Comments on: Bedbugs called “a new kind of roach”; building managment lies http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/04/bedbugs-called-a-new-kind-of-roachbuilding-managment-lies/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:04:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/04/bedbugs-called-a-new-kind-of-roachbuilding-managment-lies/#comment-184 nobugsonme Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:21:03 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/11/04/bedbugs-called-a-new-kind-of-roachbuilding-managment-lies/#comment-184 Parakeets, What a scandal! You're right--landlords should be required to tell everyone in a building if even ONE unit is being treated. Pamphlets explaining signs and symptoms of infestations should be given to all tenants. And tenants should be told they may have bedbugs even if they see and feel NO bites. I appreciate Gail Brewer's work on the bed bug issue, but you're right--mattresses are not the main problem. I can think of only one person on bedbugger who got their problem from a used mattress! Out of over a hundred. Since your friend lives in a senior complex, I am sure they thought the words "bed bugs" would create hysteria. And with good reason. Because I am sure all seniors grew up with stories of what their parents and grandparents went through with bed bugs. People have stories of extreme treatment methods, and even burning down the house and all the posessions in the worst cases. Parakeets,
What a scandal! You’re right–landlords should be required to tell everyone in a building if even ONE unit is being treated. Pamphlets explaining signs and symptoms of infestations should be given to all tenants. And tenants should be told they may have bedbugs even if they see and feel NO bites.
I appreciate Gail Brewer’s work on the bed bug issue, but you’re right–mattresses are not the main problem. I can think of only one person on bedbugger who got their problem from a used mattress! Out of over a hundred.

Since your friend lives in a senior complex, I am sure they thought the words “bed bugs” would create hysteria. And with good reason. Because I am sure all seniors grew up with stories of what their parents and grandparents went through with bed bugs. People have stories of extreme treatment methods, and even burning down the house and all the posessions in the worst cases.

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