Little House On The Prairie fans claim the show 'PREDICTED' the COVID-19 crisis with their episodes called 'Plague' and 'Quarantine'

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Little House On The Prairie fans have claimed that the show 'predicted' the COVID-19 pandemic with its episodes called 'Plague' and 'Quarantine'.

Melissa Gilbert, 55, who played child Laura Ingalls on the show from 1974–83, has also said that the show and current crisis are 'applicable'. 

In 1975, Little House On The Prairie aired an episode called 'Plague', which sees Laura's father Charles Ingalls, played by Michael Landon, attempt to control a breakout of typhus in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. 

Predicted COVID-19? Little House On The Prairie fans have claimed that the show 'predicted' the COVID-19 pandemic with its episodes called 'Plague' and 'Quarantine'

Predicted COVID-19? Little House On The Prairie fans have claimed that the show 'predicted' the COVID-19 pandemic with its episodes called 'Plague' and 'Quarantine'

Charles is left isolated from his family, as he doesn't want to spread the outbreak, and he turns the local church into a hospital to look after those infected.  

Meanwhile in the 1977 episode, called 'Quarantine', the whole town goes into lockdown after there is an outbreak of mountain fever.  

Taking to Twitter to point out the similarities, one fan said: 'There's an episode of little house on the prairie on @TG4TV and it seems pretty accurate. 

'They're going mad locked in the house, the kids are arguing about who gets to write on the (slate) tablet, and they're washing down the house. #Quarantine #Covid_19.'

Speaking out: Melissa Gilbert, 55, has also said that the show and current crisis are 'applicable' (pictured in 2018)
Child star: The star played child Laura Ingalls on the show from 1974¿83 (pictured)

Speaking out: Melissa Gilbert, 55, who played child Laura Ingalls on the show from 1974–83, has also said that the show and current crisis are 'applicable' (pictured in 2018, left, and on the show in the 70s, right) 

A different Twitter user joked: 'Watching 'Little House on the Prairie'. Typhus is killing the residents of Walnut Grove. 

'Doc Baker tells Charles Ingalls he's been exposed and to not go near the girls. This episode is too much. And I've been watching this to get away from COVID stuff.' 

Another fan added: '@HallmarkDrama is showing the Mountain Fever #quarantine episode of Little House on the Prairie...too soon @hallmarkchannel, too soon! #coronavirus.'  

Fans: Taking to Twitter to point out the similarities, one fan said: 'There's an episode of little house on the prairie on @TG4TV and it seems pretty accurate...'

Fans: Taking to Twitter to point out the similarities, one fan said: 'There's an episode of little house on the prairie on @TG4TV and it seems pretty accurate...' 

Meanwhile Seth Weathers tweeted: 'I've been preparing for the #Coronavirus since watching the Little House on the Prairie episode 'Quarantine' as a kid @MelissaAFrancis knows what I'm talking about!'

Talking about the similarities, actress Melissa, who played child Laura Ingalls on the show from 1974–83, told  the New York Post: 'I realised how prescient it was. We can all learn something from what happens in that episode.

'Even on that tiny scale, so much of what they were doing is now applicable. The town mitigated the situation by getting everyone to quarantine at home, putting the sick in one place and trying to find the source.'  

Little House On The Prairie was based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's books which centred on her childhood. It ran from 1974 until 1983 on NBC.

Basisis: Little House On The Prairie was based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's books which centred on her childhood. It ran from 1974 until 1983 on NBC (Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls pictured in the 70s)

Basisis: Little House On The Prairie was based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's books which centred on her childhood. It ran from 1974 until 1983 on NBC (Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls pictured in the 70s) 

 

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