On that night, Greenville, South Carolina —
the last pocket of resistance to secularity in the Western world — gave in and served notice that it would no longer be a prop for the church.
But although Bsal, a close relative
of Bd, is somewhat familiar, it is even more formidable: Unlike Bd, which is thought to have been present in the Americas in
pockets before the
last outbreak, Bsal is completely new; native species possess very little
resistance.