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SidDithers

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2. Liberia is a bad, bad place to live...

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 02:49 PM

Oct 2014

I count my lucky stars that, by complete accident, I was born and live where I do.

Vice did a documentary that was posted at DU a couple years ago. It's long, and horrifying, but worth the watch.

Edit: now, imagine an Ebola outbreak amongst that poverty, chaos and overcrowding.

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Pregnant women in Liberia becoming victims of the ebola outbreak [View all] uppityperson Oct 2014 OP

Good info. I think this explains why Duncan didn't know he had been exposed. Avalux Oct 2014 #1

Yes, the whole family thought it was acute malaria Warpy Oct 2014 #3

There are lots of people sick with not-ebola. MSF is one of my favorite charities also, always donat uppityperson Oct 2014 #6

I was looking for information that might begin to explain what happened with MrDuncan and found a uppityperson Oct 2014 #4

Liberia is a bad, bad place to live... SidDithers Oct 2014 #2

Their civil war was exceptionally vicious Warpy Oct 2014 #5

I was going to join the Peace Corps in 80, in Liberia. Friends who went got evacuated due to uppityperson Oct 2014 #8

kick for the afternoon/evening crew as learning about what other countries are like is good uppityperson Oct 2014 #7

Thanks for kicking it. I read a similar article the other day... Violet_Crumble Oct 2014 #11

I'm hoping the same, since troops are building treatment ctrs, normal health-care... countryjake Oct 2014 #12

That's the article. Thanks for posting it... Violet_Crumble Oct 2014 #13

Exactly.Having birth complications, go to hospital where you aren't admitted as you can't prove uppityperson Oct 2014 #14

I can't even imagine what any kind of health care that's not Ebola TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #9

Thanks for this thoughtful post suffragette Oct 2014 #10