Year after year, new variations of viruses emerge from China, the latest a coronavirus from Wuhan Province. The long tradition in China of using human excreta as a direct fertilizer in agriculture is long entrenched and goes back thousands of years. This practice needs to change before China becomes a new breeding ground for the transmission of even more lethal diseases. Because of modern transportation, such infections can cross international boundaries with ease. Why there is so little publicity on the issue and why so little is done when we face yearly epidemics and flu scares is beyond me. We need to wake up before the death toll rises.