Most Realistic Sci-Fi Movie Outbreaks Explained by Real Science

Fifteen screen outbreaks measured against actual epidemiology, from the Nipah virus that Contagion was built on to the temperature barrier The Last of Us gets right for the wrong reason. Some of these films kept working scientists on the payroll. One of them ran a real epidemic projection and put it on screen for about two seconds. #scifi #scifimovies #contagion #thelastofus #outbreakmovies – Timestamps – 00:00 Contagion Rebuilt A Real Virus — Contagion 01:52 Blair Ran The Actual Math — The Thing 03:16 One Ticket Seeded Eight Cities — 12 Monkeys 04:09 Gene Therapy Escaped The Lab — Rise of the Planet of the Apes 05:34 Utopia Started With A Leak — Utopia 06:25 Blood Chemistry Saved Two People — The Andromeda Strain 08:22 The Army Poisoned The Water — The Crazies 09:16 Outbreak Got The Suits Right — Outbreak 10:46 The Cold Was The Cure — Virus 11:47 The Infected Starved To Death — 28 Days Later 13:09 Smell Disappeared First — Perfect Sense 14:02 Measles Really Does Fight Cancer — I Am Legend 15:15 Clones Have No Herd Immunity — Battlestar Galactica 16:35 The Fungus Went Vertical — The Girl with All the Gifts 17:54 Warming Lowers The Last Wall — The Last of Us Drop a like and sub for more! 🖖 ============================================================ Disclaimer: This video may contain copyrighted material used under Fair Use provisions of US Copyright Law (Section 107). All credit goes to the respective copyright owners. This content is used for educational/commentary/criticism purposes only, is transformative in nature, and is not intended as a substitute for the original work. No copyright infringement is intended. We credit all sources where possible and follow YouTube’s Fair Use and copyright guidelines. For attribution concerns, please contact us directly.