Producer

Leopold Hoesch

Direction

Michael Wech

Producer

Peter Wolf

Genre

Documentary

Transmitter

ZDF

Length

90'/ 96'

Editor

Year

2022

THE OUTBREAK

Was the pandemic avoidable?

The coronavirus disease has claimed millions of lives and brought the world to a temporary standstill.
Was the pandemic preventable?

The movie "The Outbreak" goes in search of clues.
Where did the virus come from?

Who discovered it first?

Who shared the information with scientists outside China for the first time?

Who were the scientists who tried with all their might to make up for lost time after the discovery of the virus?

The film vividly explains the consequences of the exponential spread of a disease if time is lost at the beginning.
The question of what role the WHO played is explored.

In the end, the question remains: Was COVID-19 just the beginning of a chain of pandemics originating in the animal kingdom?
And can the vacuum between scientific preparedness and government leadership be filled quickly enough to find a better response to the next global health crises?

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