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" 'Contagion' is Purell terror" is an article review of the new movie Contagion. The compares the movie to Jaws, in both movies the main character is not a person but nature in the form of a shark or an epidemic. In the movie a doomsday disease is spreading quickly and killing everyone who contracts it. Several of the characters include a Minneapolis executive, a health blogger, CDC official and a World Health Organization official. Many stars are included in the cast such as Jude Law, Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow. This thriller has been said to "have viewers flinching if anyone touches them."