Could bedbugs have something to do with Coronavirus-19 ?

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It is no secret to anyone who lives in an apartment that bedbugs are a major problem. Once someone moves in, if they are moving from an apartment, or had their items in storage, they bring bedbugs with them. These bugs are a plague, which lives in practically any piece of furniture or clothing. They dig into carpet, and are impossible to eradicate once you have them.
This has been for the last 5-6 years, so it is hard to understand how they might be related.
Still I notice the families in apartments seem to be less healthy, in school and at work. So is there any studies or literature about the possible correlation between these two things?

Elizabeth · Accepted Answer

We've known about bedbugs and have been studying them for a very long time. They're not known to spread disease. So no, is the short answer. Covid-19 is not being spread by bedbugs.

What you are suggesting seems to be that a person with Covid-19 is bitten, the bedbug bites another person, and the virus is then spread.

A better way of looking at it is that these two people occupied the same room. If one person had Covid-19 and infected that second person, the probability is high it was due to contact with droplets the infected person distributed on surfaces. In other words, the fact the room has bedbugs is irrelevant.

Anonymous · Answer

I've yet to notice a connection, though after bringing my stuff in from my storage unit
did notice a few ants. No bedbugs however.. Being careful as I sort through things + 
make it a point to take out trash (don't have room for everything) at least once a day.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes they do about as much as a cup of coffee can give you a broken leg.

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