You don't have to go far to find a book written pre-2019 that outlines the pandemic that just occurred down to a T. This is something a lot of smart people hypothesized and it's something a lot of people took seriously. Indeed the catchphrase for it was probably "when, not if". I sure didn't think Gates sounded apocalyptic or unrealistic when he did his TED Talk about the future pandemic. It was all stuff I already knew! I just didn't expect it quite so soon.