08 October, 2014

No one knows exactly how bad West Africa's Ebola epidemic is - Vox

No one knows exactly how bad West Africa's Ebola epidemic is - Vox: Imagine being the mother of a son who you think might have Ebola. You know your child might die, and you know that if you call authorities, he will most certainly die alone, far away from you, in an isolation ward where you can't console him. Do you call that hot-line? "Communities are so afraid, so distrustful about what's going on," says Moses. "It's hell. It's devastating to the social fabric in communities, in towns and villages."