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Fact Check: Did 1981 book predict Wuhan’s coronavirus?

Buddhist monks in Malaysia pray for those affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. [Reuters]

You may have come across claims on various social media platforms that Dean Koontz’s 1981 fictional novel The Eyes of Darkness predicted the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus.

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