Don’t Look Up is a sophisticated take on COVID-19. Initially denied by government bureaucrats and the media, then used as an opportunity for political and financial gain.
Solution was ready to go (nuke the comet = early treatment) but then pulled so they could instead use an unproven technology with a high probability of failure but a possibility of huge profits (mRNA vaccines).
In DiCaprio’s character (representing Leana Wen/Peter Hotez types) we see how an obscure scientist becomes seduced, corrupted, and compromised by the attention and flattery of the media.
The final message of the film is that nothing can be done but to accept fate and be at peace with it and God.
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