You’re right; but what pisses me off the most is how they treat our doctors who are there to HELP like outsiders not to be trusted, that is where it makes it worse. These people are exposing themselves, getting infected, now killing our doctors via these infections, and now traveling, I honestly believe that I’m out of patience with these savage ingrates.
” out of patience with these savage ingrates.”
No, you’ve got it wrong.
The Liberians are wonderful people, really. Many are strong Christians and don’t follow traditional rituals. Think about it. If someone in you family gets sick with Ebola the hospitals really aren’t equipped to handle them, what are you going to do? Western medicine can’t help those infected, so why should these people suddenly trust us in the midst of pandemic.
It isn’t the Liberian’s fault that the disease spreads even when symptoms are not present. They have been eating “bush meat” — such as deer — for thousands of years.
Doctors and medical people going into Africa know they are taking risks before they get there...and they certainly are briefed about the areas they are going into.
You're dealing with greatly superstitious and backward people, no easy feat to medically treat them, as many who have gone there and come back to tell about it have stated.
Their overall culture doesn't allow for much variance away from what they believe. Take a look at Haiti, where most are of of African decent, who to this day still practice voodoo which comes directly from Africa....and though fast amounts of money have been invested to "help" them...their nation remains in a shambles.....same with Africa. Decades of money into that nation and still they starve and have the same issues.