Portrayal Of The Microbiologist In 'And The Band Played On'

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And the Band Played On   The portrayal of the microbiologist in And the Band Played On was very far from what a non-science major would consider it to be. When we tend to watch television it is showing microbiologist or other scientist explaining things in terms most the population could not understand. Than they have to explain it in simpler terms for the “dimwitted” cops. However in this movie it was like they were always explaining it in an understandable context. The one thing that bothered me the most in the movie was the Center for Disease Control (CDC). While it was working its best to control and identify the virus their efforts were not helping a lot. The CDC was not able to do a lot of the things it needed to do to control
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