What you need to know about Europe’s bedbug panic

“Bedbugs had, indeed, become resurgent, but not nearly to the levels that were described in the media,” said Pollack, who recently returned, bedbug-free, from a two-week trip to the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and France. “I anticipate that the upcoming Olympics in France might, in some way, be contributing to the level of recognition, fear, and fear-mongering.”