In the Name of Science (2023)

This is a documentary film in the series of Estonian Stories, an Estonian story about the corona crisis. One of the main characters is Kaari Saarma, with a background in molecular biology, who believes the crisis could be solved with the help of ivermectin. The other main character is Kairi Riigor, Chief Physician of the Intensive Care Unit at the North Estonia Medical Centre, who treats critically ill coronavirus patients. The film looks at how the divide between two opposing sides has come about: on one side, there is the conventional medicine; on the other side, the so-called vaccine deniers. How are these parallel universes born, where there are both people who live their everyday lives, largely untouched by the crisis, but also those who are admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19, as a result of their phobias and getting their information from ill-advised sources.