There used to be a soothing bedtime incantation: “Night, night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite.”
It’s no longer suitable for children, not just because it’s wholly ineffective against the resurgence of the bloodsucking parasites now under way in Europe, but because it’s highly likely to lead to racism and hostility.
In an unwise paroxysm of honesty, the French government has issued warnings about the