The other day I saw a CCTV video that had been turned into a bit of a social media sensation, in which an elderly fellow is walking his dog when out of nowhere,

The other day I saw a CCTV video that had been turned into a bit of a social media sensation, in which an elderly fellow is walking his dog when out of nowhere, a random house cat falls from well above and lands on his head, knocking the man flat unconscious. The dog continues on about his exploring for a few seconds more before casually sniffing his owner to see what's up with the guy. It then just as casually moves its attention over to the cat, which is apparently totally fine despite its fall and rough landing (so typical of cats), and starts to play with it over in a corner of the video. The dog was wearing little red boots on its front paws by the way, just in case everything else about the video wasn't absurd enough already... My point? That even this was a much better candidate for a far-fetched event in 2020 than this pandemic ever could be. Scientists, academics, reporters, policy makers and even some more astute or honest politicians have been predicting it for literally years as something that was probably just around the corner.