If you have every been to a JMU house party, you know just how abused household items such as corkscrews and furniture are. Besides the near 100 percent chance that the bed bugs in any given mattress are carrying HPV, there's a high probability that a used mattress has been peed, puked and sweat on.

So if you need a mattress, please don’t buy it from Facebook Marketplace and just buy a new one. It will be more expensive, but in the long run it will save you money on hospital bills and prescription medications.