“There's the spread of infectious disease, then there's the spread of panic. They have very different mechanisms.”

“Cartels have spread and will spread as long as the world lacks an effective mechanism by which balanced expansion may be achieved without a resulting disruption of prices.”

“Yawns are not the only infectious things out there besides germs.

Giggles can spread from person to person.

So can blushing.

But maybe the most powerful infectious thing is the act of speaking the truth.”

“It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.”

“We have an opportunity to launch a massive effort against infectious diseases.”

“No disease any refugee might bring to America is as dangerous as the disease of fear, bigotry and hatred now being spread in America by Fox.”

“It's still unclear whether that takes place (that 2019-nCoV can spread before people show sings of being infected). But if it does, that might explain why the disease is spreading so quickly.”

“Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.”

“Crime is increasing
Trigger happy policing
Panic is spreading
God know where we're heading
Oh, make me wanna holler
They don't understand.”

“I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumours to my dogs.”