How to Survive a Pandemic

How was it possible that vaccines against the corona virus were developed so quickly? Director David France delves deep into the story behind this superhuman feat in an in-depth documentary that feels like a race against time – and at times against politics.

TALK One thing the pandemic (and this documentary) made painfully clear is that when it comes to health, we are not all equal yet. Information did not always reach the most vulnerable. Infection rates were higher among African American communities – who often did not have the privilege of working from home or opportunities for isolation. And when vaccines were developed, Western countries claimed most of them. What was this like in Dutch policies? Time for an evaluation: what did Corona teach us about health inequality in the Netherlands? Alma Tostmann, epidemiologist at Radboudumc, will delve into these questions after the screening.