Contagion - Mears' Death

[@willm678]

Her death is one of the saddest movie deaths for me. Showing her laying there on that makeshift bed; her last act is one of kindness, and then cutting to a shot of her laying there, dead on the ground. No crying. No big scene. Just a quiet death - buried among the many others who died just the same.

[@hristianmarinov2428]

I absolutely agree, definitely one of the saddest movie deaths!

[@somedude1742]

Yeah

[@moxiemaxie3543]

We sleep on mattresses not beds.Its like shoes with sub types. Boots , sneaker sandals... The mattress shes passing on is called a hospital cot😢

[@willm678]

@@moxiemaxie3543 You know what I meant though. There’s no need to provide a patronizing correction to something that didn’t even need to be corrected in the first place.

[@mr.monsoon1719]

Dr. Mears character embodies the unrecognized heroes in the medical field saving lives and sometimes giving their own in the process

[@Kat-lg9zm]

In her new show her name is Mare also

[@86Miguelisimo]

You don't know how many times I do this. I am in the medical field and I do not ask for a thanks, however I beg for everyone to lisent to us when we are warning you to please stay home.

[@whogoestherification]

Look up Carlo Urbani. He’s the reason I went into healthcare. So many unsung heroes…

[@AirShark95]

Mears' character was based on the real-life doctor Carlo Urbani who did amazing work during the 2003 SARS epidemic but sadly contracted the virus and passed away. Her character was created to pay homage to all the selfless health care workers that are willing to sacrifice theit lives to save the rest of us. Carlo Urbani, Li Wenliang, Matthew Lukwiya and countless other doctors, nurses and scientists have paid the ultimate sacrifice just like Dr. Mears in the movie. I think it is fair we remember them and remind ourselves that because of people like them we can come home everyday to our families in good health and in good spirit.

[@LogicA002]

That's nice info you got there, thanks!

[@costaa5344]

Beautifully said 💜

[@Lydia.94]

Thank you from all of us health care workers for your appreciation of our work.. I sadly contracted the coronavirus 1 month ago as well as I work in a hospital as a nurse.. but I never stopped fighting, and now I will go back to work to save more people who sadly have this terrific virus. I was lucky that nothing bad happened to me.

[@LogicA002]

@@Lydia.94Wow, your like a hero! 👍 Thanks to all of you going out there in the crossfire to save others.

[@Lydia.94]

LogicA002 Thank you very much! I couldn’t do any other job, saving other people is my purpose

[@patsfreak]

It seems sad for her to be buried in a mass grave... but its seemingly poetic. She died trying to save people and now she lays down with those she tried to protect but couldn't.

[@Crypton16]

Aside from the last scene of this movie, this was honestly the scariest part of the movie. Here we had a seemingly central character in the movie doing heroic work of being on the frontline. And then she contracts the virus and dies before getting buried in a mass grave like a nobody. It points to both a fragility of life but also how we are mere dots in this world of billions even when we are the central character of our own story.

[@Pandora234able]

That’s all any public servant should want. They’re human too.

[@aquarius4884]

@@Crypton16 well depends on how popular you get exactly, when people like Micheal Jackson die. The world stops for a moment to pay respect.

[@enzov9772]

Captain goes down with the ship

[@JARZ101]

@@aquarius4884 and then nothing

[@ech0741]

I really liked her as a character it’s so sad that she died...

[@fluflammer1]

John Mann name of the doctor?

[@coolmt8996]

@@fluflammer1 Carlo Urbani I believe.

[@lokisg3]

Sadly, the doctors that work at hospital for corvid-19 patients end up getting it and few of them died from it.

[@sphansel3257]

Iceberg right ahead Smooches jack

[@kohtalainenalias]

Like Ned Stark

[@DudeTheGasmask]

Sad scene. Even in her final moments she tried to help someone else by trying to give her jacket to the man asking for more blankets.

[@Demetrius4278ddfgg8]

The world doesn't deserve women like her.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

In their last moments people show you who they really are. And she shows she’s a selfless angel that used her last breath to help someone else.

[@seraphik]

@Froggy Noddy Have you seen the healthcare workers fighting the current epidemic? SMH...

[@seraphik]

@Froggy Noddy ohhh i get it. you're one of those. go fuck yourself, you waste of air. I'm done with this conversation.

[@PC.NickRowan]

@@seraphik "one of those", care to explain what your category of dehumanization is? If he literally shared with you what may likely be a factual piece of information, it's probably worth yours and everyone elses time.

[@D.M.S.]

Her work saved countless lifes. Her character stands for so many like her, that die identifying new pathogens and containing new outbreaks. They know exactly what risk they take and do it anyway. Unsung heroes if you ask me.

[@itiswhatitisbitch]

I'm not sure she saved a single person.

[@gustavovalladares5296]

@@itiswhatitisbitch She prepared the place where the sick would be contained in that area (where she finally died), traced the guy on the bus in order for him to stop spreading (although he had already infected many people), was constantly with Emhoff (Matt Damon) to understand more of what happened to his wife too. Even when she realized she was sick, the first thing she did, instead of asking for help, was to talk with all the people she had contact with, in order to inform and tell them to isolate. Those meaningful actions definitely saved lives.

[@D.M.S.]

@@gustavovalladares5296 I currently do a similar Job in Germany with the Corona outbreak. It is pretty stressful, but it really helps the society. It is not much, but I'm happy I can help.

[@paradoxicaljoy4923]

I remember seeing this film in theaters when I was in middle school with my father and thinking nothing of it... Now it's one of the most terrifying films I've ever seen. Talk about aging like a fine wine.

[@calisongbird]

Paradoxical Joy you thought nothing of it because you didn’t realize this film and several like it were based on real predictions and forecasts by scientists. The alarm bells have been ringing for at least 25 years. Books, conferences, articles, lectures, movies, scientific think tanks..... we knew it was only a matter of time. But our incompetent President Trump bungled the response, and now tens of thousands are dying. As of today, 4/11/20, the U.S. COVID-19 death rate is the highest of any country in the world - surpassing even Italy and China.

[@da96103]

@@calisongbird Of all the American presidential terms that the coronavirus could have overlapped, the virus wants to come when Trump was on. Virus is smarter than we think.

[@chrisyu327]

Never expect the story of this film can happen in the real world. Slap in the face!

[@AutoSia]

Her death was the saddest tbh. I really liked her character.

[@somedude1742]

Yeah same she was probably my favorite character besides Matt Damon's character

[@carolynwertelecki698]

Man, this scene is so heartbreaking. She gives her last amount of strength to comfort the man next to her.

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

She is an angel that died with the people. A truly selfless person that puts herself at the front until the end. Sad that she could save others from death but not herself.

[@bernardbass8553]

Its ironic how she told the guy who has the flowers to stop touching his face or he will contact the disease & she ends up dying and he lives.

[@Not-Batman]

Life's a bitch like that sometimes

[@sapphyrus]

The mass grave scene literally happened in New York yesterday.

[@shubo4478]

sapphyrus really? I like in the U.K. so I have no idea what is going on over there

[@sapphyrus]

Shubro64 TVs have been showing it recently.

[@da96103]

At Central Park?

[@pfumero627]

sapphyrus My heart goes out to the victims in NY!

[@adiksadiatabs]

@@da96103 Hart Island

[@diverseuniverseyt320]

R.I.P. to all the NHS workers that sadly died while working to stop Coronavirus. :(

[@saabirchaudhry2545]

My father died on may 25 he was a doctor I can feel the pain who lost their loved ones to Covid💔

[@vivek181]

I m sorry for your loss . He is the hero and God at the same

[@saabirchaudhry2545]

@@vivek181 thanks

[@_liveandsmile_]

My uncle died in ICU he was only 48 years old by covid 19 ! He left his last breath 🕯️ at 30/12/21 !!! Its a shame !! I really miss him !!! I thought that he would return home but this never happened after 50 days in hospital and 39 in ICU

[@patrickblake123]

*Hugs*

[@_liveandsmile_]

@@patrickblake123 Yesterday died and also my grandfather after 4 mounths fronm covid 19 in ICU this so sad and hard i cant continue !!!

[@SubTonic]

Fuck me, this scene hits hard. She's one of the best characters and the one everyone is rooting for. We all get terrified when she starts coughing, but most viewers will assume she'll make it because she's a main character and her cause is heroic. But the virus doesn't care. It gets inside and destroys her like it would anybody else. This movie is horrific in its realism.

[@genesis5440]

This movie has and will always be relevant. Be careful out here.

[@Hashpotato]

Such a powerful and tragic scene. A new virus does not discriminate... To all the healthcare workers who lost their lives trying to protect others may they RIP.

[@m_axj]

Her character served to highlight how ANYONE can be affected, it doesn't matter who you are or how much of a good protagonist you are, it kills.

[@Bhethar]

During the pandemic this Italian priest in his 60s who was in the ICU insisted and almost forced the nurse to take him off the respirator so they could use it to save a young kid who got sick. How many people did this heroic gestures and no one will ever know. The best of humanity only shines in the darkest of time.

[@blackjester9888]

:( :( :( her last action was trying to give a man her jacket to keep him warm. Died while still thinking about others before herself....

[@SyrupBuccaneer]

Kate Winslet was good in this film, but what was GREAT was the soundtrack. I listen to it often. It actually helped put me through school.

[@somedude1742]

The soundtrack is one of the best I've heard!

[@zachflame123]

A powerful scene. I saw this movie in theaters with my mother in 2011. This scene, and the autopsy scene, really shook me. Soderbergh is a great director

[@hamthehamster1892]

dude this movie was just a bunch of twists. for some reason i really thought she was going to make it, even though we knew the mortality rate of the disease before the vaccine. i guess i kind of assumed that, because she was a main character - because she was the _good guy_ - she would make it. but seeing her dumped in the mass grave with all the others just showed how forgettable and indifferent she is in the eyes of a pandemic.

[@mircorizza5609]

This scene it's like the graves in NYC during the catastrophic Covid-19

[@shannane5171]

First thing I thought of but them mass graves are for the people who didn't have funeral plans/ family can't afford a funeral

[@cheistopher7829]

I don't know why this scene is so significant, but it is the most vivid scene that sticks with me. Even though Paltrow's death is more aggressive and explicit with suffering.

[@adamlone5548]

Probably because Mears was a righteous character, whereas Paltrow's character was an adulterous trollop. When we see bad things happen to rotten people, we appreciate the karma and move on with our lives. But seeing something horrible happen to a good person, especially a heroic one like Mears, can really shake us to the core. This scene really bothered me a lot too!

[@majorevangelism]

@@adamlone5548 Yeah, I'd probably wouldn't say that cheaters and their children deserve a painful death. Regardless, she got infected day 1.

[@sharktoof1]

In their last moments, people show you who they truly are.

[@lukatombraider12]

I was so bummed to see her die, especially after she tried to give her jacket to the guy next to her 😢😢😢

[@rejeanlevell1391]

Check Out the titanic soundtrack song called “hard to star board. “ The beginning of the song within two minutes is the sound that we see when this doctor is dying. I think they did it on purpose since she was playing Rose in Titanic.

[@col403]

Exactly how New York is dealing with the covid emergency. This film was ahead of its time. Stay at home and help our health care workers

[@DakaONER94]

It wasn’t ahead of its time, we get hit with novel viruses every century and on average one of them is a world pandemic. People acting like corona virus is a new situation when humanity has been dealing with deadly viruses since we’ve been on earth. How do you think the research for this film was done

[@denntit]

@@DakaONER94 yet people still don't learn and keep assuming that this is normal. Is it?

[@abes3925]

DakaONER94 but it did accurately show what would happen in present time.

[@DakaONER94]

@@denntit its as normal as earthquakes volcanoes and tsunamis

[@bentstrider]

Makes me wonder if legit mass graves like this were properly marked and documented. Or if in the middle of the chaos, identification was skipped and centuries later, it's all an anonymous, archaeological find.

[@CountryCowboy008]

This movie really reflects what's happening in our pandemic - even this scene, front line personnel are dying trying to figure out the disease.

[@URProductions]

Two years on and there were no mass graves. No need for field hospitals. And NO, the fucking lockdowns didn't help anything. Covid-19 was a criminal over-reaction.

[@MasterBuilderDragon]

It breaks my heart that her last action was to try and give a freezing man her coat.

[@Mio248]

This was my favorite scene out of the whole movie. This was personally for me like a turning point in the film where I thought, “damn this is like a real moment here.” Then 2020 happened.

[@hedonisticvoidposter6796]

My mom died from covid in 2021, this movie hits hard, after watching this, I just realized the big impact this has done to many of us, the last thing she ever said to me was “I love you”.

[@deltonwilliams2454]

My grandma died from this virus back in 2021

[@arresttedrosadhanom741]

The director/writer of this movie definetly had a time machine and travelled to 2020.

[@lyanniegv.8408]

Omg those mass graves look exactly like the ones in New York right now.

[@molecularjig]

The message I hope everyone sees is that scientists do science do because they care about people. Dr. Mears' final act was the same as every act we see in the movie: helping people every way she knows how. About her dying alone and how unfair it is, I hope people see the point that viruses are not fair and that we all depend on each other to keep us safe.

[@Lone_Wolf91]

She didn’t die alone she died with the people she was trying to save.

[@nicholashallak8793]

Really puts you in the shoes as to what it might feel like to be a covid patient in their last hours

[@rakeshmuthyala4229]

Wtf This movie predicted everything. The graves, infection and China connection

[@stephy7475]

That is what has been happening to us now.

[@eduesmalo]

the will to protect others before than yourself

[@SirBullet754]

This is one of the saddest scenes i;ve ever seen

[@csic123]

I know. RIP Dr. Erin Mears. 🙏😭

[@somedude1742]

Yes

[@tedanderson8600]

It's the middle of friggin' winter, where did that dude find a bouquet of flowers?

[@morganbrown8538]

Ted Anderson supermarket

[@merdemoiii-7589]

Because film poetry

[@tedanderson8600]

@@chupaxf Sure, but who's growing/tending/picking/binding/selling them in the middle of an epidemic with a 25% fatality rate?

[@stephenraynes2148]

I'm sorry, but does no one else recognize these as clearly plastic/silk fake flowers. Because they definitely are not real. 😏

[@somedude1742]

​@@stephenraynes2148 fr

[@vamsikola2903]

This is the best part of whole movie👌🏻, it says humanity never dies even though we were about to die!

[@davidclark3588]

The music is so beautiful in this scene.

[@djazesshorts]

Very sad scene man, this women give her life for that god damn

[@nasaandtheesa5400]

Personally before this whole pandemic began I never really knew this movie existed,but seeing this while what’s going on in the real world just makes this movie a whole lot more depressing...

[@MrRepoman197]

Let's all hope coronavirus doesn't get this bad!

[@felixbonneau1834]

It won't, mev-1 is like a deadlier version of SARS, but as infectious as the coronavirus a very vicious disease. Coronavirus is bad enough though, could kill tens of millions of people

[@MrRepoman197]

@@felixbonneau1834 again let's hope thst doesn't happen..... Its bad enough there's no toilet paper left anywhere!

[@felixbonneau1834]

@@MrRepoman197 where I am, after one week of quarantine, there are no toilet paper shortage anymore

[@filip1997andersson]

500k infected possibly a lot more an 25k dead this ain't looking good

[@filip1997andersson]

@@felixbonneau1834 it's because people are dumb and buys up all the toilet paper and the store doesn't have enough to fill up but there's no shortage of paper

[@codybaggett5329]

This and dr. Hextall testing out the vaccine at the risk of her own life to expedite the production process were the two most beautifully selfless moments in the film and we're gorgeously and emotionally executed.

[@ldees4134]

You are seeing this in Italy. 900+ people died yesterday.

[@apollothirteen9236]

I cried watching this scene. She gave her last effect giving the man to keep him warm. The most selfless act someone could do .

[@sjcobra84]

Now that the world is facing the plague in real like, this scene has become even more disturbing than what it really is. 😟

[@tru9437]

R.I.P all the healthcare workers died because of covid from around the world

[@Lone_Wolf91]

Now Jack and Rose are reunited at last.

[@ban66a1]

Sad scene, she was the one who actively looking the suspect or carrier and inform every people are basically infected since the germ, bacteria is on every human hands.

[@RonPaul42069]

Technically viruses aren't bacteria.

[@ggarcia956]

Was she giving him her jacket before she died 😔😭

[@somedude1742]

Yes

[@deltonwilliams2]

My grandma died from the virus 1954 - 2021 😔😇🙏

[@djpetenice]

"Old landscape wreckage . And this earth now scorched. Selfless acts of bravery. In the face of overwhelming force. Hold position - position held." - BT

[@pfumero627]

It’s sad that we’re going through this right now. 2020 sucks!

[@bensisko4651]

That scene really got to me in the movie, a beautiful testimony to those heroes.👍🏾

[@torontomunda]

Shes always gonna be rose dawson to me

[@kaydenevideo]

She was selfless to the very end. To a fucking fault. It hurt seeing her die at all but especially this way. And this is just a movie. In real life, people are fighting in grocery stores over toilet paper.

[@cinnamon4]

Now I am afraid of digging mass graves. It's like a phobia.

[@QuantumJG90]

I felt like this a few days ago. I was in absolute agony, 8/10 pain. Photophobia. Cough. Fever. Sneezing. Nasal congestion. I felt like vomiting all the time. I could barely move out of bed. Now I’m a bit better, but still have 6/10 pain. Either I had a really bad cold, or the flu or coronavirus. I was tested yesterday.

[@asceli0938]

stay strong u got this.

[@Alowarian88]

are you still alive?

[@idiomasconalex]

I cry with this scene :(

[@redmoon9650]

Her death was so sad to me..

[@willllljd]

damn I didn’t realise at the time that it was her in the body bag…

[@ningkam1697]

What a coincidence! I can not watch anymore! Too similar! But this is a reality!

[@lizr.g6925]

WE TAKE AN OATH TO PROTECT LIVES EVEN IF THAT MEANS SACRIFICING OURSELVES

[@glendoucette2204]

This movie terrified me considering what the world is going through right now.

[@ermonski]

Reunited with Jack now

[@ethans9447]

R.i.P. Dr. Erin Mears † (1975-2011) 😢😖😭😔☹🙁

[@lauren9004]

So tragic. She was an awesome character

[@alexisnunez2877]

We are so fucked, I hope I'm not buried like this

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

Well the virus that is currently effecting the world is rapidly mutating the newest symptoms being purple spots on feet and a rash all over the body if it goes airborne it'll be almost impossible to contain

[@TreyParkersBitch]

She’s with Jack now

[@carolynwertelecki698]

So sad and moving.

[@sabertooth207]

Its happening right now in my country. Shortage of oxygen overwhelmed medical staff. Near brink sanitation staff. And grounds full of cremating dead bodies.

[@Mr_Chris__]

I watched this movie for the very first time only a couple of nights ago on TV. It is hauntingly very similar to what is happening in regards to the Coronavirus pandemic. I felt so sorry for Kate Winslet's character in this movie. She had a hard time dealing with the bureaucrats that worried more about costs above public safety. Their was one particular scene in which Dr Mears is questioned by a bureaucrat about who will cover the costs of setting up that field hospital. Dr Mears sadly dies in that field hospital from the very thing she was trying to protect others from. As for the real life disease detectives, they deserve more credit and recognition for their work. For those that work in the field during a pandemic, they ought to at least have a couple of elite soldiers or body guards under their command. Also, a signed document from the Head of State that guarantees full cooperation by all organisations and local governments etc. If the bureaucrats do not cooperate, they should be thrown in jail.

[@roetlannopont2056]

Just watched the film, and didn't this coming 😭. Seeing kate winslet died in the movie is just so sad

[@csic123]

I know. I was shocked when her character ended up sick and then ended up dead. That was so sad. RIP Dr. Mears. 😢😭

[@Theomite]

I mean, this makes sense given the character's background (Carlo Urbani metaphor), and the narrative poetry, but still...if I were her, I would've shot myself in the head once I got the test confirmation.

[@MystikBlue5]

There was a chsnc of survival. MEV-1 had a 25% mortality rate.

[@iceberggslim22]

The saddest part of the movie 😢

[@valn0726]

Did anyone else notice that her temperature says 36.2 C on the screen? That’s a normal body temperature (maybe even a tad low) and she’s supposed to have this high fever. 36.2 C is roughly 97.1 F, btw.

[@AustinAOkay]

This scene makes me think of my wife (a PA) and shows that medical workers take their oaths seriously to sever and help humans even at their own expense. God Bless all medical workers risking their lives during this current pandemic of the #Wuhan #Coronavirus (#Covid19)!

[@somedude1742]

I was sad when Mears died I really liked her character

[@jakcarn4184]

I dont know whether to hate or like this video because of the real life pandemic happening right now at this moment of time

[@_liveandsmile_]

So strong a scene

[@AllenHanPR]

I think a lot of people misinterpret this scene. I think it's meant to imply she knows she is a goner, so she does one selfless act.

[@eden20111]

Who came here after watching Titanic??

[@GreenDistantStar]

America today...and tomorrow...and the day after....

[@fenderstratADHD]

That poor man beside her 💔😭

[@cario6554]

:47 I swear that’s a little frog that appears to the left of her head😂. Zoom in seriously!!

[@somedude1742]

LOOOOL I thought that was a leaf at first

[@chrispeplinski7306]

A very sad scene

[@Alabalalululababa]

Her death was so sad

[@PrinsTan]

If we don’t pay attention in the next few weeks, months, these mass graves are going to be a lot more common this winter.

[@AsYourCruiseDirector]

I never noticed the little frog near her head at 0:45. Poor little guy, I wonder if he wandered into the scene? I hope the crew saved him. 🥺

[@danielcubides5170]

This was for me the most disturbing scene of the movie cause these massive burials really happened when the death toll for Covid-19 soared so much that there wasn´t any possibility of giving them a Christian sepulture in an ordinary cemetery

[@user-qm1to7rn7i]

omg that so sad and it happing in real 2021-2020 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@oscarjaramillo2430]

I don't get how Dr. Mears got sick!

[@rayhannaufal4264]

She got infected from the hotels or ealier from that

[@shannane5171]

0:44 sent shivers up mg spine esp now them mass graves are happening