Since the pandemic began, everyone's been learning new vocabulary: epidemiology, coronavirus, COVID-19. Familiar words have taken on new meanings: social distancing, superspreader event, mask. There are even acronyms, like PPE.
As we all learn our way through this, it's useful to remember that ideas can spread much faster than viruses. To communicate this concept, Richard Dawkins coined the word meme in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.
When you understand how memes and viruses work, you can protect your loved ones and use your powers for persuasive good. Stay well.
This week, a friend of mine returned to the classroom in England and promptly had to break up a fight.
I made this for her.
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