Comments on: Cincinnati fights bed bugs, declares some success http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/10/cincinnati-claims-bedbug-success/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/10/cincinnati-claims-bedbug-success/#comment-8198 nobugsonme Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:59:29 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/10/cincinnati-claims-bedbug-success/#comment-8198 Paula, I don't think you read the "1 in 7" comment carefully. It's very confusing, so that's not your fault. The man cited in the article said, "we are not there yet." He also did not name the professional who made this prediction (that this 1 in 7 number would be reached by 2008), so I would not put much stock in it. In other words, it has not happened, yet, anywhere in North America. Far from it. I am the first person to stress that bed bugs are indeed spreading, but it is important to keep it in perspective. It appears to be far, far less frequent, even in a city like Cincinnati, than 1 in 7. I would love to know where that number came from, but from what I gather, it was someone's prediction, and has not come to pass. Also, look at hopelessnomo's post from the other day about the rise and fall and rise again of bed bugs in the UK. What we can gather from the few statistics available is that bed bug populations were high in the UK around 1985/6. They do not seem to have stayed high, but appear to have cycled down and up again. The nightmare scenario--"everyone has bed bugs!" does not seem to have ever been the case (before DDT cleaned them up in the 1950s). And while in present company we might feel that bed bugs are really common, they still are not. We must keep perspective and not panic. It sounds like your bed bugs are gone and I hope you will find some peace now, much deserved. Paula,

I don’t think you read the “1 in 7″ comment carefully. It’s very confusing, so that’s not your fault. The man cited in the article said, “we are not there yet.” He also did not name the professional who made this prediction (that this 1 in 7 number would be reached by 2008), so I would not put much stock in it.

In other words, it has not happened, yet, anywhere in North America. Far from it.

I am the first person to stress that bed bugs are indeed spreading, but it is important to keep it in perspective. It appears to be far, far less frequent, even in a city like Cincinnati, than 1 in 7.

I would love to know where that number came from, but from what I gather, it was someone’s prediction, and has not come to pass.

Also, look at hopelessnomo’s post from the other day about the rise and fall and rise again of bed bugs in the UK. What we can gather from the few statistics available is that bed bug populations were high in the UK around 1985/6. They do not seem to have stayed high, but appear to have cycled down and up again.

The nightmare scenario–”everyone has bed bugs!” does not seem to have ever been the case (before DDT cleaned them up in the 1950s). And while in present company we might feel that bed bugs are really common, they still are not.

We must keep perspective and not panic. It sounds like your bed bugs are gone and I hope you will find some peace now, much deserved.

]]> By: paulaw0919 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/10/cincinnati-claims-bedbug-success/#comment-8197 paulaw0919 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:52:45 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2008/01/10/cincinnati-claims-bedbug-success/#comment-8197 Saying it's 1 out of 7 families having bed bugs in that area only..how long before it reaches that number by me? Having a family with small children there is no way to take all the precautions needed when coming home from school, doctors, dentists, other peoples homes unless you totally isolate your family from the outside world. That's crazy. When the hell is the government going to recognize this and take action. I've always been the cleanest person ever and we had these bugs so badly and spread throughout our home, that after 6 treatments we ended up Vikaning the house and vehicles. I have in the past before I knew we were infested have had family and friends here, exchanged baby clothes etc. How am I supposed to take my three toddlers to a friends house now when after all the stuff we had exchanged over time, she probably has the damn bugs. I've explained but she doesn't want to hear about it. I guess she'll be calling when her infestation gets so large that it becomes noticeable. All I can say is that I was never a clutter person, clean as ever, had a beautifully decorated home. Now after a bed bug infestation we have almost no furniture or anything in the house, kids barely any toys, very little clothing and after adding up expenses and losses due to this event we are in the whole $35,000. This is for a single family home mind you. Yes this was truly a catastrophic experience for us. If it were just me and my husband we would most likely have some sort of new living room and family room furnishings by now. But with small children starting school soon I would die if we had to rid another costly set due to re infestation in 6 months. There's families still suffering from the floods years ago, what makes me think that something will be done about this epidemic any time soon. Here's to praying. Saying it’s 1 out of 7 families having bed bugs in that area only..how long before it reaches that number by me? Having a family with small children there is no way to take all the precautions needed when coming home from school, doctors, dentists, other peoples homes unless you totally isolate your family from the outside world. That’s crazy. When the hell is the government going to recognize this and take action.
I’ve always been the cleanest person ever and we had these bugs so badly and spread throughout our home, that after 6 treatments we ended up Vikaning the house and vehicles. I have in the past before I knew we were infested have had family and friends here, exchanged baby clothes etc. How am I supposed to take my three toddlers to a friends house now when after all the stuff we had exchanged over time, she probably has the damn bugs. I’ve explained but she doesn’t want to hear about it.
I guess she’ll be calling when her infestation gets so large that it becomes noticeable.
All I can say is that I was never a clutter person, clean as ever, had a beautifully decorated home. Now after a bed bug infestation we have almost no furniture or anything in the house, kids barely any toys, very little clothing and after adding up expenses and losses due to this event we are in the whole $35,000. This is for a single family home mind you. Yes this was truly a catastrophic experience for us. If it were just me and my husband we would most likely have some sort of new living room and family room furnishings by now. But with small children starting school soon I would die if we had to rid another costly set due to re infestation in 6 months.
There’s families still suffering from the floods years ago, what makes me think that something will be done about this epidemic any time soon. Here’s to praying.

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