Unnecessarily Doomy Thoughts… The Bed Plague
Carried by fleas on black rats, the Bubonic Plague killed up to 60{a31f233dcfb9a68fbfb0fafc3ce96f3dbf18fa49e3f406b8ddf4c360aa321eb6} of Europe’s population during the 14th century.
Just the sort of thought that enters my head as I’m listening to NPR’s report on the return and rise of the bed bug.
While bed bugs are NO FUN ™, to my knowledge, they transmit few to no nasty diseases.
You are correct, aside from the annoyance, occasional rash and rare secondary infection from scratching they do not transmit diseases. My mention was just a musing about a hypothetical scenario.