{"id":141232,"date":"2020-03-07T05:32:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T05:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=141232"},"modified":"2020-03-07T05:32:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T05:32:54","slug":"simpsons-fans-claim-the-show-predicted-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=141232","title":{"rendered":"Simpsons fans claim the show predicted the coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>The hit TV show <i>The Simpsons<\/i> is notorious for a number of things, one of which is its ability to predict global events. Over the years, it has predicted the horse-meat scandal, the invention of autocorrect and one no one saw coming &#8211; Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Now, there are new claims that she show managed to predict the coronavirus which is spreading throughout the world. In fact, there are quite a few claims on Twitter that show the episode, created in 1993.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1993 episode of simpsons<br \/>\nPrediction of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>???????????????????????????????????????? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qshyd9DryB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/qshyd9DryB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mustansar Hussain (@Mustansar_Saral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mustansar_Saral\/status\/1233303118944882688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 28, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The episode shows a number of packages being delivered to the residents of Springfield, containing a deadly flu-like virus that then spreads through the air &#8211; which we now know is not applicable to the coronavirus. However, this is a little bit more of a stretch than previous predictions. The flu on the show is actually dubbed the &#8220;Osaka Flu&#8221; as it originates in Japan (not China as coronavirus.) The image circulating depicting the local news anchor, Kent Brockman sitting in front of a graphic which read &#8216;Corona Virus&#8217;, is a hoax.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Am telling you the Coronavirus is man made coz the simpsons predicted it, it\u2019s mad.<br \/>\n&#8211; Season 4 (Episode 21)<br \/>\n6th May 1993 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eOVcWeDl9R\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/eOVcWeDl9R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Phillips (@Alexpofficial_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alexpofficial_\/status\/1235013120986411008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 4, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The image actually says &#8220;Apocalypse Meow&#8221; which can be seen underneath the photoshopped image. 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Over the years, it has predicted the horse-meat scandal, the invention of autocorrect and one no one saw coming &#8211; Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency. Now, there are new claims that she show &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141234,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141232\/revisions\/141234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}