Pandemic

All of that sounds encouraging.

We, the University of Oxford,
will not make a profit - How to Survive a Pandemic

We, the University of Oxford, will not make a profit

- Bye. - How to Survive a Pandemic

I think this is a time
to address - How to Survive a Pandemic

I think this is a time to address

- As case numbers spike
around the world, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- As case numbers spike around the world,

- The fastest route
to ending the pandemic - How to Survive a Pandemic

- The fastest route to ending the pandemic

[dramatic orchestral music] - How to Survive a Pandemic

[dramatic orchestral music]

- So the goal is to try
to have 20% coverage - How to Survive a Pandemic

- So the goal is to try to have 20% coverage

That should be enough
to at least dampen - How to Survive a Pandemic

That should be enough to at least dampen

So we're asking
the wealthy countries - How to Survive a Pandemic

So we're asking the wealthy countries

- So one of the things
I'm curious, Seth, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- So one of the things I'm curious, Seth,

- Don't bullshit me, man.
- [laughs] - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Don't bullshit me, man. - [laughs]

We don't want
to wait five years - How to Survive a Pandemic

We don't want to wait five years

If you want to go back
to commerce, tourism, trade, - How to Survive a Pandemic

If you want to go back to commerce, tourism, trade,

What we have to get people
to understand - How to Survive a Pandemic

What we have to get people to understand

I think the world
is waking up to that, - How to Survive a Pandemic

I think the world is waking up to that,

- There is no nation
that has been or will be - How to Survive a Pandemic

- There is no nation that has been or will be

We will dwarf every nation - How to Survive a Pandemic

We will dwarf every nation

But it is also imperative
that when we do that, - How to Survive a Pandemic

But it is also imperative that when we do that,

It's not political.
It is science-based. - How to Survive a Pandemic

It's not political. It is science-based.

And what we
have seen demonstrated - How to Survive a Pandemic

And what we have seen demonstrated

[siren blaring] - How to Survive a Pandemic

[siren blaring]

- We are by far
the largest contributor - How to Survive a Pandemic

- We are by far the largest contributor

- When there are cracks
at national level - How to Survive a Pandemic

- When there are cracks at national level

The Trump administration - How to Survive a Pandemic

The Trump administration

- COVID-19 is forcing
all of us to live in new ways, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- COVID-19 is forcing all of us to live in new ways,

And it still is surreal to
have someone here one moment, - How to Survive a Pandemic

And it still is surreal to have someone here one moment,

He went into
respiratory distress - How to Survive a Pandemic

He went into respiratory distress

We're just gonna try to keep
as many as people as possible - How to Survive a Pandemic

We're just gonna try to keep as many as people as possi...

- It infected
my brother-in-law, - How to Survive a Pandemic

- It infected my brother-in-law,

They literally were gasping
for their last breath. - How to Survive a Pandemic

They literally were gasping for their last breath.

- This pain
that the disease leaves - How to Survive a Pandemic

- This pain that the disease leaves

Allegheny County
reported 1,470 new cases - How to Survive a Pandemic

Allegheny County reported 1,470 new cases

So we're accounting
for nearly half - How to Survive a Pandemic

So we're accounting for nearly half

In other words,
we're breaking records - How to Survive a Pandemic

In other words, we're breaking records

We have to look
at these communities - How to Survive a Pandemic

We have to look at these communities

It is time to...
[speaking indistinctly] - How to Survive a Pandemic

It is time to... [speaking indistinctly]

Why say fuck a doctor
who's telling-- - How to Survive a Pandemic

Why say fuck a doctor who's telling--

- Fauci's a disaster. - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Fauci's a disaster.

[laughter] - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Well, this
is just disturbing to hear. - How to Survive a Pandemic

- Well, this is just disturbing to hear.

- This war on science,
Dr. Fauci. - How to Survive a Pandemic

- This war on science, Dr. Fauci.

So this is an attempt
to make a time capsule, - How to Survive a Pandemic

So this is an attempt to make a time capsule,

What's happening right now
so that we can look back on it - How to Survive a Pandemic

What's happening right now so that we can look back on ...

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Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken.

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Director: David France

Writer: David France, Tyler H. Walk

Production: Public Square Films,HBO Documentary Films,Impact Partners,Sandbox Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 64/100

ImdbRating: 5.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 29 Mar 2022

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/how-to-survive-a-pandemic