Skip the next two paragraphs if you dont want to read any plot spoilers. Coronavirus outbreak is playing out like contagion film. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic. The chain of contagion involving bats and pigs is reminiscent of the trail of the nipah virus which infects cells in the respiratory and nervous systems, the same cells as the virus in the movie that originated in malaysia in 1997, which similarly involved the disturbance of a bat colony by deforestation. Bulldozers are heard cutting down trees that are a habitat for bats, those bats move on eating and excreting fruit and dropping it into a pig pen.
I just re watched this awesome movie, and i realized something. The virus circles the globe in a matter of days, causing coughs, fevers and seizures as scientists from the world health organization and the u. Separating fact from fiction in the movie contagion the cornell. I also love and the band played on, milk and zodiac.
A bat, which is carrying the virus, with a banana piece on its mouth, flies in. In this clip, they have shown what caused the epidemic. When the dead stay dead its easy to track a disease, contain the outbreak, and secure a cure. Somewhere, somehow, the wrong bat met up with the wrong pig, says dr. Contagion had three key sources of inspiration, which help us reasonably determine the likely source of the bat s exposure to a virus. The hit movie contagion depicts a nightmare scenario. The movie s ending scene is revealed to be day one of the mev1 outbreak.
A bat, which is carrying the virus, with a banana piece on its mouth. By the end of the film, chaos reigns and the diseases death toll has. The wrong pig met up with the wrong bat, a scientist notes after the genetic makeup of the virus is discovered. Chatter on twitter so many similarities between the movie plot and whats. Henipavirus the unrealistic part is that patient zero was a customer in a r. The mev1 virus in the movie is composed of a bat and pig. I didnt find it on soundcloud, tidal movie in the top 20 was released last year. Its roughly based on nipah virus as its shown originating with flying foxes large fruitbats, infecting pigs on a pig farm built near the jungle, and then to humans.
The bat flies off, takes fruit from a banana plant. One bat takes a bite of a banana, dropping a bit of it into a pig pen. Contagion is now one of the most popular movies on. Contagion and the coronavirus parallels and differences. Then at the end they show a bat eating something then going in the pig stall dropping it. At the end of contagion, a flashback sequence reveals the origin of the disease.
We see the pig get sold and prepared by the chef that holds hands. It shows a logging company disturbing a bat, which flies out of the forest and into a pig. In the film contagion, a bat virus finds its way into a pig and then into an. How the movie contagion predicted the 2020 coronavirus crisis. How contagion suddenly became the most urgent movie of 2020 steven soderberghs 2011 pandemic procedural has turned into the goto movie for the coronovirus age heres why. Returning from a business trip in hong kong, beth emhoff. What does the movie contagion tell us about coronavirus. Mev1 is actually a hybrid of bat and pig viral strains similar to a pair of wellknown epidemics of recent memory. It turns out to be caused by an interaction between a bat and a pig. The chef shakes hands with her giving her the mix of bat and pig viruses, making the. The plotline of contagion follows the same basic plot line of your runofthemill zombie movie, without the pesky problem of having to deal with the undead.
Then the pig went to a restaurant where the chef prepared it then went to freet goop without washing his hands. Directed by steven soderbergh and starring matt damon, jude law, and more, contagion is about a pandemic that threatens humanity. It shows a logging company disturbing a bat, which flies out of the forest and into a pig farm, carrying a piece of banana. How contagion suddenly became the most urgent movie of 2020.
A virus carried by the bat mixes with a pig virus and mutates. Contagion had three key sources of inspiration, which help us reasonably determine the likely source of the bats exposure to a virus. At the end of the film, notice how a sample of the mev1 virus is stored in a secure medical lab. At the end of the movie, with ominous music in the background again, we see a bat grab some fruit and drop it to the pigs below. At the end of january, because of the current coronavirus outbreak. Contagion was a film released in 2011 about a fictional pandemic of a virus.
The final scene is a flashback showing how the virus was first transmitted. For many, the draw to contagion as their viraloutbreak movie du jour. This scenario from the movie contagion was dreamed up by a columbia university professor of epidemiology, w. Ok watching contagion right now, freaked out bat and. This piece was then taken by a pig which was then sold and slaughtered. Its almost a throwaway statement, until you get to the end.
An aimm alderson bulldozer knocks down a palm tree, sending a group of bats into the air. In contagion, a bat drops a piece of a fruit, which is eaten by a pig. Factchecking contagion, the movie about a global virus. For example, in contagion, a virus is carried from a bat, to a pig, to an animal market, where a chef comes into contact with the infected meat, and then passes it on to the first human infection.
Ally hextall jennifer ehle says, somewhere in the world, the wrong pig met up with the wrong bat. A woman is on her way back to minneapolis from hong kong. How contagion suddenly became the most urgent movie of. Contagion is one of the most popular thrillers on itunes. That has to do with farming practices and wildlife destruction, because bats and pigs dont. The movie saves the origin story of its virus for the last two minutes, when it shows a bulldozer razing trees where bats live to construct a pen for pigs. Im a sucker for documentarystyle movies like contagion. An important case from a scientifically accurate movie for why messing with animal ecosystems, raising pigs without any significant hygienic safeguards in. How the new coronavirus outbreak compares to film contagion. Cmrra, umpg publishing, umpi, bmi broadcast music inc.
The multiple pandemic scares of the 2000s, including sars, bird flu, and swine flu, which serve as a major so. Ok watching contagion right now, freaked out bat and pig flu mutation. The clear correlation between tissuespecific receptor usage and cellular tropism of the viruses and the end organ pathology that is associated with the morbidity and mortality of. She describes the viral sequencing of the mev1, finding evidence of both pig and bat. Contagion movie ending scene bat to man disease transmission movie clip.
Separating fact from fiction in the movie contagion the. What were the origins of the virus in the movie contagion. Makes a new roost above a pig farm, drops a piece of contaminated fruit that the pig eats. Fans of the 2011 movie contagion point out eerie similarities between the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has killed 26 and the matt damon film which did not end well. A colony of bats is frightened by a bulldozer, and one bat thats infected with mev1 settles in a pigsty. The fictional virus reaches humans through a series of animal encounters.
The bulldozer knocks down the tree, disturbing the bats habitat. I tried to hold back but my eyes welled up with tears. When trees were cut down, the bats from the trees flies out. In the movie contagion what role did global traveling have on the spread of this disease. This should be a mustsee movie for the younger generation since it captures the frightening reality of a pandemic and humankinds reaction to it like no movie. That pig is then slaughtered for consumption, passing on a virus to. Contagion was a film released in 2011 about a fictional pandemic of a virus called mev1. Bats were not sold in wuhan markets, but as shown in contagion, they often come into close contact with animals such as pigs and chickens that are sold in those markets. Contagion is a story of an airborne virus that kills within days. They noticed there are traces of bat and pig in the virus dna code so it mostly originated from an infected bat. Its not until the ending scene that we finally see the exact origin of the virus, which shows pigs as the intermediary host instead of snakes. Ending spoiler for contagion 2011, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more.