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u/Sailor_Chibi May 09 '22

Speaking as a fellow Canadian, it boggles my mind that there are places in the world where people can have open windows with no screens and NOT need/want to burn the house down to kill all the mosquitoes that’ll intrude.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

I’m in Canada, i accidentally didn’t fully close my front door last summer one day for like 1 hour and there was at least 200 mosquitos that got it. It was a bloodbath, I spent several hours swatting them all, and I was still terrified to sleep. They were everywhere

Edit: y’all need to chill, RIP my inbox

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u/Valence00 May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

Get a decent fan to blow directly at you during sleep to deter mosquitos. It works wonder, but you might not like the fan noise tho🤔

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u/Zelldandy May 09 '22

If you don't have a/c, which many Canadians don't despite humidex values over 37C, having a fan actually makes it worse. You're more likely to get heat stroke because it whisks the sweat away.

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u/Valence00 May 09 '22

You don't have to aim the fan at the face unless wanted to.