Lies in Liberia and the rest of Africa are standard behavior even when there isn’t an ebola epidemic. It’s part of the culture.
Relying at all on the response of the at those at risk of disease is the sign of cultural insulation and naivete. Health care workers and public health officials and politicians need a crash course in reality,,. and quick.
Not just Africa.
Ignorant Liberal Americans (but I repeat myself) resolutely refuse to acknowledge that the lowest class Mexicans and others from the south lie, as natural part of their culture. I have yet to meet one exception.