Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues • Hacker News Board

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by onion2k » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:54 AM UTC

unsupp0rted wrote: post #12

laurent_du wrote: post #11

My grandmother dealt with bedbugs in 1950s Paris. I always thought of them as a thing of the past that couldn't possibly resurface in the present day. Clearly, I was wrong. Given that this is France, the likely solution is to commission a task force to spend five years working on a white paper that ultimately concludes more taxes are needed.

> a thing of the past that couldn't possibly resurface in the present day What would be stopping them?

A likely candidate would be modern materials used in mattresses and bedlinen.

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by Raed667 » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:54 AM UTC

knowing the current french government, i would say their response is going to be:

1- create a green number with an automated response that tells you “you should have paid better attention”

2- blame immigrants

ps: this is not limited to paris , a friend of mine found one bug in her train near Cannes

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by SettembreNero » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:54 AM UTC

Bedbugs have been a problem for years in Paris, but of course the government starts to think about it for the Olympics. Regular people can rot in hell for what they care

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by basisword » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:55 AM UTC

kergonath wrote: post #10

baz00 wrote: post #7

I've just removed that AirBnB weekend in Paris from my things to do this year list :)

It’s not unique to Paris. It is a scourge in the UK as well, and an American friend told me that it was a problem in New York as well (I know, not a great source… I read NYT articles about that but they don’t immediately show up in my history).

>> It is a scourge in the UK as well

Do you mean in AirBnB’s or generally? Fwiw I don’t know or know of anyone in the UK that has ever dealt with bedbugs. They’re a thing I’ve only heard about in TV shows set in NYC.

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by bratwurst3000 » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:56 AM UTC

So true. I am very very often on France and had to throw away my bed and couch in France and Germany because of those shitbugs. We tried products and professional help but they came back or where still there. Since we changed interior and take precautions when we travel they are gone. But it’s hell. Because I also rent apartments for holiday, that I own, and there I change the mattress regularly and everything else is leather now.

Many of my friend have them also. Didn’t realize it was a problem on national level but it feels like it. Btw Germany has them also .

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by eastbound » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:57 AM UTC

brohee wrote: post #6

Writing this article without mentioning AirBnB is quite the exercise in avoiding talking about root causes.

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Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by developer93 » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 10:58 AM UTC

blakblakarak wrote: post #14

andrewstuart wrote: post #2

Why would you rent your home out with the risk of bedbugs?

Homes? Nah they’re ‘investments’. I live in Brittany, France and new buyers, low earners etc are completely priced out of the market. My partner is a nurse and at her hospital they are closing wards because nurses, cleaners, healthcare assistants and even junior doctors can’t find, let alone afford accommodation.

Gonna go back to the days where the company owned your accommodation & you had a house as long as you had the job?

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by bratwurst3000 » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 11:01 AM UTC

Raed667 wrote: post #22

knowing the current french government, i would say their response is going to be: 1- create a green number with an automated response that tells you “you should have paid better attention” 2- blame immigrants ps: this is not limited to paris , a friend of mine found one bug in her train near Cannes

I am often on south France and yes they are there in abundance.

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by raverbashing » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 11:02 AM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #21

unsupp0rted wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> a thing of the past that couldn't possibly resurface in the present day What would be stopping them?

A likely candidate would be modern materials used in mattresses and bedlinen.

And make the average Parisian replace their 60 old mattress?!? Nonsense! /s

Re: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues

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Post by bratwurst3000 » Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 11:03 AM UTC

idontknoworcare wrote: post #20

thelastgallon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While bed bugs carry a lot of stigma, they are not disease carriers. To date, no published study has demonstrated a causal relationship between bed bugs and infectious disease transmission in humans. Also, we present and propose to expand on previous hypotheses as to why bed bugs do not transmit human pathogens. Bed bugs may contain “neutralizing factors” that attenuate pathogen virulence and, thereby, decrease the a…

"Decrease the ability to transmit infection diseases" Why dont they say stop and not decrease ? So they can transmit pathogens ? How did this paper get published

Thats science slang . Science is rarely absolute.