Memes Spread Through Networks the Same Way Viruses Spread Through Populations – Gizmodo Australia

None of us escaped the Bernie Sanders mitten memes following President Joe Bidens inauguration. The photographer Brendan Smialowski captured the image of Sen. Sanders seated at the inauguration that went viral, resulting in an explosion of thousands of memes that spread rapidly across the world.
Memes aside, we are in the middle of a deadly global pandemic, unlike anything weve faced in modern times. At the time of writing, there are more than 100 million COVID-19 cases and two million deaths worldwide….

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