Invisible Killers - Season 1 - Eps 1: Influenza
INFLUENZA delves into the astonishing and little-understood history and impact of this constantly evolving virus, which is often tragically underestimated as merely a cousin to the common cold. The episode explores the complex science behind influenza’s constantly changing nature, and investigates the ongoing significant threat it poses to the world, both in its seasonal and pandemic varieties.
About Invisible Killers
Title: Invisible Killers
First Air Date: 2018-03-29
Last Air Date: 2018-03-29
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.75/10 (from 4 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 3
Network: Discovery Science
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: The Documentary Group
Synopsis
INVISIBLE KILLERS, a three-part documentary series, looks at how viruses have shaped our health and history, the biological and social impact they have on our global society, and the incredible science that has arisen to combat them. Each of the episodes will focus on an individual virus, reaching back to tell the history of that virus, and looking closely at the state of the research and technology surrounding the disease today. Influenza, smallpox, and ebola are among the three most lethal viruses ever to have plagued mankind. Each has taken a devastatingly large toll on the human population. Smallpox killed more people than all the wars in human history, and we are just one test tube away from biomedical warfare. The flu spreads like wildfire across the globe every year, killing the young and the old alike, and ebola shocks and terrifies the world each time it emerges.
