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Dean Koontz predicted COVID-19 in 1981 novel
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:01 am
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:01 am
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Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:03 am to stout
the human race needs a cull, and the only realistic way that happens is by super-flu.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:04 am to stout
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:04 am to stout
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:05 am to stout
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:05 am to stout
So uh... how does the book end? out of curiosity..
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:05 am to stout
Dean Koontz is a fricking time traveler!
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:06 am to stout
That’s damn near spot on. What are the odds?
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:06 am to stout
i guess this is acceptable DavidtheReddit material
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:07 am to stout
The book says it can't survive outside the body for more than a minute. At least we've got that going for us.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:07 am to stout
I feel like I am slowly turning into this dude.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:10 am to cgrand
quote:
the human race needs a cull, and the only realistic way that happens is by super-flu.
The problem with your theory is that a super flu attacks good Christian people and people who shoot each other over chicken wings at checkers all the same.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:11 am to stout
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:12 am to stout
LINK
Here is a fact check on this.
There is more in the link I provided.
Here is a fact check on this.
quote:
Here are a few things this “prediction” gets wrong:
In Koontz’s novel, “Wuhan-400” is a human-made weapon. The coronavirus, on the other hand, was not.
In the novel, “Wuhan-400” has a 100% fatality rate. While researchers are still learning about the coronavirus, the current fatality rate sits at about 2%.
The fictional “Wuhan-400” has an extremely quick incubation period of about four hours, compared to COVID-19 which has an incubation period between two and 14 days.
There is more in the link I provided.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:12 am to Gnash
quote:
Snopes
I saw that but no one is taking it seriously, dude. No need for Snopes.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:13 am to OweO
Chris,
No one is calling Dean Koontz on how to handle the virus. It's an internet meme.
Geez...
No one is calling Dean Koontz on how to handle the virus. It's an internet meme.
Geez...
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:15 am to Gnash
How the hell does snopes know it wasn’t man-made?
Snopes ruins everything.
Snopes ruins everything.
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 9:16 am
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:15 am to Gnash
From Snopes:
quote:
In Koontz’s novel, “Wuhan-400” is a human-made weapon. The coronavirus, on the other hand, was not.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:18 am to 4x4tiger
quote:
Snopes ruins everything.
If you think of Snopes as Hilary Clinton's explanation of everything it begins to make more sense.
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