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Kate Winslet portrays CDC investigator Dr. Erin Mears in the 2011 film, "Contagion."

If you want to know what CDC scientists are going through, check out Hollywood’s ‘Contagion’

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Scott Burns wrote the screenplay for the 2011 movie “Contagion” after immersing himself in the world of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He says viruses are “bright lights that shine on all of our weaknesses,” and wanted to use his movie to prompt people to trust in the science of viruses.