Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

So It's very interesting, science of the diseases, how pros work in the field, how researchers work... But they pack so much unrelated stuff there! Like there's lots and lots of talks about god, religion, lots of happy family time of every main character there, the actual pandemic related info is only like 10% of the series.

I want to watch it, because I want to learn more about pandemic in a video format, but they stuff it with so much filler, that I'm not sure I can continue..

Too much focus on irrelevant things and personal lives. A bit of context is ok but so many boring details without purpose have ruined this series. Better editing would have done wonders to keep it interesting and engaging.

A good show to watch to make people aware of a situation that can turn into a reality, this show, highlights and shows all of our past mistakes and also make sure to show how to tackle these issues and how to stay cool calm and collected under bad circumstances. This is not acting and this is not made up, this show, are showing us the real and cold world, how people are living. how people are working, dying and much much more. They really highlight the real heroes in our world, and show us how much people are actually working for our greater good. A really good choice to release this show right now because of what situation the world is in right now, this show is eye opening and made me and will probably make others realize aswell how easy it is for us to get ourselfs into such a situation. Make sure to stay quarantined guys!!

Why the focus on the flu? Because in the modern age this is the most dangerous pathogen capable of rapidly spreading across the globe in a matter of weeks, possibly infecting and killing millions. And because it constantly mutates, there is no universal vaccine to stop it. These facts alone should concern anyone.

What's educational about this series is that I did not know the how much of it is zoonotic - e.g. capable of spreading from animal to animal including humans. The current 2019-nCoV that started at a wild meat market in Wuhan is only an example of what's possible with the flu. And that should scare everyone.

First a quick review. This documentary takes on a great topic, then beats the hell out of it. The threat of a pandemic is real and seeing what is being done to help prevent it is interesting and educating. The people who work hard to help prevent widespread disease outbreaks are often motivated altruistically and use science as a main tool. You get to see a lot of this in the show, Which is good, but it tends to be redundant . You also get to see a lot of things you may not be expecting such as personal lives, descriptions of religious beliefs, extracurricular activities, etc. This may not be such a bad thing, but it is done to an extent that leaves the movie jumping between important scientific endeavor within the context of public health, and somewhat disjointed and rather uninteresting topics outside the realm of what the movie claims to be. A "6" is an honest ranking that doesn't pump it up, and doesn't push it too undeservedly low. Next, comments on the widely varying reviews. Because this movie/series Decides to touch on topics and ideas that are outside the realm of public health and safety, many reviewers seem to feel a need to criticize it for going against, or supporting certain political, religious, or other believes. Giving this show a 1/10 or a 10/10 rating is absolutely silly. It seems that anti-vaxers can't stand it because it goes directly against their "beliefs" regardless of reality and science. People giving it a 10 seem to be doing so simply because they don't like that some people gave it a low ranking. If you like good documentaries you'll probably feel it's ok, not great. if you are in public health or science in general, you may like it even more. If you're politically sensitive or anti-vaxer, you probably won't like it.