Fans of The Simpsons believe that the cartoon predicted the ongoing coronavirus outbreak back in 1993.
With this in mind, it would be fair to chalk this up as one of The Simpsons’ less accurate predictions.
Nonetheless, people were soon making the same observation online, with one meme account editing over the words “Osaka flu” with “coronavirus”.
The UK’s reaction to the global pandemic is also being criticised with a scene from British sitcom Yes Minister going viral for seemingly predicting Boris Johnson’s “clueless” response.