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Some families affected by Ebola in Liberia pay bribes to keep the bodies
“The family says the person is not an Ebola patient, and [the retrieval team] pull them away from the other people," Vincent Chounse, a community outreach worker on the outskirts of Monrovia, told the paper. "Then they say, ‘We can give you a certificate from the Ministry of Health that it wasn’t Ebola.' Sometimes it is $40. Sometimes it is $50. ... Then they offer bags to them and [the family] carry on their own thing.” A teenager in Montserrado told the Journal he saw the father of his neighbor pay $150 for a certificate that said his son's corpse was Ebola-free.
originally posted by: TruthxIsxInxThexMist
a reply to: Gully
This is unbelievable if true.
And where would these family's get the cash from anyways? From what I've seen, they can't even afford to clean properly.
In the current West Africa outbreak, about 18 percent of people infected with the virus are developing hemorrhagic syndrome, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Typically, the Ebola virus leads to hemorrhagic syndrome about 30 percent to 50 percent of the time, said Angela Rasmussen, a research assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Washington.
originally posted by: Gully
a reply to: ketsuko
Very good points, and not easy to answer questions. I'm not sure what can be done other than enforcing the bodies are take care of properly and education. Seems like it will be a difficult task.
originally posted by: ValentineWiggin
a reply to: ketsuko
I starred you, because you speak so beautifully about the issue. I respect you, but I cannot see the dilemma.
It's simple.
The burial practices are going to kill them (and possibly us). They have to stop because of that. Causing other's deaths in order to get that send off is selfish and deplorable.
I can't feel what you feel ketsuko, I just can't. I guess it's good that there are people like you who can.
originally posted by: Gully
originally posted by: TruthxIsxInxThexMist
a reply to: Gully
This is unbelievable if true.
And where would these family's get the cash from anyways? From what I've seen, they can't even afford to clean properly.
Good question. I imagine $40 is a lot of money for some of them.
Since we have troops over there I wonder if this is something they could address. I haven't seen much about what they are actually doing over there.