The Coronavirus Collection: Prophecies and Predictions

Catastrophic events are often accompanied by claims that they were foretold by supernatural means or "predicted" in fictional narratives marked by "uncanny" resemblances to those events. Read our fact checks of those claims below.

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Did Nostradamus Predict the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Mar 20, 2020 If only people recognized "predictions" before the calamitous events they supposedly anticipate.

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Did Self-Described Psychic Sylvia Browne Predict the Coronavirus?

Mar 4, 2020 Lobbing vague claims about likely events does not a prediction make.

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Was Coronavirus Predicted in a 1981 Dean Koontz Novel?

Feb 18, 2020 A speculative anticipation of a possibility is very different than a 'prediction.'

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Did 'The Simpsons' Predict the Coronavirus Outbreak?

Feb 3, 2020 It might be time to raise our standards for "predictions."

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Did the TV Show 'My Secret Terrius' Predict Coronavirus?

Apr 2, 2020 COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus, but not all coronaviruses cause COVID-19.

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Is the 'Umbrella Corporation' Logo Oddly Similar to a Wuhan Biotech Lab's?

Jan 29, 2020 Some concern arose over apparent connections between the video game "Resident Evil" and a new co ...

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Did Time Magazine Warn About Global Warming, Pandemic Years Ago?

Apr 9, 2020 Who could have seen this coming? Just about anyone who can read.

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Did Fauci Warn Trump in 2017 That a 'Surprise Outbreak' Was Coming?

May 14, 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci has led the NIAID for more than three decades, advising five U.S. presidents o ...

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Did the 1981 'Farmer's Almanac' Predict COVID-19?

May 1, 2020 An old "prediction" got a new origin story.

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