Outbreak, 1995

If the current situation doesn't have you worried enough, check out Contagion as well. It's uncanny how much the movie mirrors the current pandemic, except with a much higher mortality rate (25%). The film has a great cast and is available on multiple streaming platforms, including Netflix. I originally thought they shouldn't have run the film, but the beach goers in Florida need to see it.

The first viral movie I ever saw was "The Andromeda Strain". Not quite what's happening now, but close enough. We're staying in as much as we can. Only ventured out three times in the last three weeks (prescription pickup, food, food). Both of us are in the process of watching every season of The Big Bang Theory (we have them all). Now in the middle of the third season.

Bill

I need to look for the Andromeda Strain online. I remember I really liked it, although I no longer remember the plot.

Boo! Prime won't let me rent/view it from Canada. They just lost $4 in sales.

Better yet, I recommend Pride & Prejudice with Keira Knightly (no zombies). Currently on Netflix. A stellar cast and soundtrack. Much better than the book, and the only virus is a common cold.

And there were those outbreaks in the plague years, for instance, 1603 in London. Shakespeare ever wrote or placed his work in the plague years, and yet it was all around him. He rarely mentioned the plagues in his works. Covid-19 is our plague, and I can hardly wait for the deluge of the good, the bad, and the ugly social-distancing romance masterpieces wherein the guy kinda gets the girl. LOL.

If you search for literary works and popular films in the plague years, you'll read about many playwrights who were stuck at home writing furiously to fill the lonely hours between marathon binges of Netflicks, Zoon, Instagram, and gorging on HomeFresh meals, lol.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a2009 … ;view=text

THE VVONDERFULL YEARE, 1603, is beautiful prose to fill your reading time. The beauty of life between the plagues and quarantines is what we may all experience in the coming years. Smallpox, measles, and dozens maybe hundreds of unknown antigens (peptide, protein, whole-cell, small molecule, etc.).  These antigens over the centuries have ravaged and murdered millions but also strengthened our immune systems to make it what it is today.

Need some great reading, try reading an excellent textbook about the immune system or cell biology. WOW, it will blow your mind when you start seeing the complexities of evolution at that level. I have MMN, so I know the immune system like the back of your hand, lol. Call it research for your next novel. The medical thriller genre and covid-19 will be the next big write in every genre.

I just saw Emma the other day, if you can you should watch it. BTW I love Jane Austen movies Emma Thomson's Sense and Sensibility my favorite, but I was making a Zombie parody movie list.

Also you should check out PBS's Sanditon, Jane Austen's unfinished novel, even though you might not like the ending.