With the worrying increase in bed bugs in Paris slowly spreading across Europe, a French influencer is said to have covered herself from head to toe in a white plastic protective suit to avoid becoming infected with the bed bugs. One of his parasites during a train journey.
“The Eurostar bugs won’t get me,” the plastic-clad woman wrote in a video on TikTok that had reached more than 1.4 million views by Friday.
Since bed fleas were spotted on the London Underground after a major outbreak was announced in Paris, public transport users have been extra vigilant in public spaces to avoid bringing them home, The Mirror reported on Friday.
But even though it’s not advisable to take a hazmat suit with you when traveling, the young woman didn’t want to take any chances because these insects can travel by clinging to clothing, shoes, bags or even other objects, they say the British media.
The only drawback to her outfit: “The noise on the other hand,” she wrote in the video description.
“The rustling gives me so much satisfaction. It is a constant reminder that you win against the insects,” one of the Internet users nevertheless reacted in the comments, the English-language media noted.
For its part, the Eurostar railway company, which offers routes between the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, said it was doing “everything it can” to prevent an insect epidemic by regularly disinfecting its carriages and applying others “preventative measures” to stop them “crossing the border,” according to The Mirror.