I’m not sure how easy it is to get scabies, but my cousin and her kid have them and have been hanging around my aunt’s house where I am staying while on vacation.
I guess in the worst case scenario I will have to get some scabies treatment once the eggs hatch, that is if they end up on my body.
I think it is close skin to skin contact which transfers them from person to person, so maybe I won’t get them at all. But everyone seems to be really paranoid about them and they are all freaking out. Our whole home air purifier is running but I don’t think it really does much when it comes to scabies on your body. I haven’t been itching yet but they say that it can take up to two months before you even know if you have them. I am more worried about staying warm and looking for a new heating unit for the house than I am about scabies and air quality in this place. It is really cold out right now and I think it is going to get even colder tonight, so staying warm is the first thing on my agenda. Scabies is treatable and easy to get rid of so I am not too worried about them being a problem. My cousin is a local HVAC worker and she got them doing some duct cleaning in someone’s home a week ago and has been a nervous wreck ever since. I don’t know, they don’t seem to scare me that much.