In analog horrors like this there are always two sides:

The part where she says "I've been poisoning my body with anti-parasite drugs and chemotherapy meant for dogs" idk why it hit so hard?? Just the thought of a person going through in efforts to stop a disease that no one know what it does is absolutely bone chilling

“I am infected with the tangi virus” and “how could I be so gullible” gave me mad chills

I think the scariest part of this one is that Tangipahoa Parish isn't just some generic small riverside town in the midwestern United States; It's a real place, located in Louisiana.

The wine thing was incredibly obvious and the moment it was brought up I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop. But the line "how could I be so gullible?" broke me. All Dr Williams wanted was someone to see what she was seeing, to react to the situation with her same sense of urgency, and when she finally got that, the relief was so potent she wasn't thinking to keep her guard up against infection. It was a mistake I probably would have made in that situation. And her horror, regret, and futility is felt so well through such a simple line. The smallest oversight and for it she paid the highest price. THAT is good writing.

This is one of the most realistic analog horrors I have ever seen. No music, no glitch effects, no creepy images jumping out at you, nothing "weird" at all. This looks exactly like a real health documentary, and that's what makes it so good.

The reason I'm so terrified right now is because I am an ex-tapeworm patient. I've dealt with parasites before, and some people don't understand how scary it is to know there is something living inside of you, using you for its growth.

I don’t know why but the “Now I’ll never do anything.” being slightly more quiet than everything else, getting slightly deeper at the end, was just so upsetting. It sounds so defeated. Knowing your demise could’ve been avoided, knowing your end and the process of it being so painful. It’s literally so melancholy good GOD

Honestly if the government started yelling at me to drink water I probably wouldn’t.

The part where she said "oh god, I am infected with the tangi virus" just that sudden character break from official report tone into visible terror and despair was enough to send shivers down my spine.

I feel so sad about Dr. Williams. I don't think I've ever felt this sad about a character I never even saw the face of. Well done

Dr. Williams virus endured from February to October, That being 9 months. Her pure panic as she quite literally destroys her body to prevent the Tangi virus from overtaking her. The icing on the cake being her shattered dream of wishing for someone to have a family with. The line. “Now I’ll never do anything” being so heavy impacting by the thought of someone who wanted something so badly to be taken away from them by being too friendly with someone.

This was chilling. The way the automated voice dropped at “I have the tangi virus” gave me goosebumps, and I loved the constant back and forth with the boil water/drink water messages on the tv.

12:32 I immediately identified that stock footage as an experiment where a researcher managed to keep a decapitated dog head alive through the use of electricity. I'd honestly go so far as to say the real experiment was only slightly less horrific than the narrative seen here.

For some reason, one of the creepiest parts to me is that after the boiling advisory got lifted, they kept repeating that it was lifted, and drink water straight from your tap everything is fine!

"You might even find you'll never want to leave. But if you do, we'll be happy to send a piece of our community home with you!" and "Tangi Water: It'll Change You" is such a secretive, sinister ending to this. Like, damn right it'll change me, by giving me a terrifying and deadly virus. This is so well made, so genuinely interesting, and also terrifying. Incredible job with this