Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?

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Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?

If a prediction is only noticed after an incident occurs, is it really a prediction?

  • PUBLISHED 18 FEBRUARY 2020

Claim

Author Dean Koontz predicted the 2020 new coronavirus outbreak in his 1981 novel "The Eyes of Darkness."

Rating

Mostly False
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What's True

An image shows a genuine page from Dean Koontz's novel "The Eyes of Darkness" containing the words "Wuhan-400."

What's False

However, Dean Koontz did not predict an outbreak of a new coronavirus. Other than the name, this fictional biological weapon has little in common with the virus that caused an outbreak in 2020.

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