Could "Contagion" virus happen in real life?

The new movie "Contagion" was No. 1 in its opening weekend at the box office. CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaks to Erica Hill about the film and the whether the pandemic it portrays is plausible.

[@0324chloe]

We’re all actors in Contagion II.

[@avishkumar8231]

I hope i don't get Oscar

[@hashimirasama]

I hope I'm not playing Gwyneth Paltrow's character.

[@zaq9187]

Unfortunately we're not paid lol

[@ambiepotolin6853]

I played Matt Damon

[@longboy7]

we're just extras

[@kaister901]

Well you have your answer. It's happening now.

[@kaister901]

@@worldwide3267 They would be spreading the virus during that 2 weeks when they have no symptoms. So the best solution to stop it spreading would be, everyone wears a mask everywhere they go. Even if not feeling any symptoms. I just don't see that happening in my country. Everything business as usual. Only hospitals are on high alert. In the streets, barely anyone with mask and people as usual sneezing and coughing without a care. The real impact of this will come about in a weeks time. After the holidays.

[@worldwide3267]

@@kaister901 I’ve been sick for the past week with a lot of corona symptoms but I haven’t made contact or been to China in any way

[@JCMotivates_]

worldwide go to the doctor buddy

[@kaister901]

@@worldwide3267 Yea go to the doctor.

[@worldwide3267]

@@kaister901 ok 😳

[@richierich8814]

2011: stock up on food and water 2020: stock up on toilet paper

[@FaithandNova]

😩😩😂😂

[@martyfree2389]

@Rose Moore And beer

[@dekulevi936]

Disinfect Products, Medical Mask, and Hand Sanitizer.

[@forwardobservations8222]

i still don't understand why was toilet paper the top most priority? and thats a genuine question

[@rainesjupiter7308]

@@forwardobservations8222 a rumor i guess? idk im replying to this incase anyone answers

[@swayday1209]

2011: What a scary movie 2020: We're in the end game now

[@itsmeagain6]

We have the end

[@itsuzairrajpoot6710]

Its the begining of the end

[@Brandonhayhew]

No it’s not the end, we got into a real life.

[@itsuzairrajpoot6710]

@@Brandonhayhew yes it the real life end

[@Brandonhayhew]

Its Uzair Rajpoot this is the new Black Plague 14th century.

[@avrilstacy3133]

Hello, I'm from 8 years in the future. The answer to your question is, yes.

[@st4rgazings470]

like now now...

[@Jswerv]

Pardon My Ego like now now now

[@robertvanderzwan2517]

Remarkeble?

[@nadiaalbert4336]

Will I win the lottery this year?

[@AlexGNR]

@@nadiaalbert4336 im from 2 days from the future and no I can not say you will as of the loterry is in lockdown too

[@ImaginationBrothers]

who else is watching this during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

[@petter-niklasgustavsson2338]

Nah im watchin in 1738

[@jameslewis2540]

I am.. right now

[@rayman17578]

Me

[@claravela3330]

Me.

[@CARLIN4737]

all of us

[@glizzygobler2540]

Who’s watching this During the Corona Virus Outbreak

[@nileshmandal4895]

Everyone

[@iska7753]

OMG yep

[@whoknowswhocares885]

Yep

[@shaolinsecrets]

Yep

[@crade2577]

I'm not

[@nursechristina2677]

“It’s just a movie.” Coronavirus in 2019: “hold my beer.”

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Christina's EMS Chronicles it spread in January 2020

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

SONIX that was the measles outbreak

[@codeXenigma]

@@Frankieefootballmundial It was first detected in December 2019. That is why it is called covid19. There haven't been 18 covids before, its the year of discovery.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Binary Day yea could've called it COVID 60 or covisr 19 or 20 or H1V9

[@pinkpotatoe7776]

@@codeXenigma actually many studies show that this virus was spreading since October 2019

[@leonardomcfan7117]

CBS: Will a real life contagion happen in the future? China: I’m gonna prove this man’s entire career

[@vtwl24]

Possibly they copied this movie

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Victor T The Contagion movie was inspired by SARS & H1N1, so they followed the blueprints of past epidemics. So it’s non surprise that a new one mirrors the one in the movie.

[@ashurajusli2910]

Actually from Malaysia 1998 Called Virus Nipah

[@nyk2000m]

@@ashurajusli2910 yes the virus origin scene at the end cm from Nipah. Nipah still haunting countries like Bangladesh and India today. Imagine Covid still running amok 5-6 years later, my God...

[@madaroad0311]

Christopher Fannings don’t you think the virus was put there by another country 🤔

[@putocelular9375]

This movie got it right: it all spreads because of travelling.

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

and bad hygiene

[@marcosjuarez1490]

Start wiping your ass people lol

[@theruckinmaul1460]

Marcos Juarez wiping only not going to stop the spread of the virus, wash it is the only way. Like tha Asian (except Chinese).

[@Chris-29]

Mainly traveling to fucking China

[@luxixluxix]

And starts because of animal agriculture.

[@PhoebeFKuky-li1tv]

2011: People are going to be washing their hands and using a lot of hand sanitizer. 2020: PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WASHING THEIR HANDS AND USING A LOT OF HAND SANITIZER.

[@bcamplite621]

2011: Could "Contagion" virus happen in real life? 2020: *Yessiree*

[@lazyengineer85]

The moment i heard corona virus caused by bats, this movie crossed my mind

[@vtwl24]

Mi 2

[@thsu8]

Is it officially bats?

[@selectahshango3854]

Same here cause when I saw the movie a predict it will happen after a decade after

[@lionessroar7471]

thsu8 No, it’s been made in a lab, and the RNA has been spliced with bats & snakes. But, was caused by eating bats or snakes. That a BS rumor. People need to hear lots of sources. Dr.Paul Cottrell!

[@lionessroar7471]

BS!!!! Listen to Dr. Paul Cottrell, and stop spreading false information

[@craigdavid2162]

Anyone going through comments just to see if someone 8 years ago said 2020?

[@khauristewart8114]

Me

[@Mayakiya1]

craig david me

[@jaythe90skyd49]

2011: Not in our lifetime 2020: Oh shit...

[@ElTiano21]

The irony in this video’s title is INSANE today.

[@rachelfresh5901]

My bio teacher said, “it’s not the matter of what or how, it’s more when”

[@rednation149]

That’s what I fear the when part the most nobody knows when it could come nobody knows when it may happen but when it happens it will happen

[@rayray2613]

Rachel Noh Official the when is now.

[@marcomendex8780]

@@rayray2613 coronavirus

[@jrwoodson3927]

JAN 2020 here we go.

[@HyianceSen]

And its happening now

[@Laufield]

“It’s just a movie” 8 years later Real happened in China. Oh shit!

[@bletrick3352]

Laufield Stop acting like this is the only pandemic to ever happen! It’s literally the 4th one this century. 85k people with a 2% mortality rate is literally nowhere near as deadly or scary as this movie is!

[@jesusbenitez3567]

@@bletrick3352 but the infection rate is still pretty high and the death rate is still relatively unknown. If you watch the movie, it is really close to what is happening as info is still unknown. We will figure out the true death rate once we get a lot of cases but in the meanwhile we are just in the ballpark

[@piny0916]

Now come to US.

[@eliasescoto8639]

@bleTrick 700k worldwide and 4.76% death rate

[@arunabraham9382]

China in my beilef is creating a post apocalyptic world. I saw in a documntary about china doing survailance, the company who provides the system name "Skynet". I think the documentary is from Vice. Refer youtube CLo3e1Pak-Y @6:20

[@cenaalan5825]

Who else is watching this while sitting home in self isolation because of THIS?

[@javeriaahmed7542]

cena alan what can I watch it on ?

[@jayak4489]

Every one.

[@NyleveEiramLofasm]

Who's watching this while in isolation because of this and watching the movie.

[@yamamancha]

I have to thank "Contagion" for my high level of preparedness against COVID-19. It was fascinating at the time and I've watched it at least 10 times before the current situation. When I started to pick up on news out of China in Jan., I immediately recognized the potential for a "Contagion"-like scenario and didn't hesitate to start preparing and warn family.

[@melvina628]

What are some of the preparations that you made?

[@yamamancha]

@@melvina628 I purchased enough masks, latex gloves, goggles, and sanitizer for my family that we still have stock 6 months later. Also purchased vitamin C, D3, and zinc in bulk, stocked up on basic medical supplies, planted a garden, and stored extra food and water to ensure our ability to stay inside for at least 3 months if necessary. I also bought materials in case we needed to make our own masks. Nothing wasteful or excessive, just the basics.

[@melvina628]

@@yamamancha Is there a link where you can purchase those items?

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

I was doing this, already, but watch this video. Grocery Shopping Safely: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inzbXnlqdrCnm6c

[@Vysair]

Well done mate. Last year was a disaster since nobody were prepared for it. So glad it Only took us a year to adapt to the current situation

[@MrBlue11900]

This wasn't in your recommended list You searched for this.

[@mvicera6]

MrBlue1190 yep

[@johnkup7796]

Well I got it next after watching contagion trailer

[@georgeplagianos6487]

@@johnkup7796 😧😳

[@pharmacistyousifahmad7776]

You're right 👍🏻👍🏻

[@AnthonyTrifoglio]

it was on the related videos list of a "Best Foods for Emergency Preparedness " videos

[@vn8197]

Mom : We can have Contagion at home 8 years later Contagion at home :

[@lenardregencia]

It's happening now in 2020, though they didn't predict the Toilet Paper Shortage.

[@nemesisxrox6773]

.... not as many people were 'obese' back then either ... ( lol )

[@arcanecrisis]

Idiots are a wildcard 😄🤣

[@judigemini178]

“No one could’ve seen this coming” - Trump

[@raykenley]

Influenza ?

[@SydneyD28-6]

Like really

[@ryanm7263]

Justin Trudeau shipped most of Canada's masks and gowns off shore before the pandemic. Provincial governments allowed their PPE stockpiles to expire without replacing them. The WHO said "no evidence of human-human transmission" when Chinese doctors warned exactly that was happening. Those same doctors were muzzled by the Chinese government. Yes, Trump failed in ensuring national preparedness for a pandemic. Literally everyone failed, including the god damn WHO, whose one job is preparedness.

[@emilio2647]

@@ryanm7263 I'm surprised the chairman of the WHO wasn't fired or forced to resign.

[@anthonymendez1997]

Trump didn’t see this movie, I suppose.

[@ericstra2793]

Before everyone proclaims this movie’s writers are Nostradamus, the movie evidently is based on the SARS outbreak the previous decade. The current illness might just be life imitating art imitating life. Relax and drink a Corona. Oops SARry.

[@thsu8]

You might be the goat

[@equinehax]

Didn't you hear? Corona renamed themselves to avoid being associated with the virus. They're called Ebola extra now

[@lionessroar7471]

What I’m seeing coming out of China, and it’s here in 26 States. It’s horrific

[@Joh2n]

@@equinehax Oh man did I need that LOLOL

[@ranelgallardo7031]

The movie was also inspired by H1N1

[@AvatarN]

2011: it's just a movie right 2020: sure it is

[@dududski]

"trying to make it as real as possible." 2020: *cough

[@AlexGNR]

you coughed OMG YOU ARE CONTAGIOUS NOW GO IN QUARANTAINE NOW!

[@blackeviledwolf3513]

🤣

[@lancewilson76]

Wow. This is the first and longest movie I've ever been in

[@shareezeify]

Her: Could it actually happen though? Jude Law: that's where we're heading!" That hit me hard.

[@CH4RLYG777]

There's no such thing as a Contagion virus China: Hold my beer

[@vgernyc]

Chinese bat: Hey that’s my beer!

[@RobinCand]

China : HOLD MY CORONA

[@lumapas]

US:"its just a movie" China:"hold my N95"😂

[@mysterygirl30011]

@ch4rly Zx6 More like "Hold my bat soup"

[@fcojavaa]

"And then we have things like SARS too"... I thought she said, like SARS 2.

[@zubzero304050]

I wish it was 8 years ago again

[@mastaslayin]

Mom can you buy me 60 bottles of hand sanitizer? Why? I just watched contageon.

[@vn8197]

Well, I guess you're about to use it now

[@lionessroar7471]

I just bought a huge bottle from Sam’s Club. This shit is here

[@j1sc211]

It's all sold out back to the manufacturing level.

[@MrBlue11900]

When you realize this comment is 8 years old

[@itsME-mh6xy]

Better get prepare with all your hand sanitizer now

[@cjay9748]

*8 years later* The answer is yes.

[@Claudia-es8jv]

Watching this in April 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic. Everything is totally surreal.

[@cenaalan5825]

On 2:06 "Something like this can happen. And even in our life time.." March 2020 (2019) thesis APPROVED.

[@BruceWayneLives]

How scientifically accurate and ahead of it's time that film was, because that movie has become a reality.

[@denzel1989]

The idea for the movie was from SARS1 2003 outbreak

[@Brandonhayhew]

2003 SARS outbreak, 2020 Covid 19 pandemic 1918 spainish flu pandemic

[@CornCreed]

2011: "Could it actually happen though?" 2020:

[@j1sc211]

Yep.

[@ooneto193110]

When the CDC agent starts to talk about the loss of jobs in the Public Health of people who were there to analyse these possible outbreaks the journalist cutts him off. You have right there the reason why the SARS CO2 is such a problem in America now: Public Health budget cuts for decades. Well done America, vote for Trump or Biden now...

[@trashiimatics]

2011 : **yawns** WOW SUCH MOVIE, NAH NOT GONNA HAPPEN, IT'S NOT THAT SCARY 2019 (DEC) : WE'RE ACTORS!! **coughs**

[@r3zaful]

OH NO YOU GOT CORONAVIRUS GO QUARANTINE YOURSELF

[@DP-hy4vh]

CBS News: Contagion is just a movie Coronavirus: Hold my beer.

[@vampire7144]

And here we are, 8yrs later!

[@alesancoeduard8947]

the end of humanity

[@dailydonkeysaltydabs6056]

The one thing that spread this everywhere, is the lack of the world to stop air travel, the money from that was more important! PROFIT OVER PEOPLE, nothing ever changes!

[@fragileguyguy7226]

Beyond my Purview Boats exist. Blankets exist. Rats exist. Mosquitos exist. Other cultures exist.

[@kaptenhiu5623]

You cannot stop people from travelling even during war there are people traveling between Germany and US. There boat, cruise ship, cars, rails... Do you want to stop them all? Then welcome to North Korea

[@fernandomolina3202]

Beyond my Purview Yup! $$$ talks

[@codeXenigma]

@@kaptenhiu5623 that was all they had to do.Because they didn't stop travel they allowed the virus to spread costing a lot more money than a few planes and boats, until they knew what they were dealing with. Then they could of introduced real testing and not just checking for fevers, now we know not everyone shows symptoms can still spread it

[@rbrb3625]

Ramp up your immune system be eating healthfully. Then you probably survive. Everything has risks. Live each day! Be a liver (or a heart, or a pancreas).

[@gokulkumar5452]

Important point at the end by the cdc person..45000 people lost their jobs from local health offices who would be controling a pandemic.

[@melvina628]

Who took those jobs away from them? And, now, someone took away our jobs from us. Who did that, too?

[@tokidefresa3113]

It just happened a few days ago...

[@gensoyuuki86]

Its still happening, only god knows how long will it last.

[@Iquey]

In Italy now. Uh!?

[@montreshaharney9872]

Now in America and the stores are empty of water and tissue

[@tokidefresa3113]

@@montreshaharney9872 And people who actually needs this items do not have it because of the selfishness and panic

[@noahspalace8630]

Happened in December

[@Gator12]

Eight years later Welcome to 2020

[@playzone245]

Ur comment style is dope lol

[@REIVAXMEELAS]

I never though this movie would've predicted a worldwide pandemic, social distancing, people stocking up on supplies, world wide panic, and a experimental vaccine.

[@BODLive08]

How did this not get millions of views even now? If anything, this was a rare movie gem of a real possibility to happen in the world. Most movies anymore, forget about it.

[@spanish641]

I for one didn`t know it existed.

[@da96103]

3:55 We were better prepared today than yesterday. 2020: No.

[@brknsh6689]

Yes we do we were definitely more prepared than for example in the 90s.He also said we cant be prepared for everything .

[@thethomasfan903]

@@brknsh6689 no you weren't

[@HuplesCat]

Not a chance. Utter fiction 'coughs drily'

[@jenninsandiego9067]

When this movie turns Into REALITY. You can't run, you can't hide ,you can't escape..

[@Ddarke11]

Having a discussion on if it's possible when it already happened a century earlier even before 2020 kicked the door down is nuts. How soon will it take to forget before asking the question again?

[@sabinamehovic1428]

Hello, I'm from the future. The answer to your question is yes.

[@mrdacusthenavigator4989]

"It's not just a movie". Yea, and just wait until December 2019, you'll find out it'll become real time in 3D!

[@patriciachang8666]

We are just experimenting the 5d cinema.

[@hopeharris7389]

I see you KZbin algorithm👀👀 They should interview him today about this interview

[@Kardasi]

Watched it for a second Time’Oh Lord have mercy!The Movie is definitely underrated!

[@Cleekia]

Where dis you watch it on?

[@005AGIMA]

2:16 "And we think about things like SARS too". .....now I assume she meant "SARS too" and not "SARS2" which of course.....is only a thing NOW. ;)

[@lion33cyuk]

This has aged really well :D

[@dr.deadpool5959]

*Well ain’t this ironic* *COVID - 19 is your answer*

[@KRAYZIEBONE1017]

And, here we go...

[@charlieangel9705]

2011: Is it plausible? 2020: It's happening now... Half of the world is in lockdown. Who would have thought it would happen in our lifetime? WW1: People need to get out to fight. WW2: People need to get out to fight. WW3/COVID-19: People need to stay at home to fight. We have it easy for sure. So STAY HOME people to save humanity.

[@Namdor2012]

The Toilet Paper War, never forget...

[@VikasShresthaDTU]

Sadly after 9 yrs of this eye opening movie we have COVID-19. God bless us all to fight this pandemic. 🙏🙏🙏

[@NeeHardy]

I want to see the people that were interviewed then, interviewed now...😲😲😲😲😲

[@ganjarbikers]

2020 : The answer is Yes !

[@walihameed9563]

whos watching this while in quarantine?

[@ztcanadacareersite]

This isn’t in your recommended. You searched up for this.

[@crappyaccount]

No

[@J-sign]

This documentary is even scarier then the movie. This “RIGHT HERE” got me speechless.

[@fahrifarizan2338]

Thanks KZbin algorithms to recommended this to me

[@dti_naba]

simpsons: i predicted trump being president and the notre dame burning and 9/11 this video: i predicted coronavirus

[@allisnotwhatitseems.]

Pre emotive programming

[@joshua50101]

It didnt predict crap. They planned it.

[@elitedaimond8232]

I have ocd washing my hands before, now i have EOCD, EXTREME.

[@lynnroque6661]

Well Its happening now...ncov2019 exactly the same started in wuhan China 😰😷

[@bodiesatva]

When yesterday’s science fiction becomes today’s reality.

[@tinfoilhomer1535]

Australia is Mad Max now

[@bodiesatva]

@@tinfoilhomer1535 crazy, right?

[@kipbong-un1152]

2:16 "And we think of things like SARS, too, which seemed to spread very quickly." 8 years later: SARS 2

[@tats_sacs]

Now, the movie is a f*cking documentary.

[@justatroll4282]

This makes me even more scared now...

[@rbrb3625]

F E A R - False Evidence Appearing Real. A minor problem happens; people panic; the government grabs more power. Have Faith. Live with kindness. -Hey, we are all going to die sometime anyway. Main thing is: don't let the greed 1% take your freedom.

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

I watched Contagion in a theater and I coughed. People were genuinely freaked out.

[@mr.dopects]

Just coming down in comment section to read these latest comments. You are reading mine now!..

[@MrHematom92]

2:17 she said sars 2. They knew it !

[@imranyounis1970]

Yes, it has started now in China. 😭

[@SimplyM3h876]

All my life as a teenager in the 2010s I was afraid of the year 2020 frankly because in our history it has been 100 years since the 1918 pandemic and 1929 Great Depression. With every force of nature that can cause destruction in every city throughout the globe, I was always expecting or never doubted its capability. However for a bacterial or viral infection to spread globally, I always wanted to doubt the capability but you cannot rewrite history to make it seem the world is perfect

[@omeshwaghmare4481]

I never thought something of this sort can happen in real life that too in my lifetime😥

[@HorrorFriends]

Covid-19: Allow me to Introduce myself

[@jtrentsloan]

Can’t wait to see a movie about the coronavirus when all of this is over... Of it ever ends DUN DUN DUUUUUUN 👀💀

[@raccoonjs6437]

News anchor: Could the outbreak like the one in the movie happen in real life? COVID-19: AM I A JOKE TO YOU???

[@AuntLALA]

In 2011.. This video 2020 .. Me at home watching the movie.. I can't leave because of a virus

[@kristoffodendaal5420]

Watched it the 1st day our country was on 21 days of lock down. But remember for the COVID-19 virus to become a pandemic the amount of people that have died and the amount that have recovered need to be switched around at this stage.

[@AmarendraKrSaroj]

WHO IS WATCHING THIS TODAY?

[@beowchengkan2395]

Amarendra Kr. Saroj We all are

[@juniperberryyyy]

2011: It seems pretty real, and it could happen, but It's not gonna happen soon, right? 2020: We. Are. Screwed.

[@yorusuyasoul69420]

Contagion 2019 part 1 Contagion 2020 part 2 Contagion 2021 part 3

[@mott0mottO]

Who's watching this March 2020? 😱😱😱😱😱!

[@cesarsolis5449]

Porn movies matter.

[@ChosenJudaHiTess_TheShemiTess]

Most Movies Are Always Cleverly Giving Us Reality To Life Events On The Horizon & Current❣️

[@UnaNeary]

Shame no one took heed at the VERY end of this 2011 film. Leave animals alone and they will leave us alone. I rest my case.

[@VNExperience]

I came here for a "Who’s watching this in 2020" kind of comment. I wasn't disappointed.

[@bluesky6956]

If your here to see this then the answer is yes.

[@americanenigma_5108]

It’s not just a movie anymore ..... we should take such movies much seriously ! Next : ZOMBIE MOVIES

[@Jimmy-er2mc]

American Enigma _ a few months ago I’d be laughing at you.. not a joke now. At this point anything is possible.

[@rakhshandashahzad7732]

Can you please send me the link of full movie

[@WitchLuw]

I am legand

[@rainmakerr5209]

This movie predicted the future

[@SamuelBakutana]

You never knew that a movie like this was in existence. You are watching this in 2020. Anyone like that? :-) Welcome to the real world.

[@eagleeagle7802]

Its complicated its very realistic. How could they know abouts this corona virus would happened today.

[@ericchristiandarmawan4668]

Answers People 2011 : maybe not People 2020 : YES

[@adriannamandada]

What's happening right now with this novel virus, happened exactly the same as the movie. Who woul've thought?