Social contagion

Whenever I bring up that the recent absolute spike in people identifying as trans might just be a social contagion or trend, people freak out and compare me to the Nazis. Despite the fact that we are very social creatures and it's a biological instinct to copy those around us. Herd mentality is also a huge thing.

One case I can think of that most ppl will agree was a social contagion: people faking tics. Remember ticsandroses? Yeah. But so many people are against the idea of the sudden trans boom being a social contagion, it's just baffling. Like why can we admit one is, but act as if the other isn't?