Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak: Season 1

2020 · 6 episodes · ★ 7.0

What Season 1 of Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

Pandemia is a Netflix documentary released in 2020 that follows the people fighting epidemics and preparing for the next major health crisis. Syra Madad, Tom Daschle, Ron Klain and Raghu Sharma explain the risks of a pandemic flu, the search for a universal vaccine and the emergence of new viruses. The protagonists are doctors and public health officials from the United States, Asia and Africa. They confront the anti-vaccine movement, the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and cuts to health funding. Meanwhile, the medical team comes under attack as researchers search for answers.

6episodes

Jan 22, 2020premiered

4.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 It Hunts Us
Jan 22, 2020 · 53 min
In this introduction to life on the front lines, doctors in the U.S. and Asia battle the flu, and researchers race to develop a universal vaccine.
1x02 Pandemic Is Now
Jan 22, 2020 · 51 min · ★ 7.4
Vaccine debates rage while health-care workers inoculate against the Ebola virus in Congo and influenza in detainee camps at the U.S.-Mexico border.
1x03 Seek, Don't Hide
Jan 22, 2020 · 51 min
Worldwide, scientists test animals and their handlers for emerging viruses. In the U.S. and India, doctors work long hours caring for flu patients.
1x04 Hold On to Your Roots
Jan 22, 2020 · 49 min
Anti-vaccine debate escalates, and medical staff are attacked in Congo. Funding cuts hit hard in the U.S., but researchers in Guatemala make strides.
1x05 Prayers Might Work
Jan 22, 2020 · 42 min
Around the world, community, family and faith help physicians and medical advocates stay strong in the face of long hours and a relentless disease.
1x06 Don't Stop Now Season Finale
Jan 22, 2020 · 41 min
Successes for some balance setbacks for others. Meanwhile, viral outbreaks continue to claim lives across the globe — and a larger pandemic looms.
Starring: Tom Daschle