‘Everything is planned’: 'The Simpsons’ predicted virus outbreak, murder hornets in 1993?

From predicting election of US President Donald Trump to invention of smartwatches, Simpsons featured storylines which were eerily close to real-life happenings. w, when world is scrambling to contain dely coronavirus pandemic, internet users ted that animated series came close to predicting ongoing crisis as well. 

An episode titled ‘Marge in China’ from 1993 became an internet sensation as it shows a mysterious virus from Asia inving town of Springfield. In episode, virus starts in Japan, where a sick factory employee sneezes into numerous packs conlang juicers which is later bought by people in Springfield. opening of packs les to spreing of virus. While series named virus ‘Osaka Flu’, symptoms of flu were eerily similar to that of COVID-19. 

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Similar to coronavirus, ‘Osaka flu’ also spres quickly through town and Springfield citizens battle flu same way as entire world is currently handling dely virus. In clip shared on Twitter, one can see Springfield resident demanding a cure. episode also predicts ‘murderous hornets’ as town people also unleash a swarm of killer bees. 

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‘Everything is planned’

Since being shared, video has been viewed more than six million times. clip has left several internet users amazed. One Twitter user even wrote, “Wait maybe this caused 2020? Did Simpsons fly too close to sun?”. 

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