I
was just in contact with Sierra Leone. The stories I am told about the impact
of Ebola on the country and the daily lives of the people are just horrendous.
Everything is upside down, villages and small towns are just quarantined, and
there is fear all over. Just imagine a country where to be sick with fever is
quite common, because of malaria and other diseases related to the heat, the
humidity, the mediocre quality of the water and poor sanitation. Now, every
bout of fever is a reason for panic: is it Ebola?
The
outside world is responding as usual. No surprise. We just ignore it. We think the solution
is to close the borders and look elsewhere.
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