QWhat is 'Contagion' about?
AWhen an extremely virulent disease erupts in Hong Kong and begins to spread across the world, U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) agents, Doctors Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) and Erin Mears (Kate Winslet), and World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist Dr. Leonora Orantes (Marion Cotillard), struggle to identify the virus, contain it, and develop a vaccine against it while attempting to keep themselves from becoming infected. Freelance journalist and conspiracy theorist Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law) posts on his blog, which is read by millions of followers, that there is already a homeopathic cure called Forsythia but that the CDC is suppressing this information so that the drug companies can profit. Meanwhile, as the contagion spreads, societal order begins to break down as people start to panic.
QWhere did Dr Orantes go after she learned the vaccines were placebos?
AIt is not shown in the film, but most viewers suspect that she ran off to call Sun Feng (Chin Han) or otherwise get in touch with him to tell him that the vaccines were fake. Presumably, she got to caring for the village children when she was being held hostage and didn't want them to be duped.
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AThe following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
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