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Randall Jeppesen ReportingThe state health department says remember it's just a movie. They're preparing to answer any questions people might have after a television movie called 'Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America' airs tonight on ABC.
The two hour movie is filled with chaos, hospital rooms filled to capacity.
"There are probably some elements of the movie that have a worst case scenario that are likely not to happen."
State epidemiologist Susan Mottice hopes the movie will raise awareness that the bird flu could potentially cause a lot of problems and people should prepare by having food storage and supplies. The movie does touch on true points,such as quarantines, people not going to work and the short supply of vaccines.
"He's only got vaccine for twenty percent of the population. The question then becomes: who gets it?"
But Mottice reminds us movies like to exaggerate.
