The deadly Coronavirus or COVID-19 was predicted by an article published by the Jehovah’s Witness, a religious group, 15 years ago, in its magazine, Awake! But the world ignored the warning.

According to the article “The Next Global Epidemic, WHEN?” published in the December 22, 2005, edition of Awake!, the world was alerted that a pandemic virus might emerge in China or a nearby country in the future.

It also warned that it might emanate from an animal and could surface from antigens or virulence factors derived from animal influenza viruses.

The prediction, seen by some analysts as opportunistic, came two years after the end of another pandemic virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak that started in November 2002.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/02/17/awake-jehovah-witness-magazine-predicted-coronavirus-15-years-ago/amp/

SARS was also a coronavirus, and it also jumped to people from animals in the wet markets.

SARS emerged in Guangdong and infected 8,098 people over the course of eight months, killing 774 Patients experienced fevers, headaches, and a type of deadly pneumonia that could cause respiratory failure.

Experts called SARS “the first pandemic of the 21st century,” since it spread across 29 countries. The disease hasn’t been seen in humans since July 2003.

The Awake magazine writer in predicting another virus quoted the medical journal, Vaccine, of 2003, which warned: “It has been 35 years since the last influenza pandemic, and the longest interval between pandemics recorded with certainty in 39 years. The pandemic virus may emerge in China or a nearby country and could surface from antigens or virulence factors derived from animal influenza viruses.


“It will spread rapidly throughout the world. Several waves of infection will occur. Morbidity will be extensive in all age groups, and there will be widespread disruption of social and economic activity in all countries. Excess mortality will be evident in most, if not all age groups. It is unlikely that health care systems in even the most economically developed countries will be able to adequately cope with the demand for health care services.”

True to this prediction, the influenza pandemic again began in China in December 2019, from where it has spread to other parts of the world.

The virus has presented huge problems to China and the World Health Organisation in its containment.

Source: https://www.reubenabati.com.ng/component/k2/item/12136-jehovah-witness-predicted-coronavirus-15-years-ago

Like that was not inevitable. With bird flu it became obvious viruses are jumping species.

CAPSLOCKED:
"THE VIRUS MAY...... "
ANYBODY CAN PREDICT ANYTHING,
SO I DON'T SEE HOW WE ALL SHOULD BECOME JEHOVAH WITNESS MEMBERS NOW.

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Shush! Be quiet. Become JW member kẹ?
Abi you wan make JWs to start getting a hard on ni?

Since when did witnesses start releasing prophesies........hmmmm........it's strange or are they also looking for members.......pls what we should be after are those who will prophesy about the cure.......as in name the exact drug for the cure......they are the real prophets

na wa

Another one

For the gullible!

Hmmmmm

We go soon see olumba olumba prediction.

The virus is spreading already, killing people, killing businesses and economies at large, the talk should be more of finding possible solutions, here on nairaland it should be more of educating people on how to maintain personal hygiene to at least try preventing ourselves from getting infected and not about who predicted what and when

Okay

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Purely calculated quess work..
Jw are known for failed unfulfilled predictions such as the one in 1914,1918 and 1975 etc..

Religion in Africa ....

temmypotter:
Okay

Kk

Has Jehovah witness join the crew? God save us if anyway we sin against you, forgives us and take away this coronavirus from us because we don’t have a good and God fearing leaders in Africa that can combat this virus likes other western world.

The summary of the whole stuff is that we are at the last days. QED

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From Primate to Bishop to JW!

It's only Coronavirus all of you fit predict?

And the sheeples are spreading the nonsense!

When will Jesus/Yeshua come back?

Mad people, they don start.
Taking advantage of random predictions, this same JW that was giving untrue dates of when the world would come to end...

The bible is the only correct book of prophecy
It correctly stated there will be pestilences towards the end time
We are already at this time
This coronaVirus is a tool of control because when they start rolling out the vaccines (which they already made), it will be by means of identification..
You've to belong to the United world
This plague is just the beginning of the end

Gullible lots

Those niggas that do win bet9ja predictions should be called Messiahs too then

This one up here is not even prediction cos they didn't predict the exact year, nothing more than a guess work base on statistical analysis

Changes nothing

They also predicted that the world was going to end in 1975.

Liars. Even Jehovah their god, who is currently in a spiritual cage cannot see the future, not to talk of some men calling themselves Jehovah's witness. I thought world had ended since 1914, according to the Jehovah's witness.

Prophecy has now change to prediction.

Lwkmd.. They should not be bothered about the virus na...since Dem talk say hell does not exist...if person die with am....The person go jejely go paradise.

All dz churches wan recruit new members...I laugh in Swahili

We all knew it was a matter of time before someone tries to use religion to cash in on this pandemic.

You are a shameless bunch.

Hypocritical Christians.

Continue to predict nonsense there ..