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The patch that makes you invisible to mosquitoes

You’ve been there, scratching that big mosquito bite and wishing those bloodsuckers were never born. 

The good news is relief is on its way. A patch will be commercially available next year that can make you undetectable to mosquitoes. It works by interfering with their ability to sense carbon dioxide, which is how they find you.

The Kite Patch was developed out of research at UC Riverside and is produced with food-grade and non-toxic compounds, making it a much safer alternative to most insect repellents like DEET. Once the company gets EPA approval, the Kite Patch will be available in the United States.

And with Zika virus looming as a global health emergency (not to mention malaria), this patch could have the potential to save lives.

I can finally be invisible….

THERE IS A GOD

AT LAST

MY ONLY CRIME WAS BEING BORN DELICIOUS

WHERE WAS THIS WHEN I WAS FIVE AND ALLERGIC TO MOSQUITO VENOM? WHERE?!? WHY IS THIS ONLY AVAILABLE NOW THAT I HAVE MOVED ONTO OTHER FUN ALLERGIES AND NO LONGER SWELL UP LIKE A TOAD AT EVERY BITE?