Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 300 × 300 pixels. Furthermore, these posts noted how 'corona' was an anagram for 'racoon,' the city at the center of 'Resident Evil. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Social media posts claimed that the logo of a biotech lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the January 2020 outbreak, was eerily similar to the logo of the Umbrella Corporation. While the events in this game were obviously fiction, some social media users pointed to a few strange coincidences in January 2020 as China and other countries responded to the real-world spread of a new coronavirus. In the video game series 'Resident Evil,' a virus created by the pharmaceutical company 'The Umbrella Corporation' turns many of the residents of Raccoon City into zombie-like creatures. And, please, follow the CDC or WHO for guidance on protecting your community from the disease.
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