Elements Bits: Contagion

Cast:

Laurence Fishburne - Dr. Ellis Cheever
Jude Law - Alan Krumwiede
Gwyneth Paltrow - Beth Emhoff
Matt Damon - Mitch Emhoff
Kate Winslet - Dr. Erin Mears
Marion Cotillard - Dr. Leonora Orantes

When Beth Emhoff returns home from Hong Kong, she acquired what seems to be a regular flu. Four days later she turns up dead. Not long after, her 6 year old son got infected and died as well. After Mitch Emhoff loses both his wife and step son, he is quarantined but after several tests is released since he was immune to the virus.

CDC, Centers for Disease Control, then sends someone to Hong Kong to investigate the source of the virus and rule out the theory of Homeland Security that this may be a weaponized biological virus.

But what makes things more complicated is that the virus quickly mutates and a new strain pops up every so often, which makes it difficult to contain.It also doesn't help that you have a freelance blogger who keeps posting information about the virus that proves to be more of a risk and a danger to the world population.

Every fear imaginable in these circumstances comes to life. Shortage of food, looting, 26 million dead, tens of millions infected, and no cure.

Will the CDC finally end this terror? Will they ever know if it was a biological weapon or not?
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Elements Bits number 1:

Health is Wealth. And what is better than having a cure...Prevention. We should not take our bodies for granted. It is not as if we live in Neverland and remain young and healthy for the rest of our lives. No matter how strong we are, we have to be reminded that our whole system is fragile. One mosquito bite can prove fatal. We need to take preventive measures to ensure that we remain healthy. If you think you are some type of Superman, remember...kryptonite kills.

Elements Bits number 2:

Is having a cold good for you? To find out, click here: Having a Flu is Good.
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Memorable Quotes:

Alan: "Yes I am a writer. Yes I am."
Doctor: :Blogging is not writing. It's graffiti with punctuation."
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Homeland Agent: "Is there any way someone could weaponize the bird flu?"
Dr. Cheever: "Someone doesn't have to weaponize the bird flu...the birds are doing that."
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Dr. Cheever: "What we do know is that in order to become sick, you have to first come in contact with a sick person or something they touched. In order to get scared, all you have to do is come in contact with a rumor, television or the internet."
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Top 10 Infectious Diseases of All-Time

10. Polio

If it paralyzes you, then it is most definitely serious. Scientifically called Poliomyelitis, is a virus that affects the central nervous system.

9. SmallPox

What seems to be a simple rash can turn out to be deadly. With a mortality rate of 30%, it cannot be taken lightly.

8. Bubonic Plague

Popularly know as the "Black Death" during 14th century Europe, it kills 70% or 3 out of 4 of it's victims in 4 days.

7. Cholera
An infection of the small intestines, it causes rapid dehydration and massive diarrhea and vomiting and can bring a person into shock within 12 hours.

6. Rabies
The reason why I don't like dogs in the house. Rabies is a disease that causes inflammation of the brain, and if not treated immediately, can be fatal for the human within days.

5. Anthrax
Though it is used as a biological weapon, if for some unfortunate reason you inhale it, there is a 92% chance that you will die from it.

4. Malaria
Can you imagine one mosquito bite that can put you in a coma. In 2010 there was an estimated 216 million cases of Malaria.

3. SARS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome. A disease that spread across 37 countries back in 2003.

2. Ebola
Currently with no cure found in the last 30 years, Ebola can kill a person within 7 days from multiple organ failure.

1. HIV/AIDS
An estimated 2 million die each year due to AIDS. Though there have been discoveries to prolong the life expectancy of a victim, it gradually cripples your immune system that leads to a slow and painful death.