There has been a campaign to attach the mind-virus figure of speech to literal viruses since before 2020. I had already noted this and remarked on how this would lead to the introduction of thought-crimes. We’re just about there.
A more recent trend has been a climate change tie-in, likening misinformation spread to “wildfire”. For example:
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