The Invisible Shield Public health saved your life today and you don't even know it.

This 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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Documentary
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First Aired on

Mar 26, 2024

1 seaons till Apr 25, 2024

Popularity: 2.7393
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(US)
Production

RadicalMedia (US)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: The New Playbook

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 4 episodes

Season 1

Aired

4 Episodes
  • Episode 1The Old Playbook54 min

    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.

  • Episode 2Follow the Data54 min

    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.

  • Episode 3Inoculation & Inequity54 min

    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.

  • Episode 4The New Playbook54 min

    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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