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What is a bed bug infestation? One bed bug? Twenty bed bugs? 200 bed bugs?!? »

By nobugsonme on May 5, 2008 in Halekulani Hotel, Honolulu, Waikiki, bed bugs, bed bugs and insurance, bed bugs hitchhike, bed bugs in hawai'i, bedbugs, hawaii, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, the spread of bed bugs | 0 Comments

This bed bug story from KHON2 (Fox) in Honolulu interested me.

First, it’s a cautionary tale about how easily bed bugs spread: this woman says she spent one hour at an event held in a hotel lounge and then unwittingly took bed bugs home:
Yumi Suh says she and several friends spent just over an hour at […]

David Segal strikes again, telling WNYC radio bed bugs are getting “hyperbolic coverage” »

By nobugsonme on Mar 11, 2008 in bed bug backlash, bed bugs, bed bugs and the media, bedbugs, bob garfield, david segal, dr. michael potter, hyperbolic coverage, new york, nyc, on the media, the spread of bed bugs, washington post, wnyc | 8 Comments

This time Segal speaks with Bob Garfield on WNYC.com’s “On the Media.” You can listen to it, or read a translated-by-a-machine transcript with lots of goofy typos by clicking here. I made my own corrections to the faulty transcript in the excerpts quoted below.
In this discussion, David Segal continues the argument he made […]