The Movie Contagion

During a health crisis, the governments first communications responsibility ideally is to support the public by quickly relaying accurate information in a forthcoming manner. While being upfront regarding the known and unknown facts. As well as what steps are being taken to figure out the unknowns. The government should come across as empathetic to gain the peoples trust. They may even promote some sort of action to give people a sense of purpose. All in hopes of calming anxieties and giving the people a sense of control. Unfortunately, it may not always occur as easily as it sounds. In the movie “Contagion” the government was concerned that alerting the public would cause widespread panic and hysteria. Especially considering they had so