Have white markings on their backs that should be visible
Can transmit Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and a few other tick-borne diseases
Active from early MayâNovember
Will bite humans and pets
Ingham, Eaton and Jackson County are just a few throughout the state with a known risk for Lyme disease, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Dorothy Leland is the vice president of Lymedisease.org, an advocacy organization. She said Lyme disease can have serious side effects.
âIt can spread to your head. It can spread to your heart. It can affect your digestion. It can give you arthritis in your joints. It really can cause all kinds of problems,â she said.
How the Oldest Old Can Endure Even This
No visitors. No friends at the dining table. Neighbors dying without notice. But many older adults have proved resilient during the pandemic, a phenomenon known as “crisis competence.”
Like the rest of us, Ruth Willig, 97, found pandemic life depressing. Lately things have been improving.Credit.Judith Willig
Jan. 1, 2021
It was sometime in the spring that Ruth Willig, then 96, first compared her pandemic life to being in prison. My mother, Dorothy, was still alive then, in a building much like the assisted-living facility in Brooklyn where Ruth lives. The buildings had shut down all visitors and stopped all group activities, including meals in the dining room. Residents spent their days in their apartments, alone.