The Invisible Shield

Synopsis

This 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.

First Air Date: 2024-03-26

Last Air Date: 2024-04-25

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Networks: PBS

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Top Cast

Geoff Manaugh as Self
Steven Johnson as Self
Brian Castrucci as Self
Lauren Gardner as Self
Sonia Shah as Self
Abigail Hawk as Self
Joshua Sharfstein as Self
John Lumpkin as Self
Georges Benjamin as Self
Caitlin Rivers as Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2024)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Old Playbook (2024-03-26)

History repeats itself. It’s not the first time the world has had to deal with a pandemic, and the push highlights how the public health sector had to go back to work.
Ep. 2: Follow the Data (2024-04-09)

Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century. Helping the world understand and mitigate the spread of disease, data has helped us make sense of the threats to our collective health.
Ep. 3: Inoculation & Inequity (2024-04-18)

Public health officials face disinformation, skepticism of science, and distrust in government as they begin vaccinating the public against COVID. Historical injustices and inequities lead to apprehension, forcing public health to refine its approach.
Ep. 4: The New Playbook (2024-04-25)

With all the challenges the public health sector faces, and life expectancy declining, how will a committed next generation of public health workers going overcome these obstacles?