America's War on Bed Bugs - Washington Sketch

Don't let the bed bugs bite: The Washington Sketch goes undercover and between the sheets at the EPA's National Bed Bug Summit in Virginia.
Video by Gaby Bruna / The Washington Post

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News & Politics

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• commentary
• satire
• humor
• dana milbank
• bedbugs

[RoninTXBR549]

Bring back DDT !!!

[mariuszny]

That's terrifying and real.

[red3vilx]

if u will kill them they will increased...but when u found them dont kill them just put them in water they died in water......and important note....they yr near by u soo search them all over near by u...n when u sleep just open the lite they will not come in presence of lite.....and if u found them is ur bed or any thing u just put that thing at sunlight ....Inshallah they will died.... u will have u better sleep....plzzz doo this its ture.... M.Usman.Aamir from Pakistan

[garyricks]

We got bed bugs and i tried every thing listed on the internet to rid us of them including raising the temp of my house to 140 degrees for 2 full days and still couldnt get rid of them so i invented this new machine and since i used it we have had no more problems you can see it used search garyricks and let me know what you think

[lunafringe10]

try washing ur bedstuff a bit more, not just every decade, every week!

[lunafringe10]

new muslim bug plague created by Osama bin laden hit back at the imperial US

[TBA4Freedom]

Filthy illegals have brought thios along with TB to America. Close the border!

[curvaciousMammi]

so i have ocd lol and this shit is gona make me trip for 2 weeks an rip my house apart..

AND

What if you just don't sleep i usally get really bad insomnia from the ocd thoughts an fears

So if i just stay up for a real long time they cant get me right

[timmo2k]

They can carry sevral differant dieseases,,, FUCK ME WHEN THEY START CARRYING MALARIA

[timmo2k]

LOL

[synapse131]

Although the report has a satirical edge to it (I wonder if they also were confusing this issue with dust mites or something) this is real. I worked as a social worker for awhile in a facility where these were a problem and it sucked in every way; had to be very careful not to bring them home with me.

[synapse131]

That doesn't help. All it takes is picking up one traveler that will lay eggs and the infestation starts. They can live in and on the mattress, the wooden bad frame, walls, carpets, etc. They are not talking about dust mites, they are talking about bloodsucking parasites that can leave bite marks that look like they took out a half millimeter size chunk of skin. Very nasty and they stink (sort of like roaches.) This is a VERY REAL problem and they cal really disrupt ones' life.