Film Screening # *COVID Collateral: Where Do We Go for Truth?* ### Produced and Directed by Vanessa Dylyn ##### Watch the Event Download: [ Video ](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/eb7b0f28-0138-4d1a-9076-35c81fa63308/3a5d11bc-969c-4b29-a9ea-4c8462c82ae3/main.mp4) [ Audio ](https://feeds.acast.com/public/streams/5e2e15a046f4465f31c89d8c/episodes/66b115b4af99592b5354378a.mp3) Submit questions in the comment box on this page and join the conversation on social media using [\#CatoHealth](https://x.com/hashtag/CatoHealth). For event updates, follow [@CatoInstitute](https://x.com/catoinstitute) on X. If you have questions about the event or your registration, please email [events@​cato.​org](mailto:events@cato.org). Date and Time July 23, 2024 4:30 — 8:30 PM EDT Location Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC Share This Event ##### Featuring ![jay-Bhattacharya-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2022-07/jay-Bhattacharya-cropped.jpg?itok=3FWSgb9R) Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD Epidemiologist, Economist, and Professor of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine [ ](https://twitter.com/DrJBhattacharya) ![Vanessa Dylyn cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2024-06/Vanessa-Dylyn-cropped.jpg?itok=D3uJuhom) Vanessa Dylyn Documentary Filmmaker, Matter of Fact Media, Toronto, Canada [ ](https://twitter.com/VanessaDylyn) ![Robert R. Redfield, MD - cropped](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2024-06/Robert-Redfield-MD-cropped.jpg?itok=ejWFyDfV) Robert R. Redfield, MD Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018–2021); Cofounder, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Senior Visiting Fellow for Biosecurity and Public Health Policy, Heritage Foundation [ ](https://twitter.com/redfield_dr) [![Ryan Bourne](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Ryan%20Bourne.jpg?itok=nv8-2r7d)](/people/ryan-bourne) [Ryan Bourne](/people/ryan-bourne) R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute [ ](https://x.com/MrRBourne) [ ](mailto:rbourne@cato.org) [![jeff-singer-cropped.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2024-05/jeff-singer-cropped.jpg?itok=G_0nEnx7)](/people/jeffrey-singer) [Jeffrey A. Singer](/people/jeffrey-singer) Senior Fellow, Cato Institute [ ](https://x.com/dr4liberty) [ ](mailto:jsinger@cato.org) ***\** The film screening is in‐​person only and will not be livestreamed. However, the roundtable discussion will be in‐​person and livestreamed.** The COVID-19 pandemic was the most severe global public health emergency in over 100 years. Deadlier than the influenza virus, COVID-19 claimed more than 1.1 million lives in the United States by 2023. Had it not been for the rapid development and deployment of vaccines, many more would have died. To further combat the pandemic, US and international public health agencies enacted unprecedented school closures, lockdowns, and border closures that inflicted collateral damage on children, other vulnerable populations, and the rest of the public. These preventative measures exacerbated substance abuse and mental health problems that persist today. Public health and media organizations suppressed and often censored scientific experts with dissenting opinions and recommendations that might have mitigated much of the collateral damage. Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Vanessa Dylyn (Matter of Fact Media) produced and directed the documentary *COVID Collateral: Where Do We Go for Truth?*, which examines the global pandemic response, the suppression of scientific discourse, and lessons for approaching the next pandemic. [www​.covid​col​lat​er​al​.com](https://covidcollateral.com/). Please join us for a film screening in the Cato Institute Hayek Auditorium, followed by a roundtable discussion of the film and its lessons featuring our distinguished panel. #### Covid Collateral Trailer: --- #### Schedule 4:30 - 5:00 PM **Registration** 5:00 - 6:30 PM **Private Film Screening** 6:30 - 7:45 PM **Discussion and Q&A** 7:45 - 8:30 PM **Reception** --- #### Additional Resources - “[Against Scientific Gatekeeping,](https://reason.com/2022/04/03/against-scientific-gatekeeping/)” by Jeffrey A. Singer - “[Jamie Sarkonak: ‘Covid Collateral’ Puts Spotlight on Pandemic-Era Incompetence,](https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-sarkonak-covid-collateral-puts-spotlight-on-pandemic-era-incompetence)” by Jamie Sarkonak - “[COVID-19 Policy: A Failure of Economic Thinking,](https://www.cato.org/pandemics-policy/covid-19-policy-failure-economic-thinking)” by Ryan Bourne - “[The COVID-19 Case for Bigger Government Is Weak,](https://www.cato.org/pandemics-policy/covid-19-case-bigger-government-weak)” by Ryan Bourne - [Prepared Statement by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya](https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115561/witnesses/HHRG-118-IF16-Wstate-BhattacharyaJ-20230328.pdf) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).