Fans think Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Contagion’ predicted the coronavirus outbreak

Amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, many people are noting similarities between what is unfolding and the 2011 movie Contagion.
The Steven Soderbergh film, which stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard and Jude Law, depicts the outbreak of an epidemic as the scientific community races to contain a fictional virus, called MEV-1.
Fans have been comparing Contagion to the current coronavirus outbreak, with many plot elements mirroring what is going on in real life.
Among them is the spread of f