TV viewers were left conflicted on Thursday night when they tuned into ITV2 to see Contagion was being shown. The 2011 movie from director Steven Soderbergh tells the story of a new virus - the fictional MEV-1 pathogen - breaking out around the world - just like the current COVID-19 epidemic.
With the frightening coronavirus pandemic continuing to worsen worldwide some TV viewers were left with a bad taste in their mouth over ITV deciding to air the film.
A number of movie fans blasted the TV channel for airing the thriller with some questioning if the network thought it was satire and others simply could not believe TV bosses allowed it to be shown.