disease. nailed it. it was supposed to be post-apocalyptic. it was supposed to play into that could be, could be. nailed it. joining me now, scott z. burns, screenwriter for contagion, the chief scientist for the film. dr. lipton, good to have you. scott burns, how did you get this right? did you get lucky? i don t think i got lucky, i think i did what a lot of people with my job do, you start with research. i spent time with dr. lipton, people like lori garrett. they all said the same thing, this isn t a question of if this is going to happen, it s just a question of when.