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Public health saved your life today and you don't even know it.
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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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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The Invisible Shield
Explore the discussion guide for The Invisible Shield, a useful tool for extended learning related to the docuseries. The guide pulls out key themes from the show and presents questions that encourage critical thinking, powerful discussion, and expanded understanding regarding public health.Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipPublic health saved your life today, but you didn't even know it.
Viruses, pathogens, threaten to bring us to our knees.
We need to tell the story of public health.
I'm really worried that any pandemic can just (snaps) because we are not yet prepared.
Inequality is a root cause of illness.
The trust level is broken.
It's the politicization that's killing us.
Public health is like the foundation of your house.
And let me tell you, ours is cracked.
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Clip: Ep2 | 2m 57s | Steven Johnson describes the origins of cholera and how interventions stopped the spread. (2m 57s)
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Clip: Ep1 | 2m 5s | Historians and public health practitioners talk public health's impact on life expectancy. (2m 5s)
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Preview: Ep1 | 30s | Public health has doubled our life expectancy, but the system is in jeopardy. (30s)
Cholera and the Modern Public Health System
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 12s | How the 1854 cholera outbreak led to the birth of the modern public health system. (1m 12s)
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Preview: Ep4 | 30s | Life expectancy is declining. How do we rethink the system before it's too late? (30s)
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Preview: Ep3 | 30s | Disinformation and misunderstanding, skepticism of science, and distrust of government. (30s)
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Preview: Ep2 | 30s | Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century. (30s)
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