{"id":6182,"date":"2024-03-27T07:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T12:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=6182"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:26:21","slug":"the-invisible-shield-public-health-saved-your-life-today-and-you-didnt-even-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/03\/27\/the-invisible-shield-public-health-saved-your-life-today-and-you-didnt-even-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Invisible Shield: Public health saved your life today, and you didn&#8217;t even know it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinvisibleshieldseries.com\/\">PBS\/Bloomberg<\/a> Four-Part Docu Series<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Invisible Shield examines how public health makes modern life possible, but it is underfunded, undervalued and misunderstood putting our health at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arlington, Virginia \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinvisibleshieldseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"THE INVISIBLE SHIELD, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>THE INVISIBLE SHIELD<\/strong><\/a>, a new four-part documentary series from RadicalMedia made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies, reveals how the field of public health has saved countless lives in the U.S., protecting people from the constant threat of disease and increasing lifespans. The series explores the hidden public health infrastructure that makes modern life possible. It highlights the thousands of unsung heroes \u2014 physicians, nurses, scientists, activists, reformers, engineers, and government officials \u2014 who work together to improve health outcomes, from the days of cholera and smallpox through the most recent battle with COVID-19.\u00a0<strong>THE INVISIBLE SHIELD<\/strong>\u00a0premieres Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 10-11 p.m. ET (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/tv_schedules\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"check local listings, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check local listings<\/a>) on PBS, with all four episodes available for streaming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/show\/the-invisible-shield\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PBS.org, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBS.org<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/pbs-video-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PBS App., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBS App.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Invisible Shield | Documentary Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55AjDDg0_lk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AusO7rpLmwI\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\", opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Episode 1<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AusO7rpLmwI\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The Old Playbook, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Old Playbook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public health has doubled our life expectancy, but the system is in jeopardy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Episode 2<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qRdC55vJe1s\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Follow The Data, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Follow The Data<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Episode 3<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bZ5vhZE4I0c\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\", opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bZ5vhZE4I0c\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Inoculation &amp; Inequity, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inoculation &amp; Inequity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disinformation and misunderstanding, skepticism of science, and distrust of government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Episode 4<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vDXoYa6ytE8\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\", opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vDXoYa6ytE8\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The New Playbook, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Playbook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life expectancy is declining. How do we rethink the system before it&#8217;s too late?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Guide: <\/strong>Whether you\u2019re in a classroom, community setting, homeschooling, or exploring independently, this guide is a useful tool for extended learning related to this important docuseries. It pulls out powerful quotes and messages from\u00a0<em>The Invisible Shield\u00a0<\/em>and offers added context from the episodes. It also presents questions that encourage critical thinking, powerful discussion, and expanded understanding regarding public health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBS\/Bloomberg Four-Part Docu Series The Invisible Shield examines how public health makes modern life possible, but it is underfunded, undervalued and misunderstood putting our health at risk. Arlington, Virginia \u2013\u00a0THE INVISIBLE SHIELD, a new four-part documentary series from RadicalMedia made possible by Bloomberg Philanthropies, reveals how the field of public health has saved countless lives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-headlines"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-08.00.53.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11418,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6182\/revisions\/11418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}