2y ago

South Korea fights off unprecedented bedbug infestation

abcnews.go.com

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean authorities have been desperately detecting and exterminating bedbugs for the last two weeks, as a major disinfection of transportation and public facilities is on the way.

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Isn't this same thing going on in Paris?
- Nope. That was actually just a false propaganda campaign.
  There was no sudden infestation, people were just primed to look for them because of the fake news campaign and so found them, took pictures of them, and spread the fake panic even further.
  Nicolas Roux de Bézieux, co-founder of the Badbugs site, which connects individuals with pest control professionals, added: “The mistake [is] to believe that the increase in bedbugs is strong and sudden. In reality, it has been constant and gradual for years.”
  Like usual, the lies made it around the world twice before the truth got its shoes on.
  
  I mean, if people were primed to look for them, and then found them, is that really propaganda? Sounds like they have a bed bug problem that was being ignored until recently. If all the findings are true that is.
  
  Wow! That story blew up so fast I kinda wondered if it was propaganda, but I couldn't figure out who would benefit so I shrugged my shoulders.
- I think London just had or is having bed bug troubles too but I didn't hear anything about Paris.
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/29/bedbug-crisis-political-row-paris-insect-scourge-continues
  As far as I'm aware, there was speculation it was going to spread to London from Paris via the Eurostar, but I don't think I saw any confirmed reports of the problem actually reaching there.
30 confirmed reports across the country? Jeez that's pretty low for "unprecedented". I can probably find that many in my small town.
- Yes, but in context:
  South Korea has essentially been free of bedbug issues since the 1970s when the government implemented insecticides all across the country resulting in just nine bedbug cases reported in the last decade, according to the Ministry of Disease Control and Prevention Agency
  9 in 10 years to 30 is an astronomical jump.
Ah; I see why the world is burning now. Just trying to be thorough.
Reads title.
Reads article.
Rookie numbers right there.
-USA
For real, the shit is getting bad. All the bed bugs left are crazy resistant to most things you can legally/safely use except directly heating them to death. They've become a huge PITA.
Crikey, that’s a beaut! Let’s nuke it from orbit to be sure.
- RIP Steve Irwin

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