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.

It's a strange world we live in.#coronavirus #COVID19 #Wuhan pic.twitter.com/WkjbK4zGaW

— Darren of Plymouth 🇬🇧 (@DarrenPlymouth) February 16, 2020

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

I believe any thing we write will happen one day

— Hisham Saeed (@999mbz) February 16, 2020

Read most of Dean Koontz books and enjoyed how descriptive they were. This, however, is a little too close to the 🦴 😱

— Stephen Wayman (@Swaydogg) February 16, 2020

Holy shit! I remember this book!

— Truth Bomber (@TChef76) February 17, 2020

Divine comedy. Life is a jumble of archetypical stories retold countless times w infinite variations

— Haeli05 (@haeli05) February 16, 2020