The Covid-19 Epidemic: The Unmitigated Spread of "Viruses of the Body" and "Viruses of the Mind."
A while back (long before the Covid 19 pandemic) Richard Brody argued that there are two kinds of viruses: " Viruses of the Body " and " Viruses of the Mind ." Both are contagious and subject to evolutionary change over time, based on variation and natural selection under various environmental conditions. "Viruses of the Body" spread from individual bodies to populations of individual bodies. In contrast, " Viruses of the Mind" spread within individual minds, and eventually infect collective minds, or cultures. The contagion rate of both kinds of viruses can be calculated in terms of the percentage of the population infected at any given time and/or place. And the mortality rate of both can be calculated based on the percentage of deaths caused by that that infection at any given time/place. Mortality rates vary relative to the overall health of those individuals who are infected. Moreover, the contagion rate and mortality rate of both Vi