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Well I guess it’s happened sooner than I thought - a movie about a bird flu pandemic already!

In the movie, the H5N1 virus is brought to the United States by a businessman from Hong Kong. The virus then follows the worst case scenario by passing from chickens to humans and then between humans, causing a pandemic.

It’s only a movie, but I wonder what effect it will have. There is still plenty of ignorance around about bird flu and it’s risk to humans. Showing a worst case scenario, presumably for dramatic effect, seems a bit mistimed, as it could easily height anxiety about this disease.

I realise that screening a movie like this once bird flu has gone away, would have little impact and publicity as we would by then know that bird flu wasn’t the cause of the next flu pandemic, however it should be made very clear by the producers that this film is portraying a worst case scenario which will almost certainly not happen.