“An old newspaper clipping reports that two novels published in 1981 and 2008 predicted the COVID-19 pandemic”
Social media posts
Claim dated 13 Mar 2020.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 March 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 14 April 2020, 32 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2380796702211224&id=100008427521527
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/josephine.Benguillo/posts/2688381774599887
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/tisay.lime/posts/2599589147034349
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/aigine.quigaman/posts/876108049528689
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