The Invisible Shield

The Invisible Shield is a four-part documentary series on the history of public health. While public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.

2024 HD 54min United States English

Geoff Manaugh Steven Johnson Brian Castrucci Lauren Gardner Abigail Hawk Sonia Shah Joshua Sharfstein John Lumpkin Georges Benjamin Caitlin Rivers

Documentary

S1E1 - The Old Playbook 2024-03-26

History repeats itself. It’s not the first time the world has had to deal with a pandemic, and the push highlights how the public health sector had to go back to work.

S1E2 - Follow the Data 2024-04-09

Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century. Helping the world understand and mitigate the spread of disease, data has helped us make sense of the threats to our collective health.

S1E3 - Inoculation & Inequity 2024-04-18

Public health officials face disinformation, skepticism of science, and distrust in government as they begin vaccinating the public against COVID. Historical injustices and inequities lead to apprehension, forcing public health to refine its approach.

S1E4 - The New Playbook 2024-04-25

With all the challenges the public health sector faces, and life expectancy declining, how will a committed next generation of public health workers going overcome these obstacles?

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