Infected, Part 1: The Pandemic Ticking Time Bomb

Is Canada at a risk to be hit by a major pandemic?

We all know what the flu feels like. But what if you contracted a mutated flu virus so severe there’s a 40 percent chance you won’t survive? VICE speaks with medical experts convinced we may be overdue for a repeat of a virus similar to the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic that infected a third of the world’s population and wiped out 50 million people. On our journey we talk to an expert in mathematical modelling of disease and zombies, and pay a visit to the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, the only lab of its kind in Canada, housing the most dangerous viruses in the world.

This video has been made possible by Ubisoft and Tom Clancy’s The Division.