u/theanxioussnail

How in the world is this not turning into a public health/financial crisis.

France alone is wasting so much money on this. Can't imagine how much China or the US have spent in the last years. ChatGPT says new treatments are not financially viable as research would put budgeting the ballpark of 1 billion euros.

How in the world are countries more comfortable wasting potentially tens of billions in the last 5 years when they could have all chipped in 1 billion together to put an end to this plague??

Inca o zi, inca o stire despre plosnite. O sectie intreaga de spital din bucuresti este inchisa timp de o luna pt tratament.

Si asa cum au venit prima oara, stati fara griji ca vor reveni destul de repede dupa dezinsectie (asta daca dezinsectia va functiona).

cand dumnezeule ne vom trezi la realitate ca asta va deveni o criza sanitara/ de sanatate mentala cat de curand, daca nu se adopta masuri?

I had a mild infestation.

Steamed my room and recliners, applied crossfire on the 8th of july, still had some bites leading up to july 16th. Then surprisingly went for about 12 days without any visible distinct bites. Got new ones on july 29th and new one today on my leg.

On aug 7th ill be 30 days since treatment.

Edit: did a second spray on july 25th

We went from driving them nearly extinct in the 50s.

Even during periods when ddt was already banned in the 80s in my country, people would have isolated cases in their homes and treated fast.

Today we have AI, we have computers, we spliced the bed bug genome, we have hand held steamers and heat pump drying machines. We have sniffing dogs.

How in the world have we slipped back to pre 1940s levels as a civilization??? How is this possible?

Ive had an early infestation some 3 months ago. Had exterminators over, the whole deal.

My back normally gets acne but since ive been scrutinizing it more and noticed some "zits" that appear patterned. If i check the inside of my white pijama, surely id see small bloodstains by now on it, if they were bites?