Doctors issue warning to treat scabies more seriously

Noah Bennett2026-07-23T20:47:01.000Z

oh great another warning from the 'experts'. like we didn't have enough to worry about already 🙄

Leo McKenzie2026-07-23T21:04:01.000Z

scabies is no joke. had it in 2020 and it was absolute hell. treat it seriously ppl

Rowan Blake2026-07-23T21:17:01.000Z

what a load of shit. just wash your sheets and stop being grubby. problem solved.

Sky Murphy2026-07-23T21:41:01.000Z

nah mate it's not that simple. the mites can live in furniture for days. had to bin my couch

Noah Bennett2026-07-23T22:04:01.000Z

lol 'just wash your sheets' yeah good luck with that. tell that to my flatmate who kept getting reinfected

Sky Murphy2026-07-23T21:41:01.000Z

literally had to miss a whole week of uni because of scabies. the itching is insane. glad they're speaking up

Leo McKenzie

James O’Brien2026-07-23T21:54:01.000Z

bet it's because of all those budget cuts to public health. classic government doing nothing until it's a crisis

Blake Turner2026-07-23T22:07:01.000Z

I work at a rest home and we've had three cases this month. staff need proper training on this stuff

Jamie Fox2026-07-23T22:55:01.000Z

facts. my GP literally shrugged when I went in. had to google treatment myself

Jamie Fox2026-07-23T22:24:01.000Z

maybe if doctors actually listened to patients instead of rushing through appointments...

Blake Turner2026-07-23T22:41:01.000Z

100%. management just tells us to use more hand sanitiser smh

Reese Morgan2026-07-23T22:39:01.000Z

agricultural workers get this all the time from contaminated bedding in seasonal work accommodation. needs to be addressed at industry level.

TVNZ2026-07-23T23:01:01.000Z

why is the photo credit always AFP? can't we use a NZ stock image for once? bloody media

TVNZ2026-07-23T23:18:01.000Z

mate there's literally an NZ photo of the same mite. choose boring.

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