Zach Elder and his friends pulled up to shore after a twenty-five-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon The man who came to retrieve their rafts told them about the COVID- virus They thought he was joking But as they left the canyon their phones pinged with their parents rsquo urgent messages Zach and his friends were stunned They wished they could return to the river and escape what they now knew In a fallen world knowledge often brings pain The wise Teacher of Ecclesiastes observed ldquo With much wisdom comes much sorrow the more knowledge the more grief rdquo
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