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The Invisible Shield

The Invisible Shield, a four-part documentary series, reveals a little-known truth: that public health saved your life today and you probably don’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.
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Schedule

  • The Invisible Shield: The Old Playbook: TVSS: Iconic

    The Invisible Shield

    The Old Playbook

    Monday
    Jan 12

    1 Hour

    The public health system has doubled life expectancy, but now the public health sector must revisit the past to create solutions.
  • The Invisible Shield: Follow the Data: TVSS: Iconic

    The Invisible Shield

    Follow the Data

    Tuesday
    Jan 13

    1 Hour

    Increasing understanding and mitigating the spread of disease, data collection has been an essential public health tool for centuries.
  • The Invisible Shield: Inoculation & Inequity: TVSS: Iconic

    The Invisible Shield

    Inoculation & Inequity

    Wednesday
    Jan 14

    1 Hour

    The filmmakers shed light on how disinformation, skepticism of science and government distrust impacted COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
  • The Invisible Shield: The New Playbook: TVSS: Iconic

    The Invisible Shield

    The New Playbook

    Thursday
    Jan 15

    1 Hour

    Experts rethink the public health system in the face of declining life expectancy, inequality and deaths of despair.

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