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They're mad that the facilities are not releasing the (highly contagious) bodies to the dead person's family for "proper" burial. The facilities are instead following proper protocol, and burying the bodies safely. Some of them honestly believe that Ebola isn't real, and is instead a scam by white westerners to steal Black bodies for nefarious purposes.
It's literally just ignorance and paranoia. They're attacking the very people who are helping them, because of a conspiracy theory and a lack of education.
I was in Sierra Leone during their outbreak in 2015 (I'm not a healthcare worker, but I was there to feed the healthcare workers), and we faced similar challenges. We had to cancel our mission because we were attacked so many times, and it wasn't safe to be there.
Also, the same problem existed during the last major ebola epidemic. Rural areas need more education between outbreaks.
So not much different to the US.
My first thought. At least they aren't having ebola parties over there.
Yet...
That's just sad. A waste of life.
Most of that area is big on wasting life
It's easier to excuse ignorance when we're talking about people who don't have access to a wealth of information at their fingertips (or even within an hour's drive) available at all times.
I had hoped the pandemic denial would be a western phenomena. Too mass media brain rotted with strong political backing to think clearly. I know even things like the Spanish flu had their deniers back in the day, but I thought ebola would be visually and immediate enough that it would be taken seriously.
I went to a "hot zone" in Africa in the middle of an epidemic because I truly wanted to help in any way that I could. I was making food for doctors, nurses, and patients. I had shots fired at me. The locals tried to kill me. They thought I was harvesting Black bodies to steal their melanin. I legitimately feared for my life, but I didn't leave until the organization I was working for pulled us out. I would have stayed, but without funding there was nothing I could do.
None of it makes sense. If you read into the conspiracy theory, they think we're using their melanin to make our dicks bigger. No, I'm not kidding. I never stole any melanin from a corpse (or at all). I was just there to make food for other humans. That's my passion, I like to feed people.
Thank you for being honest about this. I had friends that did missionary work in Africa. They talked about this, and so many people accused them of being, "racist Christians," and making it up. The world can only become better educated when the truth is told.
Even the name "Spanish" flu is because of denials from other nations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
I don't think we can convince people to remember it as the more accurate "1918 flu", so maybe the "not-spanish flu"?
'American Flu' would be more accurate.