awwww, did they privatize pest control?
Yes and now there are thousands of scammers on the market lol
These horrid things were almost nonexistent in most of the western world for decades (DDT was a vile chemical, but it used to actually stop them long ago and made them nearly extinct in most places) but the modern neoliberal age of world tourism brought them back from the brink with a vengeance and with a lot more chemical resistances than they used to have.
My understanding is short of full-scale fumigation, steaming everything effected is the only really reliable method of dealing with them right now. They are too resistant to everything else.
It’s very, very dire. And way too many people just don’t care and don’t take precautions when traveling and bring them back with them and continue the spread, often without knowing it. 10% of people don’t notice bed bug bites at all, and more than that barely itch from them, and the rest get horrid blistery allergic reactions that can last weeks and that’s if the bites stop coming, which they won’t in an ongoing infestation.
Oh I work in hospitality, it’s something we are VERY concerned about. Albeit I am not in housekeeping, but we test very often and have local pest control basically on retainer in case something comes up. Steaming all the linens is fairly standard, but it only takes one case spreading to ruin a hotel.
Sometimes steaming linens is not enough if they get into headboards, box springs, the joints and screw holes of furniture, or power sockets or otherwise in the walls.
They’re a plague of apathy. The more they’re allowed to entrench, the harder they are to remove. It’s criminal negligence that a lot of places don’t even steam the linens, though at least it’s something.
The entirety of Western Europe seems to be getting bullied by them right now
Have they blamed Putin and/or immigrants on this yet?
“French intelligence” is an oxymoron
Is that an ebaumsworld link in 2023? Wild
A reasonable assumption but they might also go with “Chinese bioweapon”.
I’ve seen people on social media today blaming immigrants whilst conveniently forgetting about the sanitation workers’ strike that preceded this whole bedbug fiasco.
Also breaking news in the links - starfishes not only are not headless bodies as presumed earlier, in fact they are bodiless heads.
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Omg you mean Patrick doesn’t actually exist
Exact nature of his existence is a fun question philosophers would love.
This’ll be global soon if it isn’t already. Especially after the Paris Olympics… )::
Did someone say itchy? This was not the story to read before bedtime lol
