John: a global disease pandemic is coming and everyone must prepare for it (2019)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2021-02-02) · owner: John
In mid-2019 on Dear Hank and John, John said everyone must prepare for the coming global disease pandemic, after naming one among his chief fears a year earlier. In February 2021 he looked back on the prediction as having come true.
Origin known from later mentions
2019 in the title is when this began; it first appears in the videos read here in 2021, so the earlier part is known only from what is said later.
About: Dear Hank and John, 10 Things That Scare Me, Crash Course, infectious disease
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-02 | came true | John recalls predicting the pandemic: in mid-2019 on Dear Hank and John he said everyone must prepare for the coming global disease pandemic, and a year earlier he listed one among his chief fears. | I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-02-02 · I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) — John: From the Great Dying in the Americas to the Black Death in Eurasia, infectious disease has long been a central force in human history, and not only ancient history. — 00:00:29
- 2021-02-02 · I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) — John: Since the first US AIDS-related death, when John was four, tens of millions have died of AIDS-related illnesses, mostly in impoverished communities denied antiretroviral therapy for decades. — 00:00:29
- 2021-02-02 · I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) — John: Pandemics are historically routine, so we shouldn't be surprised by them; what we should be is prepared. — 00:00:29