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Re:Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘sc... by throwaway290 on Saturday September 30, 2023 @06:48AM (#37714224)
This is awesome. Now I wonder if I'm similarly wrong about mosquitoes... (edit: those suckers do of course transmit, malaria and so on, but not sure about other diseases like hiv or hepatitis, haven't heard of mosquitoes as vector?)
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Re:Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘sc... by Cockbrand on Saturday September 30, 2023 @06:51AM (#37714237)
Unfortunately not, they're considered "the world's deadliest animal"

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2019/world-deadlies...

[Edit: posted before your edit. Bonus points for the "suckers" pun :) ]

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Re:Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘sc... by throwaway290 on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:47AM (#37714553)
Yeah I realized after posting that "do mosquitoes transmit?" is a silly question:)
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