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Title: Chernobyl on HBO
Post by: Erik on July 16, 2019, 10:18:34 AM

Excellent.

Has anyone else watched this yet?

It far surpassed my expectations, and after the failed GOT finale, this one did not disappoint.

Title: Re: Chernobyl on HBO
Post by: rhodges on July 16, 2019, 10:24:57 AM

I have not seen it, but have read that it is pretty good. There were complaints about inaccuracies, such as a claim that radiation sickness is contagious. But that could be that the person depicted was wrong.

Title: Re: Chernobyl on HBO
Post by: sbeckman on July 17, 2019, 06:40:31 AM

I watched all of this.  It really was well done.

I didn't see anywhere that they claimed that radiation sickness was contagious.  But they did depict through the action of the movie that a person who is heavily contaminated with radioactive material could transfer that to another person through physical contact with skin/clothes, etc. and could then be exposed to enough radiation to be harmed.
Whether the fireman still had that level of contamination to transfer  after he was really sick is certainly debatable.