Annus horribilis 2020 marches to its own drumbeat of ever-worsening news, day after grim day. It’s enough to make even the sternest among us wonder how much worse things can get. If naturalism teaches anything, it’s that in the great literary conflict of man versus nature, nature is undefeated. SQUIRREL TESTS POSITIVE FOR PLAGUE IN COLORADOYou see, a squirrel found in Colorado has tested positive, not for the coronavirus, mind you, but the bubonic plague. Local politics aside, this squirrely development in already grim times revealed how little I actually know about infectious diseases.

Source: Fox News July 18, 2020 17:37 UTC