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‘Contagion’ Fails to Portray a Realistic Infectious Disease Epidemic

Steven Soderbergh tries for plausible reality in ‘Contagion’—but ends up doing just the opposite.

Kent Sepkowitz
Kent Sepkowitz
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Kent Sepkowitz

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