As I watched the British Broadcasting Corporation News on Saturday, I observed that because a Liberian deliberately imported Ebola into Nigeria, the country was illustrated in RED just like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The BBC and others have stigmatised the whole of Nigeria despite the status report that the unwanted import has so far been successfully contained within the perimeters of one or two medical institutions.
It is on record that the United States through the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has, with its eyes wide open, (also deliberately) imported two live cases of Ebola onto its shores. Our own inimitable Fela Anikulapo-Kuti would have asked, “Which kin craze be dat?” And yet the US map has yet to be shown in any newscast in Ebola-RED.
I cannot resist including the following item forwarded to me earlier by my daughter. It seems frivolous but it dovetails with the title of the piece under discussion:
“Head of a family was feeling very sick, weak, and was throwing up. He was taken to the hospital and several tests conducted. At this point, all his family members were afraid to touch him including his wife and children. He was even locked inside a room. After some time, a doctor came out and was about to break the news. Before he said anything, some of the man’s relatives were even crying. The doctor said, “We have concluded all the necessary tests and the result is,… he has HIV.“ All the family members started shouting, jubilating: Thank God, thank God! Some were even singing praises. One of them called home immediately and said Sister, it is only HIV and not Ebola…The man was discharged immediately. . Has Ebola demoted HIV to what people should rejoice for?”
How sad. God help those confronted with tuberculosis, leprosy etc. In any case I am glad Ebola has been eradicated from our shores.
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