One theory about why: "Pandemic fiction is about how people behave in response to acute, sudden-onset helplessness. When we're confronted with that helplessness in real life, watching some version of it " any version of it, and ideally one where at least some people survive " is comforting. It's a model for how we could respond." " […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM on March 9, 2020