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I couldn't stop thinking about what could go wrong for us. The "Red Dawn"
emails would be full of warnings
and recommendations from experts
in pandemic response. But politicians failed
to recognize that there were lessons
to be learned. There's never been anything
like this in history. There's never been and nobody
has ever seen anything like this. Nothing could be
further from the truth. To be ready for the perils
of the future, all one had to do
is look clearly at the past. In 1918,
in the midst of war, influenza marched across the
earth from country to country. Epidemic lurked everywhere. To ward off contagion, special
precautions were taken
emails would be full of warnings
and recommendations from experts
in pandemic response. But politicians failed
to recognize that there were lessons
to be learned. There's never been anything
like this in history. There's never been and nobody
has ever seen anything like this. Nothing could be
further from the truth. To be ready for the perils
of the future, all one had to do
is look clearly at the past. In 1918,
in the midst of war, influenza marched across the
earth from country to country. Epidemic lurked everywhere. To ward off contagion, special
precautions were taken
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I couldn't stop thinking about
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what could go wrong for us.
00:00:07.073 --> 00:00:09.991
The "Red Dawn"
emails would be full
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of warnings
and recommendations
00:00:10.576 --> 00:00:13.001
from experts
in pandemic response.
00:00:13.112 --> 00:00:15.481
But politicians failed
to recognize
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that there were lessons
to be learned.
00:00:17.984 --> 00:00:20.687
There's never been anything
like this in history.
00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:22.755
There's never been and nobody
has ever seen anything
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like this.
00:00:24.099 --> 00:00:27.527
Nothing could be
further from the truth.
00:00:27.561 --> 00:00:29.797
To be ready for the perils
of the future,
00:00:29.083 --> 00:00:33.133
all one had to do
is look clearly at the past.
00:00:33.166 --> 00:00:36.437
In 1918,
in the midst of war,
00:00:36.469 --> 00:00:39.839
influenza marched across the
earth from country to country.
00:00:39.872 --> 00:00:42.809
Epidemic lurked everywhere.
00:00:42.842 --> 00:00:46.001
To ward off contagion, special
precautions were taken.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
