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Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:19 am to OweO
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Here are a few things this “prediction” gets wrong:
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In Koontz’s novel, “Wuhan-400” is a human-made weapon. The coronavirus, on the other hand, was not.
We don't know that for sure. Most likely not, but we don't know that for sure.
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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%.
3.4%, announced yesterday.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:20 am to stout
He claimed we would still be using disks, the comparison is invalid.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:21 am to stout
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Dean Koontz predicted COVID-19
and didn't do anything stop it?
what an a-hole
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:21 am to Tonio
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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.
omelette > eggs
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:25 am to Gnash
Snopes fricking sucks. That didn't really disprove anything.
They are arguing technical issues, such as mortality rates to disprove it.
No one thinks it's a real prediction. It's just a weird, funny coincidence.
They are arguing technical issues, such as mortality rates to disprove it.
No one thinks it's a real prediction. It's just a weird, funny coincidence.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:27 am to Bjorn Cyborg
So 2030 doom 
too than never to be heard from again 
too than never to be heard from again This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 9:29 am
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:28 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Exactly. The guy predicted a virus coming out of Wuhan in 2020. That part is true.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:31 am to OweO
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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 9:32 am to upgrayedd
is this another meme or do people really think this is a biological weapon?
because if so, its a really shitty one
because if so, its a really shitty one
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:35 am to 4x4tiger
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Snopes ruins everything.
No ne puts trust in snopes any more. They're fact checking memes and satire sites.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:36 am to DarthRebel
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:40 am to Gnash
quote:Odd that it was changed to Wuhan 400 in 2008.
In the original version of the book, the virus is named after a Russian city.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:45 am to stout
Kevin,
Your thread title is "Dean Koontz Predicted COVID-19 in 1981 novel" and you posted the information you did and in no way did you indicate that it was an internet meme (and by saying it is an internet meme you are saying it should be taken as a joke right?).
Why didn't you mention that it wasn't meant to be taken serious when people started posting about it as if they thought it was not a joke?
Just admit you didn't fact check it before you posted it.
Thanks
OweO
Your thread title is "Dean Koontz Predicted COVID-19 in 1981 novel" and you posted the information you did and in no way did you indicate that it was an internet meme (and by saying it is an internet meme you are saying it should be taken as a joke right?).
Why didn't you mention that it wasn't meant to be taken serious when people started posting about it as if they thought it was not a joke?
Just admit you didn't fact check it before you posted it.
Thanks
OweO
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:46 am to Gnash
I looked that up a couple of weeks ago and I thought (?) it was saying that the change to Wuhan was made in about 2008 (online copies only?). That made it seem even more strange, although possible that I didn't fully understand.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:49 am to OweO
holy shite you're dumb
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:53 am to litenin
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That made it seem even more strange, although possible that I didn't fully understand.
In 1981 Russia would have been a bigger threat to the US than any other country. Maybe by 2008 publishers/editors of the book felt new readers would understand a threat coming out of China more so than out of Russia and changed it to a Chinese city.
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:54 am to OweO
You trust Snopes? 
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:59 am to stout
Family Guy Clip - Oh My God are you Stephan King ?
This post was edited on 3/4/20 at 10:03 am
Posted on 3/4/20 at 9:59 am to Eli Goldfinger
You trust stout?
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