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"International Development Minister Desmond Swayne tells the Commons a constituent believed zombies were responsible for the escalation of ebola
International Development Minister Desmond Swayne has dismissed concerns that Ebola is spread by zombies.
The Tory front-bencher told the Commons he had to enlighten a constituent who believed zombies were responsible for the escalation of the killer virus.
But Mr Swayne noted the "irony" of Ebola is that people are capable of causing infection when they are dead.
MPs heard there have been around 5,000 deaths and 14,000 cases of Ebola, as of the end of October, during the ongoing outbreak in West Africa.
Speaking during an adjournment debate on the issue, Mr Swayne said the strategy for UK operations in Sierra Leona could be summed up as "beds, burials and communities".
He said: "Burials - we have established with our support some 83 burial teams, they have made a profound difference in Freetown.
"From only a few weeks ago with only 30 per cent of victims being buried within 24 hours, we're now at 100 per cent and that experience is going to be rolled out throughout Sierra Leone.
"A constituent wrote to me saying that he believed that Ebola was being spread by zombies and I had to disabuse him of his belief in zombies.
"But the irony is that actually people are most infective when they're dead and one of the problems is that the burial traditions, which involve intimate skin-to-skin contact and the washing of bodies, are highly infectious and so we are having to drive social change so that people can understand that they can honour their dead without being infected by them."
Agreed, why would they go to the trouble of making soooooo many zombie movies
Everything is planned but I think this guy made a mistake and "leaked us some good “insider“ info.
International Development Minister Desmond Swayne has dismissed concerns that Ebola is spread by zombies.
The Tory front-bencher told the Commons he had to enlighten a constituent who believed zombies were responsible for the escalation of the killer virus.