Episode 78: Ross Douthat

Covid is raging again. The virus has similarities to another serious health problem. This one is caused by a tick bite and it can wreak havoc on your life. Just ask Ross Douthat, an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times who fought a 5-year battle with Lyme disease. Douthat wrote about his debilitating illness in the memoir The Deep Places. We talk about what happens when your life becomes a medical horror story, doctors can’t help you and you’re left on your own to find the remedies that might make you healthy again.