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Snopes fact-checks claims that the COVID-19 pandemic was prophesied by clairvoyants or "predicted" in works of fiction years before it took place.
by Snopes Staff, May 1, 2020
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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By Snopes Staff
March 20, 2020
If only people recognized "predictions" before the calamitous events they supposedly anticipate.
March 4, 2020
Lobbing vague claims about likely events does not a prediction make.
Feb. 18, 2020
A speculative anticipation of a possibility is very different than a 'prediction.'
Feb. 3, 2020
It might be time to raise our standards for "predictions."
April 2, 2020
COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus, but not all coronaviruses cause COVID-19.
Jan. 29, 2020
Some concern arose over apparent connections between the video game "Resident Evil" and a new co ...
April 9, 2020
Who could have seen this coming? Just about anyone who can read.
May 14, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci has led the NIAID for more than three decades, advising five U.S. presidents o ...
May 1, 2020
An old "prediction" got a new origin story.
