DesignatedSurvivor’s upcoming third season involves a pandemic sweeping across the U.S.
is among the few people in the world who can list “licensed physician” and “experienced showrunner” on his resume.
Baer, who previously worked on “ER” and was showrunner/executive producer of “Law & Order: SVU” and “Under the Dome,” knew that the threat of a bio-terror attack and the nation’s lack of preparedness would be meaty subjects for a political drama series because they have been a growing focus for real-life public health experts.. “Even though it’s caused terrible calamity, it’s also preparing us for what could be much worse.
While the fictional drama series took plenty of license to up the drama, Baer can’t believe the reality of the situation that the wealthiest country in the world has found itself in as the long-feared pandemic situation has reared up in a huge way. In “Designated Survivor,” Baer sought to highlight the danger posed by cutting-edge technologies involve genetics and tools that may wind up altering human DNA forever. The system known to geneticists as CRISPR has incredible potential to help those who suffer from diseases such as sickle cell anemia, but in the wrong hands there are concerns it can be the source of bio-terror havoc.
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