5 Reasons America Can Calm the F#@% Down About Ebola

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50. I share those concerns about containing the outbreak in Africa...

Countries with a strong public administration have had great success in preventing the spread of the disease. Nigeria, in particular, should be a model for how to handle the situation.

Unfortunately, countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea do not have the same infrastructure. Cultural practices, as well as superstition and mistrust of the West, create conditions where the disease can spread. I don't know what the answer is. Certainly more education of the populace in those countries is needed, but that's a tall, and dangerous, order.

The Fear That Killed Eight Ebola Workers
They were sent in to help educate villagers about how to ward off the lethal virus. Then fear took over and the machetes came out.
At the time of Wednesday’s announcement out of Guinea that seven of nine missing Ebola workers had been found dead, we knew little. Men with knives had abducted members of a group sent there to spread awareness about the disease. Two relief workers were missing; the rest, dead. Six suspects were in custody.

By Friday morning, we knew more. These details, the stuff of horror films. A local government group of relief workers—a mix of doctors, religious leaders, and journalists—had arrived Monday to educate the remote southeastern village of Womey about Ebola. Just 24 hours after their arrival, violence broke out, allegedly sparked by the false belief that a disinfectant being sprayed was actually the disease itself. An angry mob brandishing machetes, stones, and knives lashed out.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/20/eight-ebola-workers-bodies-found-in-latrine.html

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