
We’ve known for years now that Covid-19 isn’t just a human problem. It moves easily through the animals we share the world with — and what happens in the wild can either directly impact us or give us a sign of how prevalent the virus is in humans. A new study from Virginia Tech, published Monday in the journal Nature Communications, shows that right now the virus is everywhere — extensively spreading through the critters in our own backyard. So, just how worried we should be about this spread?