fatal contact represent bird flu in america represent negative represent this movie be both funny and sad . the funny part be fairly obvious a this certainly isn not a sober look at a possible impending crisis . this be a modern version of the swarm . and much like those killer bee ( and the so called killer bee crisis that prompt them ) bird flu have join a pantheon of medium inspired end of the world scenario ( sars and y2k and global warming ) that simply refuse to actually come about . the sad part be the blatant attempt of the filmmaker to inspire panic . disease pandemic historically be fairly common after all people do not all die in their forty from heart disease . even recent pandemic such a aid mirror the old fashioned vd crisis ( think syphilis ) that use to kill more soldier than bullet . the flu pandemic of the early twenty be a nasty business kill million but honestly life go on . i wonder if our over dramatic medium and their power hungry government ally would allow life a normal today . the movie itself swerve wildly from fairly competent scene ( triage in grand central station ) to the ridiculous ( redneck try to ambush national guardsman in manhattan ) . the scenarios themselves be fairly useless a the filmmaker can not seem to decide exactly how contagious the bird flu be or for that matter whether the symptom be an ebola style crash or simply a long illness . indeed one scene will show everyone in bio hazard suit and the next will have nobody even wear a mask . the film also patently refuse to actually give any practical advice regard what to do in a bird flu crisis . ( outside of wash your hand and what no duct tape . ) the acting and directing be competent for a tv movie but the script be all over the map . last the movie have a strangely non exponential death total running on the bottom of the screen . just like the swarm do .