Simpsons writer condemns memes using ‘Osaka Flu’ episode to portray coronavirus as ‘Asian plot’

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Bill Oakley, a writer for The Simpsons, is unhappy with internet trolls using one of the show’s episodes he co-wrote for coronavirus memes.

In an episode from May 1993, “Marge in Chains,” a sick Japanese factory worker coughs into boxes used for juicers that wind up infecting people with “Osaka Flu” in Springfield, the fictional town where the show is centered.

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