Bedbugs Shut Down a Building at John Jay
Bedbugs have caused administrators at New York's John Jay College to shut down one of the school's academic buildings, the New York Times reports.
All classes scheduled to take place in North Hall were postponed until Monday so that exterminators could work on the building. "The college is taking it seriously and moving as quickly as possible to treat the building," said Jim Grossman, a John Jay spokesman.
But he insisted the college's bedbug problem does not constitute an infestation. The college has classified the situation a "bedbug condition," according to Grossman. "Infestation is when you can see them swarming."
College staff members began reporting rashes in mid-August. In response to a growing number of reports, the college brought in an inspection team with bug-sniffing dogs. The inspectors confirmed the bedbug problem on North Hall's first and second floors. The "bed" descriptor aside, the bugs can survive in many locations, including buses, trains, and movie theaters.
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There are still there!
This has been going on for weeks now. Students and teachers now have their homes infested because the bed bugs are still in the building. The school should cancel the rest of the semester because they are creating an epidemic.
A few things
First the video accompanying this article concerning how to get rid of bed bugs is cursory AT BEST, real treatment is much more indpth.
The most effective way for dealing with bed bug is to educate yourself on them. There is a great info resource at www.bedbugcentral.com This is a great site to find out what actually works and what doesn't. It will also give you some ideas about the types of things a pest control company should offer if they are to be effective.
Finally, the spin the John Jay spokesman is offering is shameless. Usually when you have a bed bug infestation you can't see them, it's only when the infestation becomes severe, that you will see them crawling around.
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