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Documentaries like Race Against Pandemic

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The 3 reasons people love Race Against Pandemic

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  1. You want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020.

  2. You like scientists explaining how a virus spreads.

  3. You like the hunt for where the virus came from.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak2020

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020

    Good for you if you like meeting the real people who work to stop the next outbreak.

  • Contagion2011

    • scientists explaining how a virus spreads

    Good for you if you want an outbreak where the science holds up.

  • Collective2019

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020

    Good for you if you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.

  • How to Survive a Plague2012

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020

    Good for you if you like real people who fought for their own lives and won.

  • Downfall: The Case Against Boeing2022

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020
    • scientists explaining how a virus spreads

    Good for you if you want to understand what led to two real crashes.

  • The Investigation of Lucy Letby2026

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020
    • the hunt for where the virus came from

    Good for you if you want to understand one of Britain's most discussed criminal cases.

  • Zero Days2016

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020
    • the hunt for where the virus came from

    Good for you if you like a true story about the first cyberweapon to break real machines.

  • Chernobyl2019

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020

    Good for you if you want to understand a real disaster.

  • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory2012

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020
    • the hunt for where the virus came from

    Good for you if you followed the West Memphis Three case and want to see how it ended.

  • The Devil Next Door2019

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020
    • the hunt for where the virus came from

    Good for you if you want to understand the real trial of John Demjanjuk.

  • There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane2011

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020
    • the hunt for where the virus came from

    Good for you if you want to understand what happened in that car.

  • Challenger: The Final Flight2020

    • you want to remember how the pandemic looked from the inside in 2020

    Good for you if you want to understand how the Challenger disaster happened.

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