When the viral pandemic emerges, the CDC and the World Health Organization work around the clock to determine what is affecting health around the world. Although there have been many small outbreaks, even a pandemic, there has been nothing as severe as the MEV-1 outbreak in Contagion. So the actions of the WHO and CDC throughout the film are based on their actions during smaller outbreaks. Because of this, the film essentially guesses what would happen to the world and what actions governments would take if a pandemic occurs throughout the film. For example, during the Ebola outbreak, the WHO “immediately mobilized its collaborating laboratory in Lyon, France, in collaboration with West African laboratories, to prepare for the diagnosis of a larger number of cases” and set up isolation facilities (“Key events in the WHO response”). . The authors of Contagion also extrapolated when they described areas of the world descending into anarchy before the vaccine was created. In times of war, citizens massively looted and disregarded the laws. Kristallnacht, during World War II, was a night in which Nazi supporters pillaged and murdered well-known Jews in Germany and Austria ("Kristallnacht: A National Pogrom"). Additionally, following Hurricane Katrina, citizens of New Orleans formed gangs and began looting homes and stores. However, there have been no significant acts of lawlessness due to epidemic in recent years.