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# Elsewhere: The cockroaches are coming
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2003/04/elsewhere_the_c/
- Published: 2003-04-08T11:53:01.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T08:39:07.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: health, science

Great. Not only will cockroaches outlive us all, now they’re going to be the death of us, too. According to a BBC News report, it is suspected that cockroaches are spreading SARS.

> The cockroach theory was voiced by Hong Kong Deputy Director of Health Leung Pak-yin on Monday.  
> He was talking about how the disease managed to spread like wildfire through an apartment block at Amoy Gardens in Kowloon.  
> In just a few days, more than 300 new cases arose among residents of the block.  
> The cases left health officials baffled and deeply concerned, as many of the 300 had had no direct contact with anyone who had Sars.  
> Leung said: “The drainage may be the reason.  
> “It is possible that the cockroaches carried the virus into the homes.”

I still remain convinced that this is one of the more worrying stories to have emerged in the last few months and yet it remains buried by wall-to-wall coverage of the Iraq War. Still, at least the WHO seems to be taking the threat seriously and doing its best to contain it.