Ebola

People are very afraid that the Ebola virus will spread. Now it is in Liberia, in the poorest part of the country, cut off from everything. Over 4,000 people have died so far. In a poor section, with no education, there will be nothing but more death. The people simply woke up one morning and found that they had been cut off from the world. Most people went outside of their section to get food and clean water. They feel hopeless, cut off. It didn’t matter if they were sick or healthy; they were not allowed to leave.
They could not send their healthy children outside their sector, like the children who are running to the US border for help. Instead, they are stuck, destined to catch the virus, sooner or later. This death sentence is beyond my understanding. They have armed guards to make sure they do not escape their destiny. They have no medical treatment. They don’t have the smallest weapon to fight the virus with, not even gloves to protect them. They say this sickness that can’t be touched or be around without it killing you.
It seems funny that the people that came back to the US from Liberia with the illness, got cured and did what others have not done, which is to recover their health and live their lives. Now, that it is for sure that the people will die and the virus is still on the move, what is going to happen to millions of people that live in Liberia? 4,000 is just one part of the poor section. There are more than 1,000,000 people there.
There is a reason for the people to panic: they know they are going to die.
Now, we have sent Federal marshals over there. Someone stuck a marshal with an unknown substance. I think it is a sign of how desperate the people are. Everyone one wants to live, don’t you? People say that it’s that countries problem. It could happen anywhere.

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