No wonder the populace reacts by wanting to burn down hospitals, kill patients and send in the army. No wonder no one wants to be diagnosed. There is no trust, and for good reason. Meanwhile, Western doctors are leaving.
The West needs to send several hospital ships as mobile clinics. They can anchor just offshore, accept patients under controlled sterile conditions and study the virus.
Sawyer was seen with blood on his clothing after his sister’s death and had earlier demanded that she be placed in a private room. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf cited indiscipline and disrespect as a key reason why Sawyer contracted the Ebola virus. She said his failure to heed medical advice put the lives of other residents across the nation’s border at risk.