Christianity was an epidemic rather than a religion. It appealed to fear, hysteria and ignorance. It spread across the Western world, not because it was true, but because humans are gullible and superstitious. Colin Wilson
Some people are so sensitive that they feel snubbed if an epidemic overlooks them. Kin Hubbard
Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic. Wallace Stevens
Gormenghast, that is, the main massing of the original stone, taken by itself would have displayed a certain ponderous architectural quality were it possible to have ignored the circumfusion of those mean dwellings that swarmed like an epidemic around its outer walls. Mervyn Peake
This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise. Carlos Ruiz Zafón
During an epidemic doctors are happy. Sicilian Proverb