#Lice

[i-still-mask-because]

"I don't wear a mask because the CDC said the pandemic is over."

"The CDC said all I have to do is wash my hands."

"If covid were that bad the CDC would have told us and enforced more rules."

Yeah... the CDC just said kids don't have to go home early anymore if they have lice, so... I dunno about you but that doesn't sound very trustworthy :/

"The burden of missing school days due to nits far outweighs the minimal risk of transmission, especially when the lice have been treated."

This decision toooootally doesn't seem politically and economically motivated at all. /s

[tosakamametchi]

Take some sodapack inspired by Tamatown

[antiqueanimals]

The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.

Internet Archive

IDs via Wikimedia;

Goneplax rhomboides (syn:Goneplax angulata). Astacilla longicornis (syn:Arcturus longicornis). Limnoria lignorum (syn:Limnoria terebrans). Pycnogonum litorale (syn:Pycnogonum balaenarum). Julus terrestris (Common millipede) Dysdera erythrina Petrobius maritimus (Sea or Shore bristletail) Haematopinus suis (Hog louse)

[cosmikirby]

Sodapacks...

[templegate]

Oumota but ouma has untreated OCD

[energeticwarrior]

sharing is caring

[chimeride]

Lernean Crab, the 245th Known One.

[h0use-fly]

lice!!

[lyranix1201]

Is this a save space for me to say, that I also like Berenice x lenore, also known as lice. Or am I going to be hunted down like a victim of the salem witch trials🧙🏿‍♀️.

Like, can you guys see the potential.

( man, I love being a multishipper. No one can tell me shit.)

[leaffenzts]

no motivation or ideas aat all… sodapack doodle

[3liza]

washington state is one of the pesticide-resistant head lice hotspots and has been for a long time so my entire family, all my friends, and everyone i knew from age 6-50 just went through a lice reinfection cycle like ten times over the course of about three years in the late 90s-early 2000s and none of the Known Facts about louse infestation had any bearing whatsoever on how it went down.

OTC treatments didnt work, the lice were very obviously transferring between people through casual, non-scalp-temperature contact and on surfaces, between people who were not sharing beds, hats, hair implements, etc. my best guess is they're not studying wild-type lice in labs and are using isolated lab strains to test shit, and of course the "you didnt follow treatment instructions" excuse is universal, but not sending a child home for at least several days to deal with combing and washing clothing is insane to me. that's how you get permanent classroom lice.

the OTC pesticides just don't work anymore for most infestations in the USA, they're reliant entirely on physically combing through a fussy child's entire scalp and hair length with what amounts to a flea comb, which hurts, particularly if the kid has any hair texture whatsoever. i have no idea how a parent is supposed to drop everything and treat an infested household (it's everyone, if one person in the house has it, everyone has it or will have it) in their 2 free hours between 3pm and 7am the next morning, but every time an infected child goes back to that classroom they will get more lice and leave more lice, like one of those penny jars at checkout.

this continued for us until i heard something about mayonnaise, decided that sounded gross but that the principle (physically smothering the lice to death while making the hair easier to comb) seemed fine, and gave everyone the vaseline treatment, which also prevented any additional lice from starting a life cycle over or hopping on and surviving, because it created a totally hostile environment for several weeks until the vaseline shampooed out.

they can survive 24 hours off a human host, thats plenty of time to fall onto a desk, chair, hat, or hairbrush and then transfer to someone else.

[daveyaps]

I know it's not my main fandom, but,,,, the hfjone phase is comin back and I drew some brainrot of liam and bryce <3 (can be taken as platonic or not idrc tbh)

PLEASE, REBLOG!!

my arts been kinda dumped by posts lately and i'm soz abt that :( i promise ill stop spam posting and gen make an art tag, but i feel like the only way this shit actually gets seen is if 1. My moot reblogs it or 2. I add so much tags so,, please, I want ppl to see this :( pls rb!! /nf but still!!

[legbootlegit]

You got lice for Christmas, hope you love it! 🎁

Treat your lice (right). Maybe they'll find love this holiday season.

[cosmikirby]

more sodapack but it's gay shit me and my bf have said to each other

[ph-cutie]

LOUSENATION