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On December 14th, public television stations will be airing Anatomy of a Pandemic, a co-production of PBS NewsHour and WETA, Washington D.C. The hour-long documentary, hosted by the NewsHour’s Ray Suarez, will explore the science, politics, and social impact of the H1N1 pandemic. The program will assess the severity of the threat posed by H1N1 and evaluate our nation’s readiness for widespread health crises.
Online, the Anatomy of a Pandemic website offers flu science resources, H1N1 news updates, and videos of extended interviews with health experts. Leading up to the broadcast, the public can go the NewsHour’s Insider Forum website and pose H1N1 related questions for two leading public policy experts. The forum will be taking questions from now until noon on December 15, 2009. Answers to the public’s questions will be posted later on the evening of the 15th.
Anatomy of a Pandemic is scheduled to air December 14th on PBS stations nationwide – check local listings for times. Here’s a video preview of the special:
