This week we are working on our projects.  We each picked a virus or bacteria and we will make a wanted poster and a slide show about it.  In the wanted poster we must put stuff like where their hideout is, if they are armed and dangerous, and how to protect yourself against them, etc.  I chose Lyme disease so I’ll tell you a little about it.  It is transmitted from deer ticks that are infected by the bacteria Boreliella burgdorferi.  They simply bite their victim and it is usually transmitted to their victim.  If you are lucky or if you see the tick fast enough you usually won’t be infected. If treated quickly, you can cure it with antibiotics.  Without immediate treatment, you can get flu like illness, have heart pains, joint pains, and get a big rash.  It takes 36 hours for the bacteria to be transmitted.

Good advice:  if you find a tick on you put it in a bag and put it in the freezer.  Then you can take it to a doctor and they will test it to see if it is infected with the bacteria.