Reply To: Fly in your drinking glass

Well, I wasn’t talking about Shabbos, and I’d talk to my rabbi because I get severe reactions to mosquito bites… if anyone says that it’s not pikuach nefesh, then one has no idea of the week-long consequences.

From lack of sleep, to swollen skin and skin infections, to overall difficulty concentrating because of the itching… the best thing that I can do is avoid being bitten.

Fyi, often, men are less likely to be the victim of mosquito bites in the western world. Female hormones make women more prone during certain times.

Men’s body hair acts as a barrier too. Look it up.

Plus women are just sweeter… more or less true.

Anyway… point is, if you knew what I knew, then I would think that you wouldn’t be so quick to judge.

Also… Zika in Florida last year was a major pikuach nefesh situation. Pregnant women moved out of the state just to avoid the risk.