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Coronation Street predicted Covid pandemic before axing 'far-fetched' storyline
Coronation Street predicted the coronavirus outbreak, according to bosses on the ITV soap.Cobbles boss Iain MacLeod said writers had a storyline about a "global pandemic" in a pigeon loft owned by the streets resident mechanic, Tyrone DobbsBut the idea, for the upcoming 60th anniversary, was deemed "too far-fetched".Iain explained: "About a year ago we were talking about what we would do for our 60th anniversary, and two of our writers pitched a story about a global pandemic."It originated in Tyrone's pigeon loft, as he had taken up racing pigeons, and the pandemic came in some sort of bird flu that spread from there around the street."The consensus around the room was that it was just too far-fetched, but fast-forward to now and it all
