Question: After Alan Krumweide starts spreading misinformation about Forsythia curing MEV-1, we see a scene in a pharmacy being flooded with desperate customers. But if Forsythia is a homeopathic drug, then why is it being sold in pharmacies in the first place? As the characters say later on, it takes months just to get a drug approved, let alone sold.
Contagion (2011)
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Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Kate Winslet
Factual error: When a global map is shown, the location of Toronto is incorrect. What is labelled as Toronto is actually the location of Montreal. (01:08:05)
Dr. Ellis Cheever: What have you eaten? I mean something that didn't come from a vending machine.
Dr. Erin Mears: Taco Bell!
Trivia: Contagion got various accolades for its authenticity, being "very well fact checked compared to most science blockbusters", according to New Scientist. The screenwriter did months of research, enlisting the help of epidemiologists who edited the script and guided the actors.
Answer: Many pharmacies in the US sell homeopathic supplements.