Coronavirus symptoms include a fever, cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the origin of the novel coronavirus remains unclear, claims that the virus was man-made for use in bioweapons have been proven untrue based on scientific research.Ī symptom described in the book is a toxin that migrates to the brain, eating away at brain tissue resulting in a loss of function in the body. The novel states that the biological weapon is called “Wuhan-400” because it was developed at RDNA labs outside of Wuhan. No other living creature can carry it,” the novel reads.

It is speculated in the article that the change to the book came in 1989 because it marked the end of the Cold War, so an “American author pointing the fictional finger of blame at Russia would not have gone down well in that climate.” Virus mentioned, differs from COVID-19Ī passage from the novel on page 353 reveals that it is true that the novel includes a fictional virus named 'Wuhan-400' but the fictional virus mentioned in the book possesses different traits from COVID-19.

The South China Morning Post reported that the book “appears to have been rewritten after the collapse of the Soviet Union meant the country was no longer seen as a communist bogeyman.” Koontz did not respond to USA TODAY's request for comment. It is not clear why the change took place.

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