The Hill News

            The promos for the movie Contagion, the No. 1 box office hit last weekend, a thriller about the deadly spread of a killer virus and scientists’ race to stop it, is full of frightful scenes. One shows the shocked faces of Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow. Another part flashes these words: “One touch. Transmission.”
Then: “One contact. Contagion.”
Fear and stars sell Hollywood movies, and Contagion has plenty of both. As people walk out of theaters after watching this movie, they will wonder: Could this happen? And if it could, how does the world prepare for such a chilling reality of an unchecked killer virus moving from person to person, city to city, country to country, infecting millions, maybe a billion?

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