What gave the child the resilience to survive becomes the source of study for scientists in the middle of a deserted spot in Texas. Ironically, except for one child, the rest die. The Wuhan 400 has been shown to be so infectious that one single panic-ridden, irresponsible, contaminated scientist infected a huge batch of boys and their teachers, who were on a trip that would teach the youngsters survival skills. The corona, luckily for mankind, does not affect the brain – only the lungs and most recover with mild flu-like symptoms and some have no symptoms at all. The victim simply ceases to have a pulse, functioning organs, or any urge to breathe.” People died within a few hours of the infection.

We are told, “ It destroys part of the brain that controls the autonomic functions. The fictitious virus had an incubation period of less than twenty-four hours. In the novel, the virus, called Wuhan 400, was said to have been developed in a lab in the outskirts of Wuhan. It has been republished with a few changes in 1996, post-Glasnost and post-Tiananmen incident. One of the passages from a thriller that has been circulating the social media circles during COVID 19 is how the Wuhan virus was evolved in a lab in the United States with a Chinese refugee’s help, one who had defected to US “carrying a diskette record of China’s most important and dangerous biological weapon in a decade.” The book, The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz, is listed as a thriller, mystery, suspense and horror.

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