How Contagion The Film Is Better Than Reality

For one thing, the villain isn’t President

The US President today is attacking the WHO and hawking chloroquine

The closest Contagion comes to a villain is Alan Krumwiede, played by Jude Law. This toothy conspiracy blogger exists on the fringes of society, stirring up conspiracy theories, attacking institutions and hawking fake cures. Never in their wildest imagine would the writers have made him President, it just wouldn’t…