There hasn't been much going on in the news the past few days, so I decided to catch up on Perfect Strangers.

This is a period of great political strife, and by "political strife," I mean, "We were all looking forward to seeing fewer political posts on Facebook."

The year was 2016. On election night, I was catching up with elected officials at local watch parties .

Loyal Scaiaholics understand my controversialposition that we're all mammals. Perhaps this idea is more important than ever as we approach the 2020 election.

Earlier this year, I learned many of my Facebook associates are epidemiologists who specialize in the study of coronaviruses, posting articles and commenting on other people's posts with strongly worded opinions about how viruses work.