Trench fever

Rats made the spread of lice-borne diseases such as trench fever even easier when compared to other environments. Many soldiers were fearful of rats more so than other horrors found in the trenches.
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In 1921, microbiologist Sir David Bruce reported that over one million Allied soldiers were infected by trench fever throughout the war.[42] Even after the Great War had ended, disabled veterans in Britain attributed their decreasing quality of life to trench fever they had sustained during wartime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare

The current political life in the US looks somewhat similar to WWI Trench Warfare: lots of individual action, artillery fire, heroism, death, disease, all of which doesn't change the overall position of the warring sides. Under the circumstances, a rational person should maintain good brain hygiene, see the facts as they are and watch out for signs of trench fever, typically spread by Fox News mental lice, aka trolls.

upd: Just in case, Robert Kagan's piece (9/24/2019) is probably the best explanation why impeachment is required for the sanity of our political system.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-we-legitimize-trumps-behavior-itll-be-open-season-on-our-politics/2019/09/24/2709c7a4-def8-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html

https://outline.com/7vF23b

Thanks a thousand - 32

Rising floodwaters swept over the land, and a storm surge carried a group of horses and cows out to sea.

To the surprise of residents and national park officials, three of those cows were recently discovered at the Cape Lookout National Seashore park on the Outer Banks.

The cattle are believed to have arrived at the federal park by swimming at least 3.2km across the Core Sound from Cedar Island, according to a park spokesman, B.G. Horvat. He said that the cows' caretaker, Woody Hancock, had identified them as being from Cedar Island.

"If the cows could talk, imagine the story they could tell you of enduring that rush of water," he added. "That must be incredible."

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/3-cows-swept-out-to-sea-by-hurricane-dorian-are-found-alive

Например, мой дядя из этой истории сделал бы отличный тост. Он бы сказал что-то вроде: "Так выпьем же за [вот тут он бы нашел какое-то прилагательное, которое бы подчеркивало волю к жизни] коров, унесенных в море ураганом. Потому что если даже [тут он бы сказал что-то про стадо и неволю] эти коровы смогли найти в себе силы и доплыть до острова, то и в нашей жизни еще не все потеряно."

Спасибо, коровы!