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Could you elaborate on those challenges?

• jbob2000 7y ago
  The doctors and medical staff are mostly white, while the people they are treating are mostly black. To the ignorant, this would appear like an attempt at a genocide or recolonization.
  • mieseratte 7y ago
    Is that actually the case on the ground, some type of "the doctors are actually the ones making us sick" scenario?
    • HarryHirsch 7y ago
      That's absolutely the case: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-s-ebola-response-threatened-conspiracy-theories-rumors-n994156 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-s-ebola-response-th...
• i_am_nomad 7y ago
  For one thing, some of the burial practices and rituals in the region pose significant risks of communicating Ebola. And, when health workers recommend suspending those practices, those recommendations are not well-received.