This episode from the TV series The Dead Zone (Plague: S2 E14) aired July 13, 2003. 17 years prior to the "pandemic' but the plot is eerily similar to the narrative of the 2020 SARS-COV-2 'pandemic'.

"Predictive programming is a subtle form of psychological conditioning provided by the media to acquaint the public with planned societal changes to be implemented by our leaders. If and when these changes are put through, the public will already be familiarized with them and will accept them as natural progressions, thus lessening possible public resistance and commotion.”
-- Alan Watts

Plot spoilers: China, Coronavirus, Chloroquine, and Lockdown