Netflix TV show, My Secret Terrius, now two years old, is gaining social media traction for predicting an outbreak of a coronavirus remarkably similar to what the world is going through now.In the 10th episode of the South Korean show, a doctor describes how the virus attacks the respiratory system, has an incubation period of two to 14 days, and - in a departure from the real life virus - says, "This virus was manipulated to attack the lungs directly within just five minutes of being exposed."The show uses SARS as its model, portraying the virus as having been tampered with to make it more contagious.The script writers are not alone in portraying a super virus in fictional terms that comes across as particularly prescient. Dean Koontz's 1981 novel Eyes of Darkness, for example, has attracted claims that he foresaw the emergence of a virus similar to Covid-19, one that he called Wuhan-400.But critics have also pointed out the glaring differences - the virus in the book was a man-made weapon and had a 100% mortality rate. Covid-19 is nowhere near as deadly, the death rate put at around 1.4% in a Lancet study from late March. The same study finds the death rate around 0.66% when undetected infections are taken into account.Similarly, while the virus in My Secret Terrius may draw comparisons to what is happening today, its sensational take bears little resemblance to reality. Other fictionalised scenarios, such as the 2011 film Contagion, also portray a virus that is much more malevolent and deadly. That should provide comfort to some.