Did Nostradamus predicted coronavirus?
When a momentous catastrophe occurs, people react in a variety of ways. One response is to seek out prophecies of the event — inspired predictions that foretold its coming. These forecasts can be comforting because they suggest that the horrible incidents were inevitable, that they happened as part of a larger plan. Through the course of human history, there have been hundreds of notable prophets, but in the wake of modern tragedies, one name seems to pop up more than any other: Nostradamus.
Nostradamus is the 16th-century physician and writer, who many believe could see into the future. The French mystic is often credited with predicting the outbreak of World War 2 as well as the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963. Nostradamus’ followers base their bizarre claims on his 1555 book Les Propheties.
Nostradamus penned his predictions in vague, four-lined poems known as quatrains.
The bulk of Nostradamus’ writings was published in 1555, and one of his supposed passages is being circulated on the internet.
Thousands of people have shared the following words: “There will be a twin year (2020) from which will arise a queen (corona) who will come from the east (China) and who will spread a plague (virus) in the darkness of night, on a country with 7 hills (Italy) and will transform the twilight of men into dust (death), to destroy and ruin the world. It will be the end of the world economy as you know it.”
Nostradamus’ followers have claimed he correctly predicted the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the death of King Henry II of France in 1559. Nostradamus also supposedly predicted a geological disaster that will strike the “New World”. They point to one of his writings, Century 2:53, which warns: “The great plague of the maritime city. Will not cease until there be avenged the death. Of the just blood, condemned for a price without crime.” Although landlocked Wuhan is not a “maritime city,” the disease was traced to a seafood market, which they believe is enough to prove a link.
