Wow - It is strange that the Prime Minister of UK Boris Johnson - his father who worked for World Bank and the European Commission wrote a book called 'The Virus' (link below) years ago. Seems strangely familiar. https://fullfact.org/online/stanley-johnson-the-virus-book/
Stanley Johnson did write a novel called ‘The Virus’ - Full Fact
The Prime Minister’s father wrote the book in 1982.
https://fullfact.org/online/stanley-johnson-the-virus-book/