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CBS News - Bad News About Bed Bugs
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cilecto
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Posted 2 years ago
Sun Sep 12 2010 18:48:38
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Did you catch the cameo of Sorkin's hand at ~00:55?
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socraticlogic
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Sun Sep 12 2010 19:09:15
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I must say, I'm all for education, but this is a bit ridiculous. Is it really necessary to have the bugs crawling all over the screen while the interviews are going on. More importantly, I'd be curious about what other entomologists had to say about the idea that some day we may all have to consider that we will all have had to deal with them at some point. That is a horrifying prospect to me!
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Sun Sep 12 2010 19:28:26
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My wife recorded it on TV for me. I stopped watching when the host said they are impossible to see.
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spideyjg
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Sun Sep 12 2010 20:32:24
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KillerQueen - 1 hour ago »
My wife recorded it on TV for me. I stopped watching when the host said they are impossible to see.It thought that too but I know that Jody Kaufman would not say that. Listen close she says the are visible. Just sounds like invisible.
Jim
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Sun Sep 12 2010 21:06:00
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This video does not show the host talking first. lol .. it was funny as I just tossed the remote up in the air and walked out of the bedroom because I'm just dying to see just one host, reporter, writer, tell it like it really is.
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Sun Sep 12 2010 21:09:17
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I mean ... im sure everyone in this video as well as others .. tell it like it is.... but what is said and what gets reported drives me nuts!
I'm sure anyone who has talked with the media has had their words mangled once it goes to print or video.
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bugnut
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Posted 2 years ago
Mon Sep 13 2010 10:24:16
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The problem with these "reports" is they never give you any useful information. Throw your shoes in the dryer for 1/2 hour? How about some specs on bbs and how they live? Heat kill points? It is all alarmist fluff.
I know you an get them fairly easily - believe me I know - but how about telling us something we don't know! Like how NOT to bring them home - and we all now know not to pick up mattresses from the street! And how they can be treated.
But I guess that does not make a good news story!
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cilecto
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Mon Sep 13 2010 11:02:22
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At least this gets the problem on everyone's radar. And Dr Gangloff-Kaufmann's "doomsday scenario" actually gives me hope. What we have now is 5-10% of the population taking desperate measures (tossing, washing, treatment blitz-es, etc.) to "totally" eradicate BB from our homes, so that we can "rejoin" the 90% who don't have BB (but we're afraid will shun us). When "100%" of the population is dealing with BB, the approach might shift to "management", i.e., mitigate the physical reactions and try over the long-term to keep your population to a minimum, but no one is "100% free". No more terror about "getting BB".
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Posted 2 years ago
Wed Sep 15 2010 2:10:16
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Post on this and a second news story from Tuesday here.
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