Contamination: On virus and knowledge spread

Despite what some idiots claim, it is most important that we do understand where ideas originated.

Origins and spread of disease and ideas are essential areas of the work of scientists and historians of science.

Scientists need to know where things originate in order to understand them better and to inform knowledge on contamination
1. Virus contamination such as #coronavirus: https://t.co/FdQ8kRv1zX
2. Knowledge contamination to aid future bombshell💣 discoveries https://t.co/E8QuuMzsSL pic.twitter.com/oSCg5juE96

— Dr Mike Sutton (@Criminotweet) February 1, 2020