I mean, state and information mirroring is just how the brain works:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-waves-synch...

https://knowridge.com/2026/08/first-findings-of-mirror-like-...

The only way I can come up with to avoid exposure to a "cognitive virus" is lock oneself in a rubber room.

But extreme isolation merely fosters other mental illnesses.

It's an irrational world with no empirical evidence as to why it even exists. Get over it.

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/02/how-we-...