The importance of pest managment during COVID-19 pandemic

The importance of pest managment during COVID-19 pandemic

It’s amazing how many pests carry with them a horde of viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Fleas and ticks and mosquitoes are a major threat during this pandemic and should be taken seriously. Though no medical research has been done on these topics the likelihood that pests will be able to transfer covid-19 to humans is very high as it has been for many illnesses in history and even plagues.

If you suspect any pest presence on your property contact the professional pest control service to eliminate your pest problem as soon as possible.

Rats are a major risk factor as they carry in their fur and in their feces a lot of dangerous illnesses like the bubonic plague and sepsis. There is no reason they could not be carriers of covid. The danger is the same for cockroaches that carry millions of diseases, allergins, and viruses on their bodies, released into the air with dust and entering your lungs. They can cause asthma to worsen and other lung damage that can cause you to be more susceptible to the virus. 

Small pests like fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes survive by drinking blood, usually from multiple hosts. Ticks can transmit Lyme disease and mosquitoes can transmit a hoard o dangerous illnesses to anyone they bite. Until the winter ends and summer arrives we will not know the danger these pests can provide. But what we can do is prepare. 

Call professionals to handle rat, mouse, and cockroach issues, they are necessary in these times as you can risk extended exposure to these creatures during a pandemic. For mosquitoes and ticks and fleas it is important to keep your pets inside and away from leaf piles and to keep ourselves inside with mosquito nets in all the windows to prevent transmission of the virus. Mosquitoes can drink from one person and travel long distances before drinking from another human and passing along the various diseases it has picked up, this could cause another pandemic right after the first so stay inside and don’t go out this summer.