Individualism in CDC

Libbie 2021-11-15 08:01:26

A wizard said that the outbreak of the virus is God’s revenge on people.

In 1995, Dustin Hoffman starred in a movie similar to the theme of personal heroism, called "Terror Zone". The story tells the story of the animal virus in Zaire, Africa, caused by the curiosity of human beings, was brought to towns in the United States. When the virus showed an outbreak trend, the US military began to block the town, and the President ordered the entire town and its residents to be razed to the ground.

The male protagonist played by Dustin is named Sam. He is a colonel of the CDC. He loves dogs and has a strong personality. He quarrels with his wife, but he actually loves his wife very much. When Sam first discovered this highly contagious and pathogenic virus, he warned his superiors and said that people should be reminded of safety protection, because it has almost no incubation period, and the virus will almost invade within four or five hours. All human cells then overflow in the form of decay, rash, and bleeding from the seven orifices, looking for the next host. However, the head of the CDC (played by Morgan Freeman) may cause panic by issuing an alarm and requires a large budget. The virus is in Africa and it is impossible to enter the United States for reasons such as no alarm.

The host of the original virus was a monkey. It was caught by a man and brought from Africa to the United States by boat. It was transmitted to sailors who fed it bananas on the boat, smugglers and sellers, and pet shop owners. After that, the virus began to spread along the trajectory of these people. In fact, Morgan Freeman and the military have already known about this virus and have studied serum antibodies. However, because the virus is a weapon, CDC did not remove the antibody serum when the patient appeared, but concealed ignorance and used it as a Treat with a brand new virus. But the paper bag couldn’t keep the fire, especially Sam, who was always a stinger. He blatantly resisted and did not do the non-emergency tasks arranged for him by the leader. Instead, he went to trace the source of the virus, went to the small town to do isolation research, and tried to find Patient 0 and virus host. At this time, in order to protect the biological virus weapons they have developed, the military exaggerated the horror of the current virus and submitted a proposal to Congress to bomb the bodies of more than 2,600 infected people in towns and cities.

The senior management approves the proposal without all the information. As a result, the army closed the town and strictly controlled media reports. The doctors and nurses who went to the rescue and the sick people were not notified of any retreat, and they might become dust under bombardment. After discovering all this, Sam steals the helicopter, trekking through the mountains and water, looking for the monkey released into the forest, evading the military from hunting, confronting the military, racing against time to extract anti-venom serum, and using the walkie-talkie to come to perform the bombing mission. The pilots and gunners finally avoided a humane extinction disaster.

In fact, there are many bugs in the story, such as the spread of the virus on the plane. The little boy ate the infected cookie and it was okay. Only one sailor on the monkey ship was sick and did not turn into a terrorist cruise ship. Sam’s power alone It is impossible to be so powerful. But my personal opinion is that when watching a movie or reading a book, if you hold on to the details, you lose the whole picture. It's like a good person has done a slightly bad thing, and it is easy to be labeled as evil, and if it is not good, it will be multiplied geometrically. The ground is magnified and the good is ignored, and a wicked person can easily become good when he does a good deed. Many times we can’t distinguish between good and evil, and we can’t distinguish between priority and priority. We are also proud of our own insight, like reporting a few days ago. The same gentleman from Hanhong Fund. Naturally, this is not to say that we are almost there, or that we have to give up excellence, but understanding, tolerance, and appreciation will make us less picky, and no longer be so full of blame. To give a small example, Tina cooks, no matter what it is, I like to eat it. Why? Because if I say I don't like it, say that the salt is less, the oil is too much, and the dishes are not good, she said, "You can do it yourself, then I'm asking myself to be boring." The same applies here.

This is not to ask us not to criticize, but to think about what I would do when we criticized. Will I be as outspoken as Sam in the movie? Are you not afraid of being punished by your superiors when you wear small shoes? We need more Sam who dare to confront the boss and disclose the ugly system, but we hope to be with others. This brave person is not me. If others do, we will cheer him up and applaud him. We may still be proud if they fail to do so. , It is expected to be the case long ago, and it is even more important to our consciousness of being silent as a spectator. We also need pilots who do not blindly obey and respect life, and need not to disturb and respect all living things. This is the mainstream of the movie and the values ​​it wants to convey. There is no shortage of evil and ugliness in the world, but if you only see these and criticize what is not pleasing to your eyes, I am afraid that you will live a painful and lonely life. But on the contrary, if everyone, scientific research, education, and the media are collectively dumb to some extent and turn a deaf ear to evil, then it is tantamount to condoning evil, conniving badly, and correct, direct criticisms and accusations directed at people's hearts are improved. Benchmarking. Just how to balance is the key.

In the movie, when towns are blocked without any official announcements, urban residents will be inexplicable. One can also imagine people’s panic and rumors. Foreign media speculate on this, saying that there may be several to dozens of people infected. Those who have the information do not disclose or conceal it, and those who do not have the information are anxious and unable to make judgments, so the decision-making becomes a slap in the head and a brick.

Like all governments, when it’s unfavorable to the government, the first thing that comes to mind is to block information

Sam finally saved the town and injected his ex-wife with antibody serum. As a digression, when watching American movies, many people may have similar feelings. Even heroic individuals, many of them put family first. Reality In, they put pictures of their family and children on the table instead of the leader. The biggest leader, the star hanging on the wall is the same. Sam is looking for an antidote for urban residents, but the actual main line is that he is looking for antibodies for his wife. This kind of collectivist ideals is mixed with individualistic emotions, and the warmth and silence will always make people more moved. Of course, he was obviously not the one who saved this town. There are also the recruits who flew the plane for him, the soldiers who dropped the bombs into the ocean without performing the mission, and the sentimental Morgan Freeman who arrested the general. For the safety of life to lure the little girl of the original host white-faced monkey, and everyone who did not give up their lives, and so on.

Talk about the two soldiers who did not perform the mission. Both history and reality are the bounden duty of obedience as a soldier. We may remember that Kate Winslet was tried for the killing in the concentration camp in Reader, but she was only an enforcer. She was obviously a scapegoat for the collective and the system. , Is the evil of mediocrity. Disobedience is death. It is a serious crime to be a deserter on the battlefield, but obedience may kill civilians by mistake, and you will be entangled by the unjust dead. In my opinion, this is a deadlock. The world cannot be without an army, and it is unlikely that there will be peace forever. But if there is a war, and obedience is a hard target, should it be absolutely enforced? This should not have become a topic, because those disobedient and disobedient soldiers may have been eliminated early in the training, and the remaining soldiers and soldiers are all executors.

But I still want to remind, don’t forget to think, don’t become a rumbling machine, a ruthless killer, don’t be treated as a chess piece, although in essence each of us is a part of the operation of the machine, but at least we must know ourselves The role played in it. Do it after thinking about it, and in the end it is very likely to fall into endless self-blame, but at least it is an independent choice. After the Vietnam War ended, there were a large number of veterans in the United States. Most of these veterans were sick. They either indulged in marijuana or had nightmares. Why, they realized that their behavior might be unjust in Vietnam? It was PTSD. To put it blatantly, the military for the purpose of war is in a very large sense destroying humanity, blocking thinking, and training people as weapons. Fortunately, many of the current military is not for war, but for disaster relief. , In order to maintain public order, in order to train people's will, these are naturally another matter.

And obedience seems to be a problem of execution, but in fact it is a problem of leadership. In the movie, the final supreme commander was seized by his subordinate Freeman. He threatened, "Look who dares to touch me". There are still soldiers next to him who use guns. Point to him, arrest him and escort him. This kind of scene actually touched me very much. Human nature is gloomy, but isn't it just this gloom that sets off the light of human nature? If soldiers can distinguish between good and evil, they will follow justice and put aside evil. But the problem is often that evil does not say that he is evil, but a master of disguise. Therefore, Hitler can circle so many loyal fans for himself in one speech. It is not that fans do not love justice, but many have given up speculation.

Say a few words related to the virus. Africa may be the region with the largest population of viruses today, because there are abundant species, and viruses that parasitize other species are not necessarily harmful to their original hosts. Of course, the original hosts may also be tortured. But if human behavior intervenes in an attempt to harm or cut off the original host of the virus, the virus will naturally find a new host in order to survive. Therefore, humans are not even the only victims of their own actions. When we hunt, kill, sell, and cook When the original host of the virus, the virus will also flee hysterically. The way to escape may be through the saliva, smear, blood, fur, excrement, and even air of the original host. Any animal that comes into contact with such substances may be The next parasitic object of the virus.

Not to mention, the climate change caused by human behavior, and then the melting of ancient glaciers and the dissolution of permafrost, the buried, ancient, and ancient viruses that we are completely unfamiliar with may all resurrect. Some are like sci-fi, a mysterious force is awakened to retaliate against mankind. The reason these viruses are difficult to deal with is that they are invisible, and we know very little about them, and if they are capable of mutation and cunning, they will be full transformers, and their combat effectiveness far exceeds human imagination. We don’t know when these things, which are only one billionth of a billionth of our size, will invade humans. The author in "Blood Plague" described Ebola as a mysterious uninvited guest. Its miraculous disappearance does not mean that it will not make a comeback, but maybe they have not been forced to Liangshan. The last chapter in the book has a very warning effect. I transcribe it as follows:

"In a sense, the earth is starting an immune response to humans. It is beginning to respond to human parasites. The proliferation of humans seems to be infection, the necrosis of concrete is spread all over the world, and Europe, Japan and the United States are like cancer. Meat is packed with primates that keep copying. The human community expands indefinitely and can spread, and it is likely to bring mass extinction to the biosphere. Perhaps the biosphere does not "like" to accommodate five billion humans. It may also be a hundred years. The extreme proliferation of humans suddenly produced a huge amount of meat. These meats exist in every corner of the biosphere, and they may not be able to protect themselves from another life form that wants to swallow it. Nature has the means to balance itself. Rainforest It has its own means of protection. The Earth’s immune system is aware of human activities and begins to take effect. Nature is trying to get rid of the infection of human parasites. Maybe AIDS is just the first step in nature’s removal process.”

I often see that many people are cursing viruses. They are of course hateful, but we want to get rid of viruses. Viruses may not want to eradicate us. In the face of human beings, this huge parasitic group, we are in the light, and they are in the dark. It is always easier to attack us than to provoke them or attack them. They have no counterattack. We should feel extremely lucky. So treat their original hosts well. These original hosts are resisting for us, but when humans are persecuting them step by step When their original host has no way to retreat, they may only have to counterattack. At that time, we could only count on technology and be prepared at all times. Then ask for your blessings.

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Extended Reading
  • Treva 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    The first horror movie in my life. When I was a child, I was too scared to sleep by myself for a long time. .

  • Monica 2022-04-21 09:01:47

    My dad is happy to see a super virus that can be transmitted by air, blood, stomach, etc.

Outbreak quotes

  • Casey Schuler: How many brain cells did I kill?

    Sam Daniels: How many? About a billion.

    Casey Schuler: Oh, now I'm only as smart as you.

    Sam Daniels: What can we give him to kill his sense of humor?

  • Mrs. Pananides: I have a friend in the Coast Guard, all I have to do is call...

    Sam Daniels: How close a friend?

    Mrs. Pananides: Closer than his wife would like.