![]() This isn't the first time King has used social media to talk about a headline-making issue. ![]() "That’s who we have in charge during this crisis: an idiot." "Donald Trump: the man is an idiot," he tweeted. King, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, wrote a followup tweet about how he thinks the president is handling the public health crisis. Keep calm and take all reasonable precautions," he said. In an attempt to lay the comparisons to rest, the author, 72, took to Twitter Monday to share his thoughts. So far this season, there have been 18,000 deaths from flu in the U.S. Social media users have drawn comparisons between the two due to the novel's premise: The release of an influenza strain causes an apocalyptic pandemic, killing over 99% of the population.Īnd though the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has already killed 22 people in the United States and almost 4,000 worldwide, it has still claimed fewer lives than the flu. ![]() Stephen King is denouncing comparisons between his 1978 novel "The Stand" and the coronavirus. Watch Video: Cynthia Erivo pushes for diversity after Stephen King's Oscars tweets ![]()
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