Novel Predicted Wuhan Coronavirus 40 Years Ago? Internet Stumped!

The internet is indeed a funny place where sometimes the line between fact and fiction blurs. In one such instance, an internet user has brought out a reference where a novel purportedly written 40 years ago has a reference to Wuhan coronavirus, which has been keeping countries around the world on edge.

A thriller novel The Eyes of Darkness, written by Dean Koontz in 1981, mentions a virus named Wuhan-400. In the novel, the virus is created as a weapon in a laboratory. Incidentally, there are also conspiracy theories that the novel coronavirus could be a bio-weapon though the same has been debunked by many scientists.

Needless to say, the internet is quite surprised. Here are the top reactions: